Ch. 17 U.S. History Test Review

What were Black codes?

• laws passed to protect newly freed African Americans in the South

• laws passed to limit the rights of African Americans in the South

• southern laws attempting to limit the influx of people from the North

• northern laws attempting to prevent African Americans from voting

What did the 15th Amendment prohibit?

• voting restrictions based on race or color

• voting restrictions on former Confederates

• white hate groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan

• poll taxes and other voter suppression tactics

What problem plagued the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant?

• lack of support among African Americans

• corruption of Cabinet members

• the rising power of liberal Democrats

• the threat of war with Mexico

How did African Americans help southern states gain readmission to the Union?

• by participating as delegates in state constitutional conventions

• by helping Democratic candidates dominate state legislatures

• by organizing voting drives for newly enfranchised freed men

• by electing Pinckney Pinchback as governor of Louisiana

How was sharecropping harmful to African-American farmers?

• They often became indebted to landowners.

• They had to work in gangs.

• They could not buy tools and seeds.

• They had to pay high prices for land.

What brought an end to Reconstruction?

• U.S. v. Reese

• the Panic of 1873

• U.S. v. Cruikshank

• the Compromise of 1877

Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts in 1870 and 1871?

• to stop activities of the Ku Klux Klan

• to make segregation illegal in the North

• to prevent African Americans from voting

• to diminish the power of the Democratic Party

Which describes one shortcoming of the 15th Amendment?

• It excluded Catholics and most recent immigrants.

• It reduced the punishments of former Confederates.

• It did not apply to people who were formerly enslaved.

• It did not change state laws that restricted voting rights.

Why did Horatio Seymour appeal to some urban whites in the North during the election of 1868?

• They wanted to expand Reconstruction.

• They liked that he supported the 15th Amendment.

• They feared African Americans would take their jobs.

• They felt that Republicans did not understand their way of life.

Why was sending older children to Freedmen’s Schools a sacrifice for African-American families?

• because the schools were expensive

• because most of the schools were far away

• because it decreased the family’s income

• because it was dangerous to go to school