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Challenges in the Post-War American South

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Challenges in the Post-War American South

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What was the main goal of the Redeemers in the post-Civil War South?

To promote racial equality through the Black Codes

To encourage African American participation in elected offices

To restore the social order of the Old South (correct)

To enforce the 15th Amendment to protect African American rights

Why did the Redeemers pass Black Codes in the Southern states?

To limit the rights of African Americans (correct)

To provide equal opportunities for all races

To encourage integration in public spaces

To grant more rights to African Americans

How did the Redeemers disenfranchise African Americans despite the 15th Amendment?

By ensuring equal political power for all races

By allowing African Americans to serve on juries

By promoting voting rights for all races

By imposing literacy tests in languages other than English (correct)

What was the significance of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

It upheld the doctrine of 'separate but equal' Signup and view all the answers

How did paramilitary groups like the Ku Klux Klan impact voting rights in the South?

By intimidating and attacking people to prevent African Americans and white Republicans from voting Signup and view all the answers

What was the main difference in terms of payment between tenant farmers and sharecroppers?

Tenant farmers paid cash upfront for renting the fields, while sharecroppers paid the landowner a portion of the crop after the harvest. Signup and view all the answers

Why did many sharecroppers have to stay at the plantation even after the harvest?

Because their share of the crops at the harvest was insufficient to pay debts owed to the plantation store. Signup and view all the answers

What was a key advantage for business owners who leased convicts for labor?

Convicts provided an inexpensive workforce with low labor demands. Signup and view all the answers

What kind of offenses could lead someone to be sentenced to convict labor?

Illegal gambling and vagrancy. Signup and view all the answers

'Redeemers' in the South were primarily focused on regaining control from which group?

Carpetbaggers from the North Signup and view all the answers

What was the main problem faced by Southern farmers after the Civil War?

Having no means to pay wages until the harvest Signup and view all the answers

What major change occurred in the status of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War?

They were granted equal rights as everyone else Signup and view all the answers

How was the familiar social order in the South affected after the Civil War?

It was obliterated with the end of slavery Signup and view all the answers

What was a significant consequence of the destruction of Southern infrastructure after the Civil War?

Cities falling into disrepair and chaos Signup and view all the answers

What were the new labor arrangements, such as tenant farming and sharecropping, born out of?

The necessity to address the lack of means to pay wages Signup and view all the answers