8-5.4 Review

Which part of the Constitution of 1895 allowed poor illiterate farmers to vote even though they could not pass the literacy test?

• The Grandfather Clause

• Poll taxes

• The 15th Amendment

• Jim Crow laws

At the end of Reconstruction, why were supporters of Wade Hampton known as "Redeemers?"

• They were redeeming South Carolina from the rule of the Republican Party

• They were redeeming South Carolina from its agricultural economy

• They were redeeming South Carolina from the institution of slavery

• They were redeeming South Carolina from racial tensions

What was the most significant impact of the 1876 election of Wade Hampton III in South Carolina?

• It caused the fall of the "Redeemers"

• It ended the Republican rule in South Carolina

• It allowed South Carolina to follow Republican policies

• It allowed the rise of African American political power

How did the Constitution of 1895 impact race relations in South Carolina?

• The Constitution lowered the rate of violence between white and black South Carolinians

• The Constitution reversed the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson

• The Constitution limited voting opportunities for African Americans

• The Constitution required proof of land ownership for all voters

How was the gerrymandering of congressional districts used by the conservative elite in South Carolina following Reconstruction?

• To make sure that the Democrats did not have political control in South Carolina

• To limit the political influence of African Americans in South Carolina

• To make sure that poor whites would not be disenfranchised

• To limit the number of carpetbaggers who could be elected to the United States Congress

Why did the Redeemers view the recently lost Civil War as a heroic effort but a "lost cause?"

• Because of the great advantages of the North in the Civil War

• Because the south was going to emancipate their slaves before the North attacked

• Because most Southern states really never wanted to secede from the Union permanently

• Because the Civil War didn't change life much for most Southerners

Why did Ben Tillman want a new constitution for South Carolina in 1895?

• He wanted to help women gain the right to vote

• He wanted the governor to have more power than the Assembly

• He wanted African Americans to have more Civil Rights than what was provided in the Constitution of 1868

• He wanted to secure political control of the Democratic Party by disenfranchising African Americans.

Which of the following were ways that African Americans were disenfranchised following Reconstruction? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• Eight Box Law

• Literacy Tests

• Poll Taxes

• Fifteenth Amendment

How did the position of Governor Wade Hampton III on African Americans following Reconstruction differ from the rest of the Democratic Party in South Carolina?

• Hampton supported the Republican party but other Democrats did not

• Hampton was willing to allow African Americans to keep their voting rights while the rest of the Democratic Party wanted to disenfranchise them

• Hampton believed in the ideas of the KKK while the rest of the Democratic Party did not

• Hampton and the Democratic Party agreed on everything

Read the quote below to answer the following question.

"[The registrar] brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section of the constitution of Mississippi, . . . I could copy it like it was in the book, but after I got through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of the section I had copied. Well, I flunked out."

-Source: A History of the United States since 1861

Which of the following best describes the action documented above?

• Grandfather's clauses

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• Segregation