Failures of Reconstruction

Question 1

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

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land ownership.

Question 2

In the 1870s, the system of sharecropping failed to

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stimulate and grow the Southern economy.

Question 3

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

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The federal government had no response because it had pulled troops out of the South in 1877, leaving African Americans unprotected.

Question 4

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

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Reconstruction-era policies often failed to protect African Americans from racial violence and safeguard their political rights.

Question 5

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

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white supremacy

Question 6

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 7

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

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employing terror and intimidation.

Question 8

During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

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deny African American citizens participation in government.

Question 9

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

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was rarely enforced.

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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