USHC 3.4 Quiz

What did the republicans agree to do in the Compromise of 1877?

• to remove federal troops from the south, appoint democrats to powerful positions, and create laws to spur industrialization in the south

• to outlaw slavery, provide federal aid to freedmen, and to provide government jobs to ex-slaves

• to provide farm aid for southern planters, reduce high taxes created under Grant, and appoint Democrats as electors in the next election

In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?

• Sons of the Confederacy
• Neo-Nazis
• Ku Klux Klan
• Black Separatists

Southern politicians who worked to unite white Southerners to regain power in Congress were known as

• redeemers

• scalawags

• carpetbaggers

• vigilantes

Vigilante groups: (multiple answers)

• opposed the Freedmen's Bureau and the Fourteenth Amendment

• engaged in violence against freedmen

• supported Reconstruction

• actively protected Blacks from violence at the polls on election day

Southern states quickly passed _______________ to replace their old slave codes to keep Blacks in bondage

• Black Codes

• Reconstruction Amendments

• Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

• Iron Clad Oaths

Poll taxes and literacy tests were ways that southern governments

• kept Blacks as second class citizens by denying them the right to vote

• allowed Blacks to fully participate in democracy for the first time since the passage of the Reconstruction amendments

• gave Blacks another avenue for voting

• were able to become fully involved with the federal government aftet the War

What were the impacts of the Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era?

• The federal government improved the status of African and Native Americans
• State and local governments restricted the freedoms of African Americans.
• States banned organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
• The Radical Republicans in Congress carried out Reconstruction plans

After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, why did African Americans continue to experience political and economic oppression? (3.4)

• the amendments were not intended to solve their problems
• many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government
• Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws
• poor communications kept people from learning about their legal rights

What was the intention of the Constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction? (3.3)

• provide legal and political rights for African Americans
• end property and religious qualifications for voting
• correct problems with the electoral college system
• limit the number of terms of the president

What did some radicals believe should be given to the slaves?

• reparations
• 40 acres and a mule
• freedom
• apology