African American History: Chapter 13 Test
Which of the following statements is true about black officeholders during Reconstruction?
A majority of them were literate.
Which of the following groups took control of Colfax, Alabama, after the election of 1872?
African Americans
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was championed by __________.
Charles Sumner
The Ku Klux Klan was originally a club for __________.
Confederate veterans
What is the connection between Frederick Douglass and the Freedmen's Savings Bank?
Douglass served as president and invested his own money in the bank.
Which of the following events helps explain declining interest among northern white people in the problems of southern black people?
the Panic of 1873
The Hamburg Massacre and Ellenton Riot represented ___________
the effort of South Carolina Democrats to imitate the shotgun policy
Which of the following groups dominated politics during Reconstruction?
white Republicans
The Enforcement Acts were passed in direct response to __________.
white violence against African Americans and white Republicans
During Reconstruction, most disagreements within the Republican Party centered on _________.
who should run for office
In exchange for Democratic support in the constitutional crisis created by the disputed outcome of the election of 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes ________.
withdrew the last federal troops from the South
Which of the following was true of the Colfax Massacre?
It was the single worst day of bloodshed during Reconstruction.
_________ "shotgun policy" was designed to "redeem" the state from Republican rule.
Mississippi's
Which of the following was true of relations between Native Americans and African Americans in the decades before the Civil War?
Native Americans owned thousands of slaves.
How did white Democrats respond to the elections that were held across the South in 1868 to ratify new constitutions and elect new political officials?
Reactions varied from state to state.
Mifflin and Jonathan Gibbs were active in _________.
Republican politics
Most of the delegates elected to constitutional conventions in the southern states in 1867 and 1868 were __________.
Republicans
Who won the popular vote in the election of 1876?
Samuel Tilden
Black delegates were a majority in which state's constitutional convention?
South Carolina
In the aftermath of the Civil War, only _____________ passed a law guaranteeing African Americans access to public facilities.
South Carolina
The Rollin sisters played an important role in the politics of which state?
South Carolina
The outcome of the election of 1876 centered on the resolution of disputed outcomes in Florida, Louisiana, and _________.
South Carolina
In the aftermath of the Hamburg Massacre, _________.
South Carolina Democrats united to nominate Wade Hampton for governor
Which of the former Confederate states had the fewest black officeholders during Reconstruction?
Tennessee
Which of the following is true about the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871?
They authorized the president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, if necessary.
Which of the following best characterizes Republican education initiatives during Reconstruction?
They enjoyed only limited success.
Why were black political leaders largely unsuccessful in achieving their goals?
They faced opposition from most Democrats and some white Republicans.
Which of the following was true of black political leaders during Reconstruction?
They were unable to significantly improve the lives of their constituents.
Who responded to Governor Adelbert Ames's requests for federal intervention in Mississippi by claiming that the American people were "tired out with these annual autumnal outbreaks in the South"?
U. S. Grant
Hiram Revels was elected __________ in Mississippi.
U.S. senator
By 1875, white Democrats had regained authority in __________.
Virginia
Which of the following best characterizes the response of white Republicans to Klan violence?
White Republicans passed laws designed to curb Klan violence, but enforcement was weak.
Where was the Klan most active and violent?
York County, South Carolina
The 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act provided funds for __________.
agricultural and mechanical colleges
Black politicians pushed for laws to protect the interests of __________.
agricultural laborers and small farmers
During Reconstruction, Republicans __________.
created statewide systems of public education
The efforts of black leaders to open public facilities to all people, regardless of race, revealed __________.
deep divisions between black people and white Republicans
For most white southerners, the only acceptable political system was one that __________.
excluded black people
Republican politicians saw __________ as the key to economic growth and prosperity.
expansion of the railroad network
Where was the Ku Klux Klan most powerful in the South?
in areas where African Americans constituted a large minority of the population
The Fifteenth Amendment __________.
protected the voting rights of black men
Which of the following were black leaders unable to accomplish during Reconstruction?
provide land to landless farmers
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 banned discrimination in __________.
public hotels
By the mid-1870s, many northern white Republicans had lost interest in __________.
rights for black people
During Reconstruction, public schools in the South were __________.
strictly segregated
Which of the following was one of the Five Civilized Tribes?
the Cherokee
What is the connection between the Ku Klux Klan and Reconstruction?
The Klan promoted violence in the interest of southern Democrats who ended Reconstruction.
What is the connection between the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and Reconstruction?
The act was the last piece of civil rights legislation to assist black people passed before Reconstruction ended.
What effect did the Enforcement Acts exert on the Klan?
The government moved quickly against the Klan, but few members were punished severely.
How did white southerners justify the use of violence to force black men out of politics?
They argued that black men had no legitimate claim to political rights.
