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

The federal government kept the military in the South to stop racial violence until the expense became too great.

The federal government never sent troops to maintain order in the South in the years after the Civil War.

The federal government made the protection of African Americans in the South a top priority and maintained a military presence.

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

What was one reason Congress gave for wanting to remove President Johnson from office?

Johnson was violating the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Johnson was abusing his presidential powers.

Johnson had failed to provide his own Reconstruction plan.

Johnson had created new Cabinet positions without approval.

With the exception of white Southern Republicans, how did white Southern society react to Reconstruction?

They were opposed to it, often violently.

The embraced it cautiously.

They worked with African Americans to reverse it.

They appreciated the federal oversight.

Who surrendered on behalf of the South at the end of the Civil War?

Andrew Johnson

Jefferson Davis

Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant

Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by

drafting and passing the Voting Rights Act.

denying all female citizens the right to vote.

appointing new officials to monitor elections.

establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.

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