The Failures and End of Reconstruction

What was one of the scandals that distracted Northerners from Reconstruction during Grant's presidency?

• Watergate

• Credit Mobilier

• Teapot Dome

• Iran-Contra

Which Supreme Court ruling went against civil rights laws designed to protect African-Americans?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• None

In the 1876 election, neither Democrat Tilden nor Republican Hayes won a majority of the electoral vote. What was the agreement called that resolved this issue?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1877

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The 'Jim Crow' laws included literacy tests and poll taxes to prevent African-Americans from voting. True or False?

• True

• False

What did the 'Grandfather clauses' allow?

• African-Americans to vote

• Poor, uneducated Whites to avoid literacy tests

• Women to vote

• None of the above.

In 1877, Reconstruction ended and the Democratic Party returned to power in all 11 Southern states. Fill in the blank: The only thing protecting African-Americans were federal troops; by 1875, Grant had stopped sending ________.

• Supplies

• Reinforcements

• Money

• Weapons

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 ruled that segregation was permissible under what doctrine?

• Separate but equal

• Equal protection

• Due process

• None of the above

What was the main goal of the 'Redeemer Democrats'?

• To promote civil rights

• To restore the 'Old South'

• To support Reconstruction

• To abolish slavery

Which group became successful in limiting African-American voting during the Reconstruction era?

• NAACP

• KKK and Black Codes

• Freedmen's Bureau

• None of the above.

Fill in the blank: The 'Compromise of 1877' led to the removal of federal troops and the end of _________.

• Slavery

• Reconstruction

• The Civil War

• The Jim Crow Era