Radical Republicans believed that creating an economy based on free labor in the South would a. relieve some of the overcrowding in northern cities. b. pull poor whites away from their political ties to the planter class. c. prevent the region from threatening national stability again. d. further democracy in the region.

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

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.

What was one strategy Radical Republicans used to achieve their goals for Reconstruction?A.Impeaching Andrew Johnson after he opposed their plansB.Passing laws to restrict voting rights for African AmericansC.Compromising with Southern politicians to make policiesD.Opposing any proposals to amend the U.S. Constitution

Complete the statement describing the different visions of freedom in the Reconstruction South.The former slaves defined freedom as the right to mobility, education, political participation, and –. Southern whites defined freedom as –, not a right. Northern Republicans believed freedom was the right of labor to – and advance in society.labor contractsreligious tolerancea privilegesomething earnedlandownershipcompete

Why did the Dred Scott decision upset people in the northern statesIt removed all limits to the spread of slaveryIt increased the likelihood that the slave trade would be reestablished. It increased the likelihood that the southern states would secede from the UnionIt weakened support for Abraham Lincoln's selection as a Republican candidate