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SS unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. The election of Wade Hampton as governor in 1876 marked what turning point in South | The end of Reconstruction and the return of the Democrats to political power. |
| 2. During the 1880s, "poll taxes" and "literacy tests" were added to the voting procedure in South Carolina for which of the following reasons? | To make it difficult for poor African Americans to vote. |
| 3. The term “scalawag” refers to a small and useless animal. What types of people were described as “scalawag’s” during the Reconstruction era? | Southern Republicans who were sympathetic to Northern politicians in the South |
| 4. The Thirteenth Amendment: | Made slavery illegal in all states |
| 5. Why did southern governments feel justified in passing the Black Codes? | They felt that the government was intended for white men only and not African Americans |
| 6. Northerners who went south after the Civil War were often accused of taking advantage of the ruined south and called this by opponents? | Carpetbaggers |
| 7. How did the Freedman’s Bureau affect education for freed slaves in the South? | It established more schools and increased efforts to educate freed slaves |
| 8. The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution included which of the following? | the guarantee of civil rights for all citizens of the US |
| 9. As a result of federal troops withdrawing from SC, the state… | had greater freedom to use intimidation and violence against African Americans and white Republicans |
| 10. The Redeemers wanted South Carolina’s government and society to… | return to conditions in antebellum SC |
| 11. Which of the slavery amendments overturned the Dred Scott decision? | 14th |
| 12. What is the name of the African American from South Carolina that became a US Representative during Reconstruction? | Robert Smalls |
| 13. Which of the following is not an example of one of the failures of Reconstruction? | many schools were built to help freedmen |
| 14. Which of the following is not an example of the positive outcomes of Reconstruction? | propaganda was spread saying freedmen were to blame for problems in the south |
| 15. The Hunley ultimately _____________. | Sank a Union battleship and was lost |
| 16. How did the war impact women in the South? | The war made women' s lives difficult because soldiers needed supplies, creating shortages on the homefront |
| 17. Only a few days after the end of the Civil War President Lincoln was assassinated. As a result this vice president was sworn into office… | Andrew Johnson |
| 18. On February 16, 1865, Union General William Sherman and his troops reached the city of Columbia, SC. What was the fate of the city over the next few days? | The city was burned to the ground |
| 19. After Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, citizens living in the North began to view the Civil War as a: | Moral crusade against slavery |
| 20. President Lincoln gave a speech which is regarded to be one of the best speeches in American history. The purpose of the speech was to encourage citizens and soldiers to keep the fight going in the Civil War. What was the name of this speech? | Gettysburg Address |
| 21. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave could not sue for his own freedom, even if he lived in a Free State. This was because a slave was not considered an American citizen and had no protection under the law. This historical Supreme Court c | Dred Scott vs. Sanford |
| 22. Although John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt to challenge the institution of slavery, the raid resulted in… | further tensions between Northern and Southern states over the issues of slavery and state’s rights |
| 23. The Fugitive Slave Law was viewed as a victory for slave states because it… | gave slave owners the right to have slaves who had run away to free states captured and returned to the South |
| 24. Without the leadership of John Calhoun (he died in 1850), political leaders in South Carolina engaged in a power struggle in the decade before the Civil War. Men such as Robert Barnwell Rhett became known as the "fire-eaters," which meant that they | secede from the Union immediately, regardless of the consequences. |
| 25. During the Antebellum Era, most slaves were "field hands" (i.e. they worked in the fields). During the day, the slaves were organized by either the "gang system" or "task system". What was the difference between the two? | Under the gang system, slaves worked in groups for a certain period of time; under the task system, slaves worked until they finished a daily task. |
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