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 best describes is the Redeemer myth of Reconstruction in the states of the former Confederacy?Group of answer choicesReconstruction was a tragic era of Republican misrule that only ended when white Democrats took powerThe American South became a better place during Reconstruction because of the work of Christian socialistsReconstruction would have gone smoothly and with little violence if Abraham Lincoln would have lived to oversee itReconstruction was a heroic era in which black citizens finally enjoyed the their well-earned civil rights

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

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

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.

Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party’s achievements in winning the Civil War included WHICH ONE of the following?Group of answer choicesExecuting or imprisoning for life all the leading Confederate politicians and generalsEstablishing a viable Republican Party in the South that lasted through the 1940sAllowing slavery to exist until the 1890s in those Border States, such as Kentucky, that remained in the UnionMaintaining the Union and the integrity of democratic elections