During the era of the civil rights movement, Southern whites were divided because white “moderates” or liberals sought WHICH ONE of the following?Group of answer choicesThe end of the Republican Party in all southern states.“Sunbelt” economic development.“Massive resistance.”A return to a more agricultural South.

Southern white Democrats solved what they perceived as the "problem" of African-American labor and political power in all of the following EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesThe legal segregation of public facilities based on the shade of person's skin and their ancestryDemands from white citizens that black citizens show servility or face violent consequencesDisenfranchisement of black voters through such devices as the poll tax and literacy testsUsing the federal government to outlaw the Republican Party throughout the South

Which of the following political parties believed in the political, social, and economic equality of blacks?Southern DemocratsModerate RepublicansModerate and Radical RepublicansRadical Republicans

During the 1800s, which group of Southerners dominated the politics and economy of the South? A:A. all classes of landownersB:B. middle class agrariansC:C. freed African AmericansD:D. wealthy plantation owners

After the end of Reconstruction, the states of the former Confederacy that were incorporated back into the USA featured all of the following EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesFederal government protection of civil rights and voting rights for both black and white southernersMost black southerners working as low-wage laborers or as sharecroppers on someone else’s land.The “Solid South,” or rule by the white Democratic PartyAn economy based on agriculture and extractive industries such as timber and coal

Which of the following was most responsible for giving most white males the opportunity to be politically active, either as voters or as candidates for office?Multiple choice question.the relatively lawless environment of the frontier Old Southwestthe nullification crisis and South Carolina’s effort to democratize southern politicsthe increasing amount of legal rights for African Americans and Native Americansthe elimination or reduction of property holding as a condition for suffrage