Deck 12: Collapse of Reconstruction

Question 1

Republican support for black suffrage and racial equality waned during the 1870s.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

African Americans had few incentives to join with whites in biracial organizations like the Readjusters.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Unlike the KKK, the White League welcomed public attention and press with little fear of federal retribution.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

By January 1876 all the former Confederate states except for Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana had been redeemed.

Question 5

The Dunning School depicted Reconstruction as a period of unjust and corrupt rule by Democrats and white supremacists.

Question 6

State and federal governments sided with labor rather than corporate concerns during strikes.

Question 7

Identify the Liberal Republican's candidate for President in 1872.

A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Horace Greeley
C) William Belknap
D) Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 8

The Readjuster Party sought to reduce or "readjust" the state debt in this state.

A) Texas
B) Arkansas
C) Virginia
D) South Carolina

Question 9

By the end of Reconstruction, which of the following amendments had been compromised by Redemption and white Supremacy?

A) Thirteenth Amendment
B) Fourteenth Amendment
C) Fifteenth Amendment
D) All of the above

Question 10

Democratic Samuel J. Tilden accomplished the following at the end of the Election of 1876.

A) Won the popular vote but lost the electoral college.
B) Won the electoral college but lost the popular vote.
C) Tied the popular vote but lost the electoral college.
D) Won the popular vote but tied the electoral college.

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT a phase in Reconstruction?

A) Congressional
B) Institutional
C) Presidential
D) Redemption