Reconstruction and Southern History Quiz

The Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist organization in the South, did everything within their power to remove ______________________________ from their seats after 1876.

Farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property in exchange for land and farming equipment for a portion of their crop is called a ___________________.

Farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property in exchange for land but were able to provide their own equipment in exchange for a portion of their crop is called a ___________________.

There were three plans suggested for Reconstruction: A. ___________________ Plan: former Confederate states would be allowed back in if 10% of citizens took an oath of loyalty and the state ratified the 13th Amendment.

• Lincoln’s

• Johnson’s

• Radical Republican

• Congressional

There were three plans suggested for Reconstruction: B. ___________________ Plan: 1/10th of voters in the 1860 election needed to swear an oath of loyalty, ratify the 13th Amendment, and pass the Black Codes.

• Lincoln’s

• Johnson’s

• Radical Republican

• Congressional

There were three plans suggested for Reconstruction: C. ___________________ Plan: wanted to protect the newly freed slaves, so required the ratification of the 13th AND 14th Amendments, required new state governments and constitutions, and if these rules weren’t followed, Congress would take over.

• Lincoln’s

• Johnson’s

• Radical Republican

• Southern

The first Black chaplain of the U.S. Army, an educated minister, and the first African American to be elected to Georgia’s House of Representatives was ______________________.

Alfred H. Colquitt, Joseph E. Brown, and John B. Gordon were in the _______________________, a group of powerful men who shared their power over Georgia, supported industrialization, and encouraged Northern businesses to invest in the South.

• Progressive Movement

• Bourbon Triumvirate

• Populist Party

• Freedmen’s Bureau

___________________, a journalist from Georgia, promoted a new idea for what the South should become; he used his job as editor of the *Atlanta Constitution* to promote his ideas and planned the Atlanta International Cotton Expo.

• Henry Grady

• Tom Watson

• John B. Gordon

• Joseph E. Brown

Henry Grady became known as the “Voice of the ___________________.”

• Confederacy

• New South

• Populists

• Democratic Party