Impact of Reconstruction

Question 1

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

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the Ku Klux Klan

Question 2

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 3

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was significant because it

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granted suffrage to all African American men.

Question 4

Who was Hiram Revels?

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the first African American in Congress

Question 5

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 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

Who was Blanche Bruce?

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the founder of the first school for African American children

Question 8

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

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the Democrats

Question 9

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 10

Fading support for Reconstruction was preceded by

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members of Grant’s administration being accused of bribery.

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