Chapter 15

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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


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