Impact of Reconstruction

Question 1

What political group gained power through Cabinet appointments after the 1876 presidential election?

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the Democrats

Question 2

Who was Blanche Bruce?

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the founder of the first school for African American children

Question 3

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.

Question 4

Rutherford B. Hayes became the US president because

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Congress forged the Compromise of 1877.

Question 5

What led to resentment and violence among many white Southerners after the Civil War?

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the policies of the Republican Party

Question 6

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 7

Which event brought about the Panic of 1873?

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several banks ran out of money

Question 8

Who was Hiram Revels?

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the first African American in Congress

Question 9

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 10

During Reconstruction, which organization built schools and trained teachers?

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the Freedmen’s Bureau

Impact of Reconstruction Answers