5 Questions
Who were the Scalawags?
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction
What triggered the Panic of 1873?
Collapse of the banking firm Jay Cooke & Company
What distinguished sharecropping from tenant farming?
In tenant farming, the tenant pays rent for the land and may keep the entire harvest
What was the role of Carpetbaggers in the post-Civil War South?
Northerners who moved to the South for economic or political opportunities
What did impeachment mean in the context of the president?
To send the president to trial, not necessarily remove him right away from office
Test your knowledge of American history with this quiz on impeachment, carpetbaggers, and scalawags. See how much you know about these important historical concepts from the post-Civil War era.
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