Southern Redemption

Question 1

In the years after the Civil War, Southern society most valued

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land ownership.

Question 2

Which statement best describes Jim Crow laws?

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They restricted the rights of African Americans.

Question 3

In the 1870s, the system of sharecropping failed to

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stimulate and grow the Southern economy.

Question 4

What was one reason sharecropping began in the South?

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Landowners needed laborers, and freed slaves needed work. ✓ Correct

Question 5

In response to Reconstruction, people who believed the white race is superior to people of other races formed ___________ groups.

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white supremacy

Question 6

What guaranteed equal access to public facilities regardless of race?

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the 1875 Civil Rights Act

Question 7

To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

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white supremacy groups.

Question 8

Which statement best describes the federal government’s response to racial violence in the South in the late 1800s?

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The federal government had no response because it had pulled troops out of the South in 1877, leaving African Americans unprotected.

Question 9

The Supreme Court ruling on the civil rights cases of 1883

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opened the door for legal segregation and discrimination in the US.

Question 10

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

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already in debt.

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