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

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

Identify the factors that contributed to the weakening of northern support for Reconstruction.Correct Answer(s)Drag appropriate answer(s) herePresident Grant’s public denouncement of Reconstructionthe growth of Democratic power in Congressnorthern journalists’ depictions of the failure of southern Black leadershipthe economic depression of the early 1870sthe Supreme Court’s failure to fully uphold the rights of Blacks

12.  The 'Redeemers' portrayed themselves as the:Group of answer choicesprotectors of freedmenSaviors of the South from the injustices of Republican and black rulevaliant enforcers of the Constitution and states rightsleaders who had saved the Union from Confederate treason

The Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) refers to

Which of the following statements best describes South Carolina’s unique problems as it struggled to recover from the 1819 depression?Multiple choice question.The 1820s saw an increase in destructive hurricanes and flooding in the state.The state militia’s involvement in Native American removal constituted an unbearable strain on South Carolina’s treasury.The state continued to rely on agriculture, but the soil was increasingly unable to sustain it.The state had a shortage of enslaved labor, and replacing it with paid labor lowered profit margins.