AKS 36 review

At the beginning of Reconstruction, how did the expectations of many white Georgians differ from the expectation of freedmen?

• White Georgians assumed that freedmen would gain only social equality, while freedmen expected to be granted economic equality as well.

• White Georgians assumed that freedmen would gain complete equality, while freedmen assumed they would gain very limited rights.

• White Georgians assumed that freedmen would gain privileged status, while freedmen assumed their freedom would be limited.

• White Georgians assumed that freedmen would only have superficial freedoms, while freedmen expected complete equality.

In Georgia, what was a result of the ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments?

• the founding of African American state universities and colleges

• the election of African Americans to serve in public office throughout the state

• the reduction of funding for the Freedmen’s Bureau from the state budget

How did the Congressional Reconstruction plan better protect the rights of African Americans than other plans?

• It authorized the government to put Ku Klux Klan members in federal courts.

• It required southern states to distribute land formerly used for plantation to freedmen.

• It required southern states to adopt new constitutions to protect African Americans’ civil rights.

• It repealed the Tariff of Abominations in order to provide African Americans greater economic opportunities.

In contrast to the Congressional Reconstruction plan, what was the focus of President Andrew Johnson’s plan?

• protecting the rights of freedmen and freedwomen

• readmitting states to the Union as quickly as possible

• punishing the southern states for starting the Civil War

• providing economic opportunities for African Americans

Which of the following statements BEST compares the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan?

• Both the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were eventually outlawed by Congress.

• Both the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were violent in order to accomplish their goals.

• Both the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were originally created through acts of Congress.

• Both the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were created in response to changing social conditions.

What was the MOST lasting success of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• ending racial segregation through successful lawsuits

• ending the South’s reliance on sharecropping for labor

• expanding educational opportunities for African Americans

• expanding the southern economy recover after the Civil War

how did the United States respond to the removal of African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly?

• The federal government refused to readmit Georgia to the United States.

• The Supreme Court ruled that new elections must be held immediately.

• The Freedmen’s Bureau stopped providing aid to Georgia’s citizens.

• The president dissolved the assembly and called for new elections.

What is one key difference between a tenant farmer and a sharecropper?

• Tenant farmers only grew cotton while sharecroppers had to grow whatever they were told by the landowner.

• Tenant farmers owned their land and crops while sharecroppers had to rent land and give away their crops.

• Tenant farmers would own their land after a certain period of time while sharecroppers would never own their own land.

• Tenant farmers could sell all of their crops and make a profit because they provided their own tools while sharecroppers had to give a percentage of their crops to the landowner, since they had to buy tools and equipment

How did the agricultural system of the South change during Reconstruction in response to the loss of slave labor?

• Sharecropping and tenant farming provided cheap farm labor.

• Native American labor was used to replace the loss of slave labor

• Georgia invested in creating manufacturing jobs that utilized cheap immigrant labor.

• Southern states began to buy land in central American countries in order to have access to cheap labor.

Use the chart to answer the question.

What conclusion can be made from the chart regarding Georgia’s economy?

• Georgia’s economy experienced high levels of unemployment as many textile mills closed in the decades following the Civil war.

• Georgia’s economy continued to rely solely on trading goods produced in textile mills with Great Britain.

• Georgia’s economy began to industrialize following the Civil War with the presence of textile mills.

• Georgia’s economy moved away from cotton production to focus on building textile mills.