U.S. Reconstruction

System of work for freedmen that traded 50% of grown crops for the use of a house & land

• sharecropping

• 40 acres & a mule

• tenant farming

• pastoralism

Which term was used by Southerners to describe people that moved south to make money by taking advantage of the war-torn economy?

• scalawags

• sharecroppers

• social elite

• carpetbaggers

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War

• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War

• instituting Black Codes for former slaves

• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

• the American Missionary Association

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the Ku Klux Klan

• the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian Era

• The Antebellum Era

• The Federalist Era

• The Reconstruction Era

The article is divided into the following topics in the list.

Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian Era

• The Antebellum Era

• The Federalist Era

• The Reconstruction Era

Presidential reconstruction resulted in Black Codes and a re-creation of (a)   governments before slavery.

• Northern

• Southern

• Western

Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--

• started Reconstruction

• got him impeached

• made Southern Democrats angry

• ended Reconstruction

The ​ (a)   Era refers to the period after the Civil War, especially in the ​ (b)   . ​

• Reconstruction

• South

• Civil War

• North

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. History, why did the Memphis Massacre occur?

• The lack of protections for African Americans following the Civil War

• Corruption by political parties in the North

• Economic struggles of African American former Union Soldiers

• The loss of voting rights for white men in the South