Chapter 15: The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Union veterans

Who were the "carpetbaggers"?

Union veterans

What was the significance of the Military Reconstruction Act?

It required new state constitutions and established military districts in the South.

How did emancipation impact the South?

It left southern agriculture in disarray.

Which of the following was a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?

providing formerly enslaved African Americans with educational opportunities

Which of the following was a legacy of Republican state governments in the South after 1877?

the construction of railroads, roads, and bridges

Which of the following happened after the end of Reconstruction?

Black civil rights crumbled as White rule solidified.

What happened when the votes were first counted in the 1876 presidential election?

No candidate had an Electoral College majority.

The primary objective of the Ku Klux Klan was

oppressing Blacks and White Republicans.

Which of the following politicians was named president of the United States in exchange for removing federal troops from the South in 1877?

Rutherford B. Hayes

Who were the "scalawags"?

southern Whites who opposed secession

What was the result of the Fourteenth Amendment?

It guaranteed citizenship to freedmen and immigrant children born in the United States.

By the time President Grant took office in 1868, southern resistance to Reconstruction efforts could be characterized by which of the following statements?

It increased and turned violent with the rise of White supremacy.

How did "redeemer" Conservative Democrats achieve power in the South during the 1870s?

They used race issues to excite the White electorate and threaten Black voters.

The "black codes" enacted by southern legislatures

were part of an effort to restore White supremacy.

What is the legacy of Reconstruction?

the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

Which of the following is true of the Fifteenth Amendment?

It protected the right of Americans to vote regardless of color or race.

By the early 1870s, the Union League had achieved which of the following milestones in the South?

It had become one of the largest Black social movements in history.

Why did the Radical-led Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

It was a response to the black codes and the neo-slavery system created by southern legislatures.

Which of the following is true about African American political involvement in the South during Reconstruction?

The most common form of Black political participation was voting in elections.

Why did many freed Blacks prefer sharecropping over working for wages during Reconstruction?

Sharecropping freed Black farmers from day-to-day White supervision of their lives.

Why did many freed Blacks prefer sharecropping over working for wages during Reconstruction?