Resistance to Reconstruction

What was the political impact of Black Republicans in the South during Reconstruction?

• They were able to maintain long-term political power.

• They held numerous elected positions in Southern state legislatures.

• They were completely excluded from political positions.

• They only participated in local elections.

What was the main reason for White Southerners boycotting elections during Reconstruction?

• Support for Black Codes

• Anger over Civil War defeat and Reconstruction laws

• Opposition to voting laws

• Support for Black Republicans

What were Black Codes designed to do?

• Protect the rights of all citizens

• Ensure racial equality

• Limit the rights of freed slaves

• Support Black political power

What was the outcome for many former slaves who entered sharecropping agreements?

• Economic freedom

• Political leadership

• Trapped in a cycle of debt

• Ownership of land

What was the mission of the Ku Klux Klan?

• Support racial equality

• Defend freed slaves' rights

• Scare Black Americans out of voting

• Promote education for all citizens

What was the role of federal military presence in the South?

• To suppress Black political power.

• To ensure the safety of Black voters.

• To support Southern White voters.

• To promote economic development.

What was a political factor contributing to the abandonment of Reconstruction?

• Increased federal oversight

• Economic prosperity in the South

• Political dominance of White Southerners

• Strengthened military presence

Why was the Presidential Election of 1876 so controversial?

• Tilden refused to run for office and Hayes won unanimously

• Hayes lost the popular vote and won the electoral college

• Tilden won all the electoral votes

• Congress immediately accepted the results

What did Hayes agree to in the Compromise of 1877 to gain Democratic support?

• Withdraw federal troops from the South, support internal improvements, appoint a Southerner to the Cabinet

• Abolish Black Codes, give voting rights to women, and lower taxes

• Enforce Black voting rights, build railroads, and legalize segregation

• End sharecropping, grant land to former slaves, and pass labor laws

What was a consequence of the federal government's abandonment of Reconstruction?

• Increased racial equality in the South

• Strengthened federal oversight

• Racial equality was not protected

• Continued military presence