The Collapse of Reconstruction

Fill in the blank: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was a ______ group of white southerners who used violence to keep blacks from voting.

• terrorist

• charitable

• educational

• political

Fill in the blank: The ______ of 1873 was a financial crisis that started an economic depression.

• panic

• treaty

• revolution

• expansion

Fill in the blank: ______ was the president who ended Reconstruction in 1877.

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• James A. Garfield

Fill in the blank: ______ was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1876.

• Samuel J. Tilden

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Grover Cleveland

• James G. Blaine

Fill in the blank: The ______ of 1877 was the political deal that gave the presidency to Hayes and ended Reconstruction.

• Compromise

• Treaty

• Act

• Proclamation

Fill in the blank: ______ is the ability to run state governments without the interference of the federal government.

• Home rule

• Judicial review

• Federal mandate

• Concurrent powers

The Ku Klux Klan was known for which of the following activities?

• Promoting racial hatred and violence

• Advocating for civil rights

• Supporting women's suffrage

• Encouraging religious tolerance

The panic of 1873 was caused by which of the following?

• The collapse of a major bank and subsequent financial crisis

• The assassination of a political leader

• A major drought affecting agriculture

• A sudden outbreak of war in Europe

Reconstruction was brought to an end by:

• the Compromise of 1877

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the start of World War I

• the signing of the Treaty of Paris

The 1876 elections signaled the end of Reconstruction in what two ways?

• Federal troops were withdrawn from the South and Southern Democrats regained political power.

• The 15th Amendment was repealed and slavery was reinstated.

• Reconstruction laws were strengthened and new states were added to the Union.

• The Supreme Court expanded civil rights and increased federal oversight.