Reconstruction Review

Question 1

At the end of the Civil War and throughout Reconstruction, Black Americans sought to _______________________________.

Accepted Answer

be treated fairly and go about their lives in their own ways

Question 2

____ promotes the myth that white southerners were unfairly victimized during both the Civil War and Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

The Lost Cause

Question 3

In the beginning of Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by former Confederate states were attempts to

Accepted Answer

deny equal rights and opportunities to black people

Question 4

What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

It kept freedmen economically limited and oppressed

Question 5

This made all persons born or naturalized in the United States citizens with ‘equal protection under the law&#x27;

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

Question 6

The Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877 led to the

Accepted Answer

the erosion and collapse of interracial democracy

Question 7

During and after Reconstruction, the system of sharecropping was most beneficial to

Accepted Answer

landowners, planter class

Question 8

The Freedmen’s Bureau did all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

took away land from Confederate property owners

Question 9

The KKK and the White League used this to change the behavior of their political opponents through fear & intimidation

Accepted Answer

terrorism

Question 10

This ideology promotes a hierarchy of the races; ‘white’ people on top and 'non-white' on the bottom

Accepted Answer

white supremacy

Question 11

Reactionary backlash is a common response to

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 12

By the mid-1870s, white citizens increasingly viewed the political power of Black Americans as a _____________

Accepted Answer

a step towards the destruction of white American society

Question 13

In 1870, thanks to the 15th Amendment, African-American men’s right to ___________ was officially protected

Accepted Answer

Vote

Question 14

The Convict LeaseSystem perpetuated a modified version of slavery that exploited a loophole within the ___________.

Accepted Answer

13th amendment

Question 15

After the abolition of slavery, Reconstruction was a time when African American families _____.

Accepted Answer

came together, reunited

Questions 15