What was the main reason many northerners grew weary of trying to reform the South by the 1870s?

• They wanted to focus on other national issues.

• They believed southerners should run their own governments.

• They were satisfied with the progress made.

• They wanted to expand westward.

The Amnesty Act of 1872 restored the right to vote to nearly all white southerners, including former ________.

• Union soldiers

• Confederates

• Abolitionists

• Immigrants

Which political party did the white southerners vote solidly for after the Amnesty Act?

• Republican

• Democratic

• Whig

• Federalist

In the election of 1876, which candidate won the popular vote?

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Samuel Tilden

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the removal of federal troops from which states?

• Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi

• South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida

• Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee

• Texas, Arkansas, Missouri