PEP Week #29 Notes Quiz

What did the Tennessee Constitution of 1870 include?

• The right of all men to own property

• The right of all men to vote and the establishment of a poll tax

• The abolition of slavery

• The establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau

What did Governor William Brownlow contribute to in Tennessee?

• The establishment of the poll tax

• The rise of the Ku Klux Klan

• The fight against vigilante justice and the Ku Klux Klan

• The creation of black codes

What was one of the federal requirements added to the Tennessee Constitution of 1870?

• Slavery was encouraged

• African American men were denied the right to vote

• Slavery was forbidden

• All men were required to own land to vote

What was the purpose of the poll tax added to the Tennessee Constitution of 1870?

• To fund public education

• To keep African American men from voting

• To support the state's infrastructure

• To pay for war debts

What was the primary purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide military support to the South

• To help the four million former slaves transition to freedom

• To establish new trade routes in the South

• To collect taxes from the Southern states

What did Republicans establish during Reconstruction?

• Private school systems

• Public school systems

• Segregated transportation systems

• Integrated community centers

What was the purpose of vigilantes in the antebellum South?

• To promote legal reform.

• To stop the erosion of the antebellum South.

• To support the local authorities.

• To create a new legal system.

Who formed the Ku Klux Klan in 1866?

• Radical Republicans

• Former slaves

• Six Confederate veterans

• Governor Brownlow

What did Governor Brownlow try to help with in the same year the Ku Klux Klan was formed?

• Resisting the changes forced on the South

• Forming the Ku Klux Klan

• Aiding in ratifying the 14th Amendment

• Establishing a new social club

What was the outcome of Governor Brownlow's efforts to stop the spread of the KKK using the militia?

• It was successful and the KKK was disbanded.

• It failed and the KKK continued to spread.

• It led to a civil war within the state.

• It resulted in the arrest of the KKK leaders.