Failures of Reconstruction

What was the primary focus of the video?

• The economic boom in the South post-war

• The establishment of new political parties

• The successes of the Civil War

• The failures of post-Civil War Reconstruction

Which colleges were founded for black Americans post-war?

• Princeton and Columbia

• Harvard and Yale

• Stanford and MIT

• Morehouse and Howard

What role did the Freedmen's Bureau play post-war?

• It founded the Ku Klux Klan

• It helped reunite families separated by slavery and arranged for their education and welfare

• It was responsible for the industrialization of the South

• It established the sharecropping system

What system replaced slavery in the South?

• Urbanization

• Sharecropping

• Industrialization

• Technological advancements

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?

• To promote racial equality

• To support industrial development

• To terrorize black people and uphold white supremacy

• To provide educational opportunities

What did Black Codes restrict?

• Black Americans from testifying against white people in court

• The ability to purchase land without borrowing

• The racial segregation of Southern society

• All of the above

Why did Reconstruction officially end?

• The North lost interest in Southern affairs

• Due to the successful integration of Southern society

• Because of a hotly contested presidential election

• The South voluntarily adopted Northern societal norms

What was the Compromise of 1877?

• A compromise to abolish slavery

• An arrangement that ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South

• A deal to start Reconstruction

• An agreement to end the Civil War

Who were the candidates in the contested presidential election of 1876?

• Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

• Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant

• John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon

What was a major consequence of the end of Reconstruction?

• The establishment of racial equality in the South

• The expansion of the Freedmen's Bureau

• The immediate improvement of the Southern economy

• The dominance of Democrats in the South and worsening conditions for black Americans