Southern Redemption

Question 1

The results of the presidential election were disputed in

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1876.

Question 2

Which best describes the Democratic Party in the 1800s?

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The Democratic Party was revived by opponents of Reconstruction.

Question 3

As Reconstruction continued, which of the following groups increasingly deserted the Republican Party?

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white Southerners

Question 4

What was one result of the Panic of 1873?

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The United States experienced an economic slowdown.

Question 5

Who became president after the 1876 presidential election?

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Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 6

How did the Supreme Court help the Redeemer agenda in 1883?

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The court struck down much of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

Question 7

As Reconstruction came to an end, Southern Democrats disenfranchised African Americans by

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passing new voting requirements.

Question 8

Why did the presidential election of 1876 anger Democrats?

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Democrats thought the Electoral Commission voting system was unfair.

Question 9

Through the Compromise of 1877, Democrats agreed to

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respect the rights of African Americans.

Question 10

Which group wanted Hayes to remove troops from the South?

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Democrats

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