Why did some African-Americans prefer sharecropping?

More control over their own lives

How does the Civil Rights Act protect African Americans?

Declares black citizens, protects them from black codes

How did the moderates and Radicals differ in Reconstruction plans for readmission?

Moderates had easy terms, Radicals had difficult

What are black codes?

Laws limiting African American's freedom

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1
What was life like during Reconstruction in the South?
Military rule
Calm
Little resistance to Reconstruction
Whites & blacks got along peacefully
2
How do Southerners try to get around the 15th Amendment?
They accept the 15th Amendment
Literacy tests
Poll taxes
3
Northerners that came down South to make a profit are known as
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Cheapskates
Bums
4
How is sharecropping similar to slavery?
Blacks are working in the fields
All of the above
Blacks make no profit from sharecropping
Blacks are still working for white farmers
5
Why did some African-Americans prefer sharecropping?
Working on their own farms
More control over their own lives
Little interactions w/ white Southerners
Made huge profits
6
How did the South try to resist Reconstruction?
Sharecropping
Segregation in public places
All of the above
Attempted to get round 15th Amendment
7
Declares slavery illegal
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
8
Declares equal protection under the law for all citizens
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
9
What racist group emerges in the Reconstruction?
Ku Klux Klan
Neo-Nazis
Westboro Baptist Churhc
Aryan Nation
10
What is a success of Reconstruction?
Public schools
New roads
Death
Racism
11
Gives African Americans the right to vote
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
12
How does the Civil Rights Act protect African Americans?
Declares black citizens, protects them from black codes
Gives blacks the right to vote
Declares slavery illegal
Equal treatment under the law
13
The entity est. to give out food, help blacks find jobs, & est. black schools is
Dept. of Education
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Freedman's Bureau
Former Slaves Agency
14
How did the moderates and Radicals differ in Reconstruction plans for readmission?
Moderates wanted all war criminals hanged
Radicals had easy terms, moderates had difficult
Moderates had easy terms, Radicals had difficult
Both groups had the same plan
15
The new labor system in the South is called:
Mercantalism
Sharecropping
Mining
Slavery
16
What are black codes?
Laws that gave slaves freedom
Laws that gave blacks more freedom
Laws limiting African American's freedom
Code used in Underground RR
17
What kind of plan does Johnson come up with for Reconstruction?
Ratify the 13th Amendment
Form new govts
All of the above
Take an oath
18
Southerners that go along with Reconstruction are known as:
Reconstruction-ers
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Republicans

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