Exploring the Challenges of Reconstruction

The video explores the failure of post-Civil War Reconstruction, focusing on the limited changes in Southern society and the eventual end of Reconstruction. It discusses the establishment of black schools and colleges, the sharecropping system, the rise of white supremacy, and the implementation of Black Codes. The video also covers the end of Reconstruction in 1877, highlighting the Compromise of 1877 and the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.

What was the primary focus of the video?

• The economic boom in the South post-war

• The establishment of new political parties

• The successes of the Civil War

• The failures of post-Civil War Reconstruction

Which colleges were founded for black Americans post-war?

• Princeton and Columbia

• Harvard and Yale

• Stanford and MIT

• Morehouse and Howard

What role did the Freedmen's Bureau play post-war?

• It founded the Ku Klux Klan

• It helped reunite families separated by slavery and arranged for their education and welfare

• It was responsible for the industrialization of the South

• It established the sharecropping system

What system replaced slavery in the South?

• Urbanization

• Sharecropping

• Industrialization

• Technological advancements

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?

• To promote racial equality

• To support industrial development

• To terrorize black people and uphold white supremacy

• To provide educational opportunities

What did Black Codes restrict?

• Black Americans from testifying against white people in court

• The ability to purchase land without borrowing

• The racial segregation of Southern society

• All of the above

Why did Reconstruction officially end?

• The North lost interest in Southern affairs

• Due to the successful integration of Southern society

• Because of a hotly contested presidential election

• The South voluntarily adopted Northern societal norms

What was the Compromise of 1877?

• A compromise to abolish slavery

• An arrangement that ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South

• A deal to start Reconstruction

• An agreement to end the Civil War

Who were the candidates in the contested presidential election of 1876?

• Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

• Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant

• John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon

What was a major consequence of the end of Reconstruction?

• The establishment of racial equality in the South

• The expansion of the Freedmen's Bureau

• The immediate improvement of the Southern economy

• The dominance of Democrats in the South and worsening conditions for black Americans