End of Reconstruction

Who won the 1876 Election

• Wade Hampton

• Rutherford B Hayes

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert Smalls

Reconstruction ends after the Election of 1876

• False

• True

The redeemers wanted the _______ to be in charge of the south

• Republicans

• KKK

• African Americans

• Democrats

What was the name of the group that supported Wade Hampton's run for governor?

• Frauders

• Riflemen

• KKK

• Redshirts

The end of Reconstruction, but when the north's military leaves the KKK gains power

• 1877

• 1890

• 1898

• 1932

(a)   happened after the Civil War when the United States was trying to fix the problems and rebuild the country

Investigate the political changes that occurred during Reconstruction, focusing on the role of African American politicians. How did their participation influence state and national politics?

• African American politicians had no influence on state and national politics.

• Their participation led to significant changes in state and national politics, including the passage of progressive legislation.

• They were only allowed to participate in local politics.

• Their influence was limited to a few Southern states.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

With the help of this group, Ulysses S. Grant won the election of 1868.

• White Southerners

• African Americans

• Democrats

• Women

As new state governments took power in the South, many Republicans in Congress were alarmed to see that they were headed by the same people who had led the South before the war—wealthy white planters.  Once in office, these leaders began passing laws known as _____ _____ to control their former slaves.

(a)  

northern born Republican office holders who had moved to the South after the War

• Ku Klux Klan

• carpetbaggers

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Jim Crow