Reconstruction and Its Aftermath Quiz

What was the informal, unwritten agreement that resolved the electoral dispute of the contested presidential election of 1876?

• Compromise of 1877

• Monroe Doctrine

• Homestead Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

• Increase in federal intervention in Southern affairs

• Expansion of Reconstruction era

• Withdrawal of state troops from the South

• Rise of multiracial governments in the South

What did the withdrawal of federal troops from the South effectively end?

• Federal intervention in Southern affairs

• Jim Crow laws

• Sharecropping system

• Civil rights protections

What did the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South legalize?

• African American political power

• Federal intervention in Southern affairs

• Multiracial governments

• Racial segregation in public facilities

What tactics were used to disenfranchise African Americans and restrict their ability to participate in the political process?

• Jim Crow laws, segregation, and discrimination

• Federal intervention, economic sanctions, and social boycotts

• Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses

• Sharecropping, tenant farming, and crop lien system

What did the introduction of discriminatory voting practices effectively do to African American voters?

• Grant them equal voting rights

• Empower them politically

• Increase their political influence

• Disenfranchise them

What did the dismantling of Reconstruction-era civil rights protections contribute to?

• Decrease in social stratification

• Expansion of civil rights for all

• Increase in economic opportunities for African Americans

• Erosion of the legal gains made by African Americans

What did the withdrawal of federal troops and the rise of Jim Crow laws facilitate in the South?

• Multiracial governments

• Expansion of civil rights protections

• Increase in African American political power

• Return of white-dominated governments

What did the rise of Jim Crow laws reinforce in the South?

• Rigid social hierarchy

• Equal opportunities for all

• Dismantling of racial segregation

• Empowerment of African Americans

What was the long-term impact of the end of Reconstruction and the implementation of Jim Crow laws on race relations in the United States?

• Profound and lasting impact on social and economic inequality

• Decrease in racial tensions

• Expansion of civil rights protections

• Increase in racial harmony