Failures of Reconstruction

Question 1

This passage is from the testimony of Henry Adams, a former enslaved man who testified before the Senate in 1880 about the treatment he encountered after emancipation. This passage is describing the proposition for a contract.

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sharecropping

Question 2

In two to three sentences, describe what makes this proposed contract one-sided.

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This contract is one-sided because it grants the landowner complete control over the crops and the laborer's time while providing very little compensation. Furthermore, it often forces the laborer into a cycle of debt by requiring them to purchase supplies from the landowner at high prices, making it impossible to gain financial independence.

Question 3

Question 3

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Solid South; Dawson

Question 4

Question 4

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once the cotton has been sold at market; after the cotton is sold, debts are paid, and work is done to the owner’s satisfaction

Question 5

Question 5

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Segregation laws are under state jurisdiction, not federal.; It only protects citizens from discrimination by the state government, not private businesses.

Question 6

Read the summary of an 1891 law from Texas. Which of the following did the law accomplish?

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It segregated African Americans and whites into different cars on railroads.

Question 7

According to the article, what happens when masked, armed mobs threaten members of Southern society?

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No one, white or African American, dares to stand up to them.

Question 8

According to the political cartoon, Reconstruction is worse than slavery because

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vigilante violence threatens the lives and freedoms of African Americans.

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