Failures of Reconstruction

Question 1

What nationwide event weakened support for the federal government in the mid-1870s?

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an economic panic and depression

Question 2

Which statement best describes the government participation of African Americans during Reconstruction?

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African Americans were elected to positions in local, state, and national government.

Question 3

Rutherford B. Hayes became the US president because

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Congress forged the Compromise of 1877.

Question 4

Who was Blanche Bruce?

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the founder of the first school for African American children

Question 5

Why were some African Americans interested in serving as “Buffalo Soldiers” on the western frontier after 1866?

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They saw the military as a career opportunity when other jobs were denied them.

Question 6

Who was Hiram Revels?

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the first African American in Congress

Question 7

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was significant because it

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was the first in a series of laws that protected African Americans.

Question 8

What deal did Democrats and Republicans make regarding the presidential election of 1876?

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The president would be a Republican, and the cabinet would contain Democrats.

Question 9

Which was founded by former Confederate Army officers in Tennessee in 1866?

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the Ku Klux Klan

Question 10

How did the Compromise of 1877 mark the beginning of the end of Reconstruction?

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It removed federal troops from the South.

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