Legacy of Violence in the American South

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During Reconstruction, which of the following cities experienced large-scale urban conflicts?

Richmond, Virginia

Charleston, South Carolina (correct)

Atlanta, Georgia

Nashville, Tennessee

What was the main reason for the violence initiated by white conservatives during Reconstruction?

Disagreement over labor disputes

Opposition to Black economic mobility (correct)

Anger over the influx of migrants

Resistance to Republican control

Which amendment granted African Americans citizenship rights during Reconstruction?

Thirteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment (correct)

Fifteenth Amendment

Nineteenth Amendment

What were the goals of organized vigilante groups during Reconstruction?

Curbing Black political involvement Signup and view all the answers

Which group emerged as the most infamous vigilante group during Reconstruction?

The Ku Klux Klan Signup and view all the answers

How did the federal government respond to paramilitary tactics during Reconstruction?

Passing the Enforcement Acts Signup and view all the answers

During the antebellum period, the social order in the South was based on

White supremacy and Black inferiority Signup and view all the answers

What did white southerners believe about Black labor after emancipation?

Physical compulsion was necessary for Black labor Signup and view all the answers

What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?

Destroyed American slavery Signup and view all the answers

How did southern whites attempt to regain control over formerly enslaved people after the Civil War?

Through organized vigilante groups Signup and view all the answers

What were the three major forms of racial violence during the Reconstruction period?

Riots against Black political authority, interpersonal fights, and organized vigilante groups Signup and view all the answers

What happened to the institution of American slavery after the Confederate surrender?

It was destroyed by the Thirteenth Amendment Signup and view all the answers

During Reconstruction, federal opposition to the KKK weakened because

Southern Democrats gained control and supported the KKK Signup and view all the answers

According to white conservatives, the violence committed by the KKK was

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

Sallie Adkins wrote President Ulysses S. Grant to request

Physical protection and justice Signup and view all the answers

African Americans sought ways to shed the vestiges of slavery by

Adopting new names that affirmed their freedom Signup and view all the answers

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, was a town established by

African Americans formerly enslaved by Joseph and Jefferson Davis Signup and view all the answers

What did residents of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, take pride in?

The fact that African Americans owned all of the property in town Signup and view all the answers

Black towns established during Reconstruction provided African Americans with spaces where they could

Live free from segregation and sharecropping Signup and view all the answers

What were the social consequences of the violence during Reconstruction?

The end of federal involvement in Reconstruction Signup and view all the answers