Failures of Reconstruction

Question 1

What guaranteed equal access to public facilities regardless of race?

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the 1875 Civil Rights Act

Question 2

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 3

The Supreme Court ruling on the civil rights cases of 1883

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opened the door for legal segregation and discrimination in the US.

Question 4

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 5

During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

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deny African American citizens participation in government.

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

To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

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white supremacy groups.

Question 8

Which statement best describes Jim Crow laws?

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They restricted the rights of African Americans.

Question 9

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

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land ownership.

Question 10

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

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was rarely enforced.

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