End of Reconstruction Era Quiz

Who was the first African-American governor in America?

• Frederick Douglass

• P.B.S. Pinchback

• Hiram Revels

• Booker T. Washington

What was the dominant way for the poor to earn a living in the early 1870s?

• Gold mining

• Railroad construction

• Sharecropping

• Industrial work

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction era?

• To control African-Americans through violence and intimidation

• To support the Union

• To rebuild Southern infrastructure

• To promote African-American rights

What did the term 'carpetbaggers' refer to?

• Southern whites who supported Reconstruction

• Former Confederate soldiers

• Northerners who moved South to gain political power

• African-Americans who held political office

What was a common method used to prevent African-Americans from voting despite the 15th Amendment?

• Poll taxes and literacy tests

• Economic incentives

• Military intervention

• Public protests