Unit 4: Chapter 1 - Reconstruction

What was the main reason for the formation of the terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan?

• The group could limit the social, economic, and political progress of African Americans.

• The group could help African Americans economically, and socially.

• The group could agree with African Americans in government.

• The group could support the African Americans socially and politically.

The main occupation for African Americans during Reconstruction was ________________________.  

• Carpetbaggers

• scalawags

• Slaves

• Sharecroppers

What was the name given to northern immigrants who came to South Carolina during Reconstruction as teachers and businessmen?

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• Freedmen

• Democratic Republican

Which of the following describes a "scalawag" during Reconstruction?

• Newly freed slaves who were competing with the poor white population.

• Veterans of the Civil War who refused to return to civilian life in the South.

• Northern citizens who moved South to take advantage of the disorder and destruction.

• Southerners who supported the Republicans who would benefit from the education and economic opportunities.

Scalawags, carpetbaggers, and freedmen made up which political party during Reconstruction?  

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federalists

• Dixiecrats

Who did the federal government believe was responsible for rebuilding the economies in the southern states after the war?  

• Individual states and local governments

• Northern philanthropists

• Federal government

• Churches and charities

Which of the following was South Carolina required to do by Radical Republicans and the military governor?  

• End the KKK immediately

• Allow women to vote

• Ratify the 14th and 15th Amendments

• End Sharecropping agreements

Why did African Americans lose their land that was given to them by the Freedmen's Bureau?  

• President Johnson pardoned white landowners and returned their land.

• President Lincoln did not want land included in agreements to end the war.

• President Grant returned the land as part of the compromise with insurgents.

• President Jefferson Davis negotiated the return of the land before his surrender at the end of the war.

Which of the following was NOT provided by the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War?  

• Medical care

• Food

• Clothing

• Money to move North

What did the south rely on to make money after the Civil War?  

• Slave labour

• Manufacturing

• Agriculture

• Trade