Failures of Reconstruction - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

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

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B: was rarely enforced.

Question 2

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

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A: land ownership.

Question 3

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

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B: land ownership.

Question 4

To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

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A: white supremacy groups.

Question 5

During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

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B: deny African American citizens participation in government.

Question 6

Which statement best describes Jim Crow laws?

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C: They restricted the rights of African Americans.

Question 7

Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

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

Question 8

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

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D: was rarely enforced.

Question 9

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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A: already in debt.

Question 10

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

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C: They were opposed to it, often violently.

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