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- 1. Open Ended
Why was the Election of 1876 controversial?
- 2. Open Ended
How did the “Compromise of 1877” end Reconstruction in the South?
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements BEST explains the nature of the compromises that led to the election outcome of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction?
The northerners grew tired of the costs of Reconstruction and promised to withdraw their enforcement troops if the south would accept the gold standard initially proposed by President Grant.
Southern Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford Hayes as President in a tightly contested race if the Republicans would agree to give southern states sovereignty and withdraw federal troops.
Southern Democrats agreed to accept the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution as long as the new president would agree to withdraw federal troops from the south.
The northern Republicans offered to rebuild southern railroads if the Democrats would take larger steps in the implementation of the terms of Reconstruction.
- 4. Multiple Choice
In the 1870s, the United States faced an economic downturn.
How did this downturn MOST affect the Presidential Election of 1876?
It caused many people to vote against the incumbent Republican party.
It made Northern Republicans become more willing to make concessions.
It caused Democrats to lose control of the border states between North and South.
It forced both parties to nominate politically extreme candidates for president.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which provision of the Fourteenth Amendment is applicable to the widest range of civil rights cases today?
All persons born in or naturalized to the United States are citizens of the United States.
Congress may use further legislation to enforce this amendment.
States are required to treat all citizens equally before the law.
States are required to give all citizens due process of the law.
- 6. Multiple Choice
During Reconstruction, why did Southern leaders reluctantly urge the members of the Ku Klux Klan to end their activities?
The violence began to include attacks on white Southerners.
The leaders no longer felt the Klan was necessary after passing the Black Codes.
Northern politicians would not remove federal troops from the South until the Ku Klux Klan ended their activities.
Political leaders who supported the Klan were beginning to lose support from their constituents.
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