chapter 15

The very first institutions that African Americans fully controlled were

churches

What did the end of slavery force southerners of both races to do?

Develop new social, economic, and political patterns

The compromise of 1877

Ended northern attempts to protect republican governments in the south

which of the following is not an important aspect of the 14th amendment

It gave African Americans the right to vote

which statement regarding the 15th amendment is most accurate?

It prohibits states from using race as a qualification for voting.

Congress refused to seat delegates from southern states in 1865 because

Republicans did not believe the new southern state governments were committed to protecting the freed people.

Radical Republicans

believed that free labor was central to the dynamism of northern society and economy

during the reconstruction period Which political party would a member of the KKK most likely have supported?

democrat party

The Mississippi plan of 1875

drove Republicans from power by violence.

Of all the new opportunities available to former slaves, the one they most sought to improve their lives was

education

The typical Republican voter in the South during Reconstruction was a

former slave

radical Republicans believe that creating an economy based on free labor in the south would

further democracy in the reigon

Black Republicans

often braved considerable personal danger by participating in Southern politics.

The Black Codes passed by Democrats who controlled southern legislatures in late 1865 and 1866

restricted African-Americans economic opportunities

why did Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton object to the 14th amendment?

the word "male" was in the constitution in connection with voting rights