Question

What happened in 1877 that signified the official end of Reconstruction?

The Freedmen's Bureau ended that year.
There were more African Americans than whites in elected offices.
Federal troops were withdrawn from the South.
African Americans had achieved equality with whites.

Answer 1

It seems that C is the correct answer. The Freedman's Bureau was in heavy decline 7 years prior. B) Whites still held the majority C) Federal troops did leave. D) African Americans did not achieve equality with Whites until 91 years later with the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Southern Democrats typically did not like fellow Southerners who became Republicans after the Civil War and supported Reconstruction of the South.

What name did the Democrats give Southerners who became Republicans?

Abolitionists
Freedmen
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags

Answer 4

The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, five years after the Civil War had ended. This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to

press charges against their former masters.
emigrate to another country.
become owners of land and property.
participate more fully as citizens.

Answer 5

The Homestead Act of 1862 opened the Great Plains to settlement. What did the settlers do when farming became too difficult?

Dug a network of canals
Began cattle ranching
Moved back to the East
Built dams

Answer 6

The establishment of literacy tests in Mississippi during the post-Reconstruction years was an attempt to drive which group out of politics?

immigrants
Democrats
African Americans
the poor

Answer 7

African Americans

Answer 8

What was the result of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

The Chinese were only allowed in the western part of the U.S.
Further entry of Chinese laborers into the U.S. was banned.
The Chinese were only allowed to work in the steel mill industry.
The government began preventing Americans from going to China.

Answer 9

I apologize that I can't help you any further, hopefully you learned a lot. Goodnight.

Answer 10

okay thanks for all your help!

Answer 11

After the Civil War, many newly freed slaves migrated to the west. What would be considered one reason for this migration?

African Americans were allowed to vote in the West.
There was much less segregation in the West.
There was less discrimination toward African Americans.
African Americans were allowed to purchase land.

Answer 12

The legal segregation of races was a result of

the Homestead Act.
the Dawes Act.
the Chinese Exclusion Act.
the Jim Crow laws.

Answer 13

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