Impact of Reconstruction

Question 1

Fading support for Reconstruction was preceded by

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members of Grant’s administration being accused of bribery.

Question 2

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 3

Who was Blanche Bruce?

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the founder of the first school for African American children

Question 4

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was significant because it

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granted suffrage to all African American men.

Question 5

Rutherford B. Hayes became the US president because

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Congress forged the Compromise of 1877.

Question 6

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 7

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

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an economic panic and depression

Question 8

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 9

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.

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