U6C2 Review

The scene shown in the image is most closely associated with _______________. (7.14, 7.14.c)

• Louisiana’s constitution of 1864
• the Freedmen’s Bureau
• the Ten Percent Plan
• sharecropping

Because of the sharecropping system, most African Americans in the South ___________________. (7.14, 7.14.b)

• lived their lives in poverty
• became independent landowners
• were able to achieve financial security
• moved from the South to the Great Plains

How did the system of sharecropping work?

• Planters worked together to raise a greater volume of cash crops and shared the profits evenly.
• Planters were required to share a portion of their cash crops with the state as a form of property tax.
• Planters sold a portion of their land to a farmer in exchange for a small, yearly cash payment after the harvest.
• Planters would rent a portion of their land to a farmer who promised the farmer an agreed-upon portion of the crop.

Who was the first African American governor of Louisiana? (7.14, 7.14.f, 7.14.i)

• P. B. S. Pinchback
• Joseph Hayne Rainey
• Oscar James Dunn
• Thaddeus Stevens

Jonathan Jasper Wright is known for being the first African American to . (7.14, 7.14.f)

• serve as lieutenant governor of a Southern state
• be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
• serve on a state supreme court
• be elected to the U.S. Senate

This image of the South Carolina legislature illustrates the impact of the...

• Amnesty Act.
• southern scalawags.
• Reconstruction Acts.
• sharecropper system

What party did former white confederates align themselves with?

• Democrat
• Republican
• Free Soil
• Federalist

What party did the representative pictured below (Hiram Revels) belong to?

• Democrat
• Republican
• Free Soil
• Federalist

What pattern can you find in sharecropping as shown on this map?

• Few sharecroppers lived in Texas while many lived in Louisiana.
• In Georgia and South Carolina, sharecropping was more common in inland areas than coastal areas.
• Sharecropping was more common in areas farther south and less common in northern parts.
• Sharecropping was common everywhere in the South except Georgia and South Carolina.

Which of the following is true? (7.4, 7.14, 7.14.f, 7.14.i)

• African Americans voted in Louisiana in much smaller numbers than they voted in the other Southern States.
• Across all major offices, at least one African American elected official during Reconstruction came from Louisiana.
• African Americans were elected to state offices during Reconstruction, but none were elected to a major national office.
• Violence against African American voters and officeholders was widespread during the early years of Reconstruction