6.5 Reading Quiz

Ulysses S. Grant's main weakness during his first presidential term was his lack of

• congressional support.

• ethical standards.

• political experience.

• public confidence.

Democrats hoped to regain power in the South by

• appealing to racism among white Southerners.

• backing tax cuts for small farmers and workers.

• challenging Republican victories in court.

• appealing to African American voters.

What issues weakened support for Reconstruction and the Republicans during Grant's second administration?

• industrialization and taxation

• scandals and economic crises

• education and employment

• suffrage and equality

The "New South" remained largely agrarian because

• the citizens did not have other skills.

• no other industries developed.

• the land would go unused otherwise.

• mills needed cotton for their looms.

The Compromise of 1877 refers to

• the deal that Republicans and Democrats made to install Rutherford B. Hayes as president.

• the circumstances that led to both Democrats and Republicans nominating Horace Greeley as president.

• a pact that Ulysses S. Grant made with Republicans not to run for a third term in office.

• an agreement between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden to award the presidential election to Hayes.

In what way did sharecropping harm African Americans?

• It encouraged strict competition between farmers.

• It kept African Americans trapped in a cycle of poverty.

• Farm equipment caused many injuries to farmers.

• It made African Americans reluctant to leave the South.

The presidential election of 1876 affected Reconstruction by:

• Ending Reconstruction through the Compromise of 1877

• Extending Reconstruction policies for another decade

• Leading to the impeachment of President Rutherford B. Hayes

• Resulting in the re-election of Ulysses S. Grant