Supremacy Movements

Question 1

Some Southerners joined groups like the Red Shirts because

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they blamed the North for ending slavery.

Question 2

How was the Ku Klux Klan affected by the passage of the Enforcement Acts?

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Many members were jailed or fined for committing criminal acts such as intimidation and murder.

Question 3

Many White Southerners rejected Reconstruction because

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they did not want to share power with African Americans.

Question 4

What is one reason why the Ku Klux Klan targeted the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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Klan members did not believe African Americans should be educated.

Question 5

Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts between 1870 and 1875?

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to protect the rights of African Americans

Question 6

Some White Southerners joined the Ku Klux Klan because

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it was a powerful way to oppose the North.

Question 7

Which of the following groups worked to stop violence against African Americans?

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the Radical Republicans

Question 8

To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

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white supremacy groups.

Question 9

What was one reason why many White Southerners opposed Reconstruction?

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They felt Northerners were getting rich at their expense.

Question 10

Which group used violence against African Americans during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

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white supremacists

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