Chapter 164. Reflections on the Struggle in the South, Chapter 16

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Correct. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, in the late 1860s, whites and blacks joined together in the South’s Republican Party to create democratic state constitutions, elect Republican representatives, and defend civil rights, but without their own land and facing racist violence, most freed slaves were forced to return to the fields as sharecroppers, cultivating cotton under oppressive conditions at low wages.

Incorrect. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, in the late 1860s, whites and blacks joined together in the South’s Republican Party to create democratic state constitutions, elect Republican representatives, and defend civil rights, but without their own land and facing racist violence, most freed slaves were forced to return to the fields as sharecroppers, cultivating cotton under oppressive conditions at low wages.

Correct. The answer is c. The author’s discussion of prison reform and public education supports his claim that the southern states’ reconstruction constitutions expanded the states’ responsibility for the general welfare.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s discussion of prison reform and public education supports his claim that the southern states’ reconstruction constitutions expanded the states’ responsibility for the general welfare.

Correct. The answer is b. To counter the assertion that the South’s Republicans established “Negro rule” during reconstruction, the author presents the fact that only 6 percent of Southerners in Congress at this time were black, despite the fact that 80 percent of Republican voters in the South were black men.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To counter the assertion that the South’s Republicans established “Negro rule” during reconstruction, the author presents the fact that only 6 percent of Southerners in Congress at this time were black, despite the fact that 80 percent of Republican voters in the South were black men.

Correct. The answer is d. According to the author, to resist whites’ efforts to restore slavery-like conditions under the sharecropping system, freed African Americans insisted on renting land from whites rather than earning wages. They also built their own cabins on the parcels they rented to ensure that they could maintain as much autonomy as possible.

Incorrect. The answer is d. According to the author, to resist whites’ efforts to restore slavery-like conditions under the sharecropping system, freed African Americans insisted on renting land from whites rather than earning wages. They also built their own cabins on the parcels they rented to ensure that they could maintain as much autonomy as possible.

Correct. The answer is a. According the author, it was the federal government’s failure to provide the freed slaves with their own land that ultimately required them to participate in the sharecropping system. Possessing only agricultural skills, freed slaves without their own land were essentially forced to return to the planters’ fields.

Incorrect. The answer is a. According the author, it was the federal government’s failure to provide the freed slaves with their own land that ultimately required them to participate in the sharecropping system. Possessing only agricultural skills, freed slaves without their own land were essentially forced to return to the planters’ fields.

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