Topic 1 Lesson 2 Reconstruction Changes the South

What tactics were used by the Ku Klux Klan? What was the goal of this group?

The KKK roamed at night burning homes, schools, and churches, and beating, maiming and killing African Americans and their white allies. They terrorized African Americans and those helping them from voting.

What events during the Reconstruction likely sparked the formation of the Ku Klux Klan?

-The economic growth of the northerners and their disapproval of slavery only fueled the fire of the southerners' outgrage. -When the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed all American men the right to vote. -Republican takeover of local politics and occupation by federal troops.

Which factor best explains the advantages many northern carpetbaggers had in pursuing new careers in the South?

Low literacy rates in the South.

Why was sharecropping so appealing to blacks and poor whites in the South?

One could start without any cash up front.

What happened after 1872 that led to a decline in violence against African Americans?

The federal government took legal action against many members of the Ku Klux Klan.

What was the main reason why it was more expensive to operate a school system in the South than in the North?

The policy of segregation practiced in the South.

Why did the Republican Party refuse to support women's suffrage?

They felt it would hinder their goal of attaining African American suffrage.