Social Studies Unit 1

"Since Southern states never legally left the Union, they should be restored to the Union as soon as possible" The position expressed in this statements most closely associated with the beliefs of

Abraham Lincoln

Which statement concerning corporations on the United States after 1865 is most accurate

Corporations became a dominant form of business organization

Jim Crow Laws passed in the the South during the late 1800s were designed to

Create a system of legal segregation

After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by

Creating tenant farms and sharecropping

Poll taxes, literacy test, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to

Deny suffrage to African Americans

The 14th amendment guaranteed citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves

Describes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that outlawed the Black Codes

During the latter half of the 19th century, many businesses and organizations in the United States combined into large corporations because

Efficiency in production methods could be increased

A major result of the Civil War was that the

Federal Government's power over the States was strengthened

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution

Granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

How were many African Americans in the South affected after Reconstruction ended in 1877?

Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on their rights

During the years of reconstruction in North Carolina, which group murdered men such Wyatt Outlaw and John W. Stephens just because they were Republicans

Ku Klux Klan

The literacy test and poll tax were divided mainly to

Limit the number of African Americans qualified to vote

Literacy tests and grandfather clauses were enacted in the South after the Reconstruction Era primarily to

Limit the number of African voters

The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) And the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) were similar in both were designed to

Limit the power of big business

Black codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to

Limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

The corporation became a popular form of business organization after the Civil War because corporations

Offer advantages in raising capital and provide legal protection for owners

The system of sharecropping developed in the South after the Civil War because

Owners of large tracts of land faced labor shortages

After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

Passage of Jim crow laws

What was the major purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act (1809) And the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

Promoting fair competition between businesses

The main purpose of antitrust legislation passed by Congress is to

Restore competition between similar businesses

Literacy test, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to

Restrict the voting rights of African Americans

President Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconstruction after the Civil War included

Reuniting the nation as quickly as possible

Which form of agriculture was created and became dominant in the South in the decades immediately following the Civil War?

Sharecropping

The congress helped the newly freed slaves by

Shutting down legislatures that passed Black Codes, they created the freedmen's bureau, new schools were started, which taught literacy to former slaves, fair work contracts between whites and blacks were organized

The term "robber barons" is used to describe many industrialists of the late 19th century mainly because they

Sought to maximize their profits by eliminating competition and exploiting workers

The passage of Jim Crow laws in the South in the late 19th century is evidence that

Southern legislators were determined to keep African Americans in a subservient position

Sharecropping was a system of farming most common in

The Southern States after the Civil War

Which statement is valid generalization about experience of African Americans during the early Reconstruction period (1865 - 1870)

They achieved legal rights trough constitutional amendments

Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the

adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution

Prior to 1880, the number of immigrants to the United States was not restricted mainly because

industry owners wanted cheap labor

The most long-lasting victory for civil rights achieved during Reconstruction was the

ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution

The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by

state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans

After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South

use of the sharecropping system

One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they

used ruthless business tactics against their competitors

During the Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877), The 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans

voting rights