Chapter 15
In the South, during the last quarter of the nineteenth century
the South's share of national manufacturing doubled
During Reconstruction, Southern African American officeholders
underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the south
Black sharecropping
was a very common occupation of former slaves
Congressional passage of the Enforcement Acts in 1870-1871
was aimed at reducing white repression of blacks in the South
The Tenure of Office Act
was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority
The Panic of 1873
was the nation's worst economic depression to that time
After Reconstruction, political power Southern "Redeemers"
was very often restricted and conservative
During Reconstruction, most "scalawags" referred to
Southern white Republicans
In the final days of the civil war, president Abraham Lincoln
Insisted that the confederacy had no legal right to exist
At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trail
Johnson was spared conviction by one vote
During Reconstruction, most "carpetbaggers" were
Northern white veterans who moved to the South
All the following were involved in scandals during the Grant administration EXCEPT
President Ulysses Grant
In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached because he
Violated the Tenure of Office Act, offered political opposition to Radical Republicans, dismissed Edwin Stanton from office, Both violated the Tenure of Office Act and dismissed Edwin Stanton from office. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
At the end of the Civil War, the number of slaves in the United States was
about three and a half million
In his 1895 "Atlanta Compromise" speech, Booker T. Washington
called for tacit acceptance of the emerging system of racial segregation.
The Wade-Davis Bill
called for the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates
In the 1890s, voting percentages in the South
decreased for whites and blacks
In the 1860's, the Black Codes were
designed to give whites control over freedom
The Freedmen's Bureau
distributed food to millions of former slaves
The most effective weapon used by Southern whites to undermine Reconstruction was
economic pressure
After the civil war, most southern black women
engaged in income-producing activities
In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant
entered the White House with little no political experience
During Reconstruction, the Southern school system
eventually reached 40 percent of all black children
Among his ideas, Booker T. Washington
favored industrial over classical education
The Fourteenth Amendment
gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States
Jim Crow laws
imposed a system of state-supported segregation
In President Abraham Lincoln's play for the South, "10 percent" referred to the
number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.
As president, Andrew Johnson
offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States.
During Reconstruction, regarding land ownership in the South
ownership by whites declined, while ownership by blacks increased
As president, Rutherford B.Hayes
promised to serve only one term
Advocates of the "New South"
promoted Southern industry and railroad development
The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that
racial segregation was legal if whites and blacks had equal "accommodations
In 1867, congressional plans for Reconstruction
required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males
During Reconstruction, per capita income for Southerners
rose for blacks and declined for whites
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Southern agriculture
saw the great majority of farmers living under the tenant system.
During Reconstruction, the black labor force worked
significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery
The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue of
suffrage
National support for Reconstruction was undermined by
the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment, the growing political strength of Democrats, the Panic of 1873, perceptions of black and carpetbag misgovernment in the south. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
The elections of 1876 saw
the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected
In the 1890s, the black journalist Ida B. Wells devoted her writing to attacking
the crime of lynching