End of Reconstruction Quiz

Who were the White Southern Republicans during the Radical Reconstruction?

• Businesspeople who opposed the secession of 1860

• Northerners who moved to the South

• African Americans who gained the right to vote

• Union soldiers who fell in love with the South

What term was used to describe Northerners who moved to the South during the Radical Reconstruction?

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• Freedmen

• Reformers

What was one of the motivations for some Northerners to move to the South during the Radical Reconstruction?

• To oppose the Civil War

• To get wealthy from the rebuilding of the South

• To support the secession of 1860

• To join the Confederate army

How many African Americans were elected to Congress between 1869 and 1880?

• 10

• 12

• 16

• 20

What roles did some Northerners take on to help the freedmen in the South?

• Businesspeople and soldiers

• Teachers, ministers, and reformers

• Politicians and lawyers

• Farmers and merchants

Who were the Conservatives mentioned in the text?

• A group of African Americans who resisted change

• A group of white southerners who resisted change

• A group of northern Democrats who supported change

• A group of white northerners who supported change

What was the most dangerous group formed by white southerners to keep African Americans and white Republicans out of office?

• The Black Panthers

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The White League

• The Red Shirts

What action did Congress take in 1870 to address the violence of the Ku Klux Klan?

• They disbanded the Klan

• They made it a crime to stop African Americans from voting

• They increased military presence in the South

• They provided financial aid to African Americans

What were some of the projects undertaken by Reconstruction governments to rebuild the South?

• Building public schools, railroads, telegraph lines, bridges, and roads

• Establishing new plantations

• Creating new political parties

• Building new factories and industrial centers

What was the Radical Republicans' plan for freedmen after the Civil War?

• To give each freedman "40 acres and a mule"

• To send freedmen to the North

• To provide freedmen with jobs in factories

• To integrate freedmen into the military