Unit 6- Advanced US History

Which is most true of Jim Crow laws? A. They were enacted mostly in the South. B. They were designed to end racial discrimination. C. They were enacted mostly in the North. D. They were designed to counter the Black Code laws. E. The were enacted as only a stop-gap procedure.

A. They were enacted mostly in the South.

What were the Enforcement Acts?

Acts recommended by Grant and imposed by Congress to try to protect black voters from intimidation and violence

Which was NOT a reason the North began to lose interest in the Southern Reconstruction by the early 1870s? A. Southern intransigence was increasingly frustrating to the North, whose soldiers had fought for blacks' freedom. B. The violence in the South was increasingly disturbing and seemed to indicate that blacks would never really be free. C. Other issues, such as Indian Wars, western expansion, and others started to overtake Northerners' attention. D. Real and propagandized evidence of corruption in the reconstructed Southern governments discouraged the North. E. Northerners were growing increasingly hostile to President Johnson, and no longer wanted to support his agenda.

E. Northerners were growing increasingly hostile to President Johnson, and no longer wanted to support his agenda.

Which was a common restriction included in the black codes?

Former slaves could not sue in court.

Why did President Johnson deviate from his original plan of punishing Southern aristocrats by making it difficult for states to reenter the Union?

Johnson believed that the Union was paramount and the South should be represented.

The Jim Crow era directly followed what period in U.S. history?

Reconstruction

Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order freeing slaves in Confederate states in 1863 two years before the war ended. What was the name of this order?

The Emancipation Proclamation

Henry W. Grady sought to recruit investors from the North to rebuild the South. What phrase did he coin about his home?

The New South

A reason economic systems like sharecropping and the crop-lien system came to be was due to changes in the plantation system. What were they?

There was a lack of capital in plantations due to the war, and cotton prices were declining.

What were the Enforcement Acts of 1870-1871?

These were acts designed to protect blacks and white Republicans from the intimidation tactics of white supremacist groups like the Klan and the White League.

Which best describes de jure segregation?

segregation that is sanctioned by the law

Industries in the New South, such as tobacco production, coal mining, and cotton mills, flourished because of an improvement in one system. What is it?

the railway

What was a primary result of the Compromise of 1877?

the removal of troops from southern states

What was the purpose of the poll tax?

to make it difficult for African Americans to vote

What was the primary goal of the "Redeemers?"

They wanted to restore "home rule" of southern governments and remove the Republicans from power.

Where did the term "Red Shirts" come from?

This white supremacist organization used the name to mock the Republicans who had "waved the bloody shirt" to remind people of Confederate crimes.

What protections were included in the Fourteenth Amendment?

citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law