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Question 1

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

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They were opposed to it, often violently.

Question 2

Which statement best describes Jim Crow laws?

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They restricted the rights of African Americans.

Question 3

During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

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deny African American citizens participation in government.

Question 4

To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

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white supremacy groups.

Question 5

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

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was rarely enforced.

Question 6

Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

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Sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in Southern society.

Question 7

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

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already in debt.

Question 8

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

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land ownership.

Question 9

What was one reason sharecropping began in the South?

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Landowners needed laborers, and freed slaves needed work.

Question 10

What guaranteed equal access to public facilities regardless of race?

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the 1875 Civil Rights Act

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