Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Most former Confederates were pardoned by the
a. | Confederate Act. | c. | Fifteenth Amendment. | b. | Amnesty Act. | d. | Fourteenth
Amendment. |
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2.
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Reconstruction ended with the
a. | Amnesty Act. | c. | Civil Rights Act of 1875. | b. | Compromise of
1877. | d. | Fifteenth
Amendment. |
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Farmers thought that the quickest way to repay debt was to grow
a. | sugarcane. | c. | tobacco. | b. | cash crops. | d. | corn. |
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As a means of keeping poor people and African Americans from voting, many
Southern states required
a. | a crop tax. | c. | Reconstruction laws. | b. | Jim Crow laws. | d. | a poll tax. |
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What type of society did Southern states form by passing the Jim Crow
laws?
a. | an integrated society | c. | a segregated society | b. | a healthy society | d. | an economic
society |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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A group of Republicans and Southern whites created a new party called
____________________.
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During the early 1870s, the nation suffered an economic
____________________.
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8.
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Congress created a special ____________________ to review the 1876 election
results.
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9.
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The tobacco industry was developed by ____________________ of North
Carolina.
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10.
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The ____________________ allowed segregation in Plessy v.
Ferguson.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Ulysses S. Grant | d. | segregation | b. | Ku Klux Klan | e. | reconciliation | c. | W.E.B. Du
Bois |
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coming together again
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12.
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African American civil rights leader
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13.
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Horace Greeley's opponent
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terrorized Republican voters
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separation of the races
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Short Answer
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16.
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What did the Amnesty Act do?
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17.
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What happened as a result of the Panic of 1873?
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18.
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Who were the Redeemers?
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19.
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What did those who encouraged the building of a “New South” think
was needed for a strong economy?
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20.
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What were two ways Southern leaders found to deny African Americans the right to
vote?
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