the new south

What were carpetbaggers?

Northerners, such as teachers and ministers, who traveled South after the war to aid freedmen

Which of the following did NOT attempt to disenfranchise Black voters?

Force Act

Who was Hiram Revels?

the first African American elected to U.S. Senate

"Scalawag" was the insulating label given to

Southern whites who cooperated with the reconstruction efforts of the U.S. government

The Tenure of Office Act (1867) was instrumental in

the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

What did the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution do?

gave any male U.S. citizen the right to vote, regardless of race

Which was referred to by critics as Seward's Folly?

the purchase of Alaska from the Russians 1867

The Freedman's Bureau

All of the above

What was the Klu Klux Klan?

All of the above

What was the Union League?

a network that built Black churches and schools, represented Black grievances, and recruited militias to protect Blacks