14. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 14: Reconstruction in South Carolina

**Quiz for Document 14.4: James Shepherd Pike, The Prostrate State (1874)**

Quiz for Document 14.4: James Shepherd Pike, The Prostrate State (1874)

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1. Which of the following is an accurate summary of James Shepherd Pike’s argument about the result of Reconstruction in South Carolina?

South Carolina has finally given itself over to the constitutional mandates.

South Carolina has endured Reconstruction with grace and humility.

Notions of white supremacy remain prevalent throughout South Carolina.

South Carolina is being ruled by the bottom ranks of its society.

2. How does Pike characterize the white members of South Carolina’s legislature?

He suggests that they are young and inexperienced supporters of black rule.

He describes them as ragged and so poor they come to the state capitol in bare feet.

He calls them important and respectable men who represent the old civilization.

He characterizes them as “carpetbaggers,” or Northerners who have come to live in the South.

3. According to Pike, what is the chief reason that the government of South Carolina is unjust?

The African American majority rules with malice and vengeance against whites.

The African American majority refuses to let the white members speak or vote.

The African American majority does not represent the state’s white constituency.

The African American majority have won their seats through corrupt voting practices.

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