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Which statement best describes a consequence of Reconstruction policies during the 1870s?

A
Reconstruction-era policies successfully restored the economy in the South and gave African Americans new opportunities.
B
Reconstruction-era policies often failed to protect African Americans from racial violence and safeguard their political rights.
C
Reconstruction-era policies created ironclad laws that prohibited legal segregation, although illegal segregation often occurred.
D
Reconstruction-era policies failed to establish any civil rights legislation, which would not be written until the 1960s.
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During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

A
strengthen African American representation in government.
B
ensure that voters were qualified to participate in elections.
C
deny African American citizens participation in government.
D
prevent former Confederate officers from voting in elections.
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If a sharecropper's portion of the harvest paid too little to cover loans from the beginning of the season, the sharecropper would begin the next season

A
with a clean slate.
B
already in debt.
C
without help from the landowner.
D
by planting a different crop.
4

In the years after the Civil War, Southern society most valued

A
infrastructure.
B
government.
C
entrepreneurship.
D
land ownership.
5

In the South during Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act of 1875

A
was rarely enforced.
B
was strictly enforced.
C
was criticized by Republicans.
D
was upheld by the Supreme Court.
6

Which statement best describes the federal government’s response to racial violence in the South in the late 1800s?

A
The federal government kept the military in the South to stop racial violence until the expense became too great.
B
The federal government never sent troops to maintain order in the South in the years after the Civil War.
C
The federal government made the protection of African Americans in the South a top priority and maintained a military presence.
D
The federal government had no response because it had pulled troops out of the South in 1877, leaving African Americans unprotected.
7

In the South during Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act of 1875

A
was rarely enforced.
B
was strictly enforced.
C
was criticized by Republicans.
D
was upheld by the Supreme Court.
8

In response to Reconstruction, people who believed the white race is superior to people of other races formed ___________ groups.

A
farming
B
white supremacy
C
abolitionist
D
Union troop
9

The Supreme Court ruling on the civil rights cases of 1883

A
led to the passage of legal protections for African Americans.
B
led to unfair contracts between tenant farmers and landowners.
C
opened the door for legal segregation and discrimination in the US.
D
gave African Americans a legal basis for suing private businesses.
10

With the exception of white Southern Republicans, how did white Southern society react to Reconstruction?

A
They were opposed to it, often violently.
B
The embraced it cautiously.
C
They worked with African Americans to reverse it.
D
They appreciated the federal oversight.
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During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

A
strengthen African American representation in government.
B
ensure that voters were qualified to participate in elections.
C
deny African American citizens participation in government.
D
prevent former Confederate officers from voting in elections.
12

Which statement best describes Jim Crow laws?

A
They restricted the rights of white citizens.
B
They prevented the spread of segregation.
C
They guaranteed the rights of African Americans.
D
They restricted the rights of African Americans.
13

In the 1870s, the system of sharecropping failed to

A
reincorporate the South into the United States.
B
provide landowners with a steady labor force.
C
return abandoned land to its former owners.
D
stimulate and grow the Southern economy.
14

What guaranteed equal access to public facilities regardless of race?

A
the Thirteenth Amendment
B
the Fifteenth Amendment
C
the 1875 Civil Rights Act
D
the Jim Crow laws
15

What was one reason sharecropping began in the South?

A
It was a way to take advantage of the South’s strong infrastructure.
B
The federal government required Southerners to use this system.
C
Landowners needed laborers, and freed slaves needed work.
D
Farmers were the only Southerners who still had money after the Civil War.
16

To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

A
white supremacy groups.
B
the Freedmen’s Bureau.
C
a new Republican Party.
D
the civil rights movement.
17

Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

A
Sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the Southern economy.
B
Sharecropping gave formerly enslaved people the upper hand in the agricultural South.
C
Sharecropping offered Northerners an opportunity to relocate to the South and start their own farms.
D
Sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in Southern society.
18

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the tactics used by the Ku Klux Klan against African Americans usually involved

A
blocking employment contracts.
B
filing lawsuits against sharecroppers.
C
employing terror and intimidation.
D
writing letters to members of Congress.
19

In the years after the Civil War, Southern society most valued

A
infrastructure.
B
government.
C
entrepreneurship.
D
land ownership.
20

Which statement best describes the federal government’s response to racial violence in the South in the late 1800s?

A
The federal government kept the military in the South to stop racial violence until the expense became too great.
B
The federal government never sent troops to maintain order in the South in the years after the Civil War.
C
The federal government made the protection of African Americans in the South a top priority and maintained a military presence.
D
The federal government had no response because it had pulled troops out of the South in 1877, leaving African Americans unprotected.

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