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

A
blocking employment contracts.
B
filing lawsuits against sharecroppers.
C
employing terror and intimidation.
D
writing letters to members of Congress.
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To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

A
white supremacy groups.
B
the Freedmen’s Bureau.
C
a new Republican Party.
D
the civil rights movement.
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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

A
with a clean slate.
B
already in debt.
C
without help from the landowner.
D
by planting a different crop.
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In the 1870s, the system of sharecropping failed to

A
reincorporate the South into the United States.
B
provide landowners with a steady labor force.
C
return abandoned land to its former owners.
D
stimulate and grow the Southern economy.
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The Supreme Court ruling on the civil rights cases of 1883

A
led to the passage of legal protections for African Americans.
B
led to unfair contracts between tenant farmers and landowners.
C
opened the door for legal segregation and discrimination in the US.
D
gave African Americans a legal basis for suing private businesses.
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What was one reason sharecropping began in the South?

A
It was a way to take advantage of the South’s strong infrastructure.
B
The federal government required Southerners to use this system.
C
Landowners needed laborers, and freed slaves needed work.
D
Farmers were the only Southerners who still had money after the Civil War.
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Which statement best describes Jim Crow laws?

A
They restricted the rights of white citizens.
B
They prevented the spread of segregation.
C
They guaranteed the rights of African Americans.
D
They restricted the rights of African Americans.
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Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

A
Sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the Southern economy.
B
Sharecropping gave formerly enslaved people the upper hand in the agricultural South.
C
Sharecropping offered Northerners an opportunity to relocate to the South and start their own farms.
D
Sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in Southern society.
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During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

A
strengthen African American representation in government.
B
ensure that voters were qualified to participate in elections.
C
deny African American citizens participation in government.
D
prevent former Confederate officers from voting in elections.
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In the years after the Civil War, Southern society most valued

A
infrastructure.
B
government.
C
entrepreneurship.
D
land ownership.

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