1. The Ku Klux Klan used which of the following methods to achieve its goals during Reconstruction?
- A. Peaceful protests and legal challenges in court.
- B. Offering financial incentives for political support.
- C. Political debates and public speeches.
- D. Violence, intimidation, and murder.
2. The actions of the Ku Klux Klan were driven by a desire to restore what system of racial hierarchy?
- A. Social Darwinism
- B. White Supremacy
- C. Manifest Destiny
- D. Federalism
3. A key objective of the Ku Klux Klan's campaign of terror and intimidation was to prevent African Americans from exercising what specific right?
- A. The right to bear arms
- B. The right to vote
- C. The right to a fair trial
- D. The right to free speech
4. Based on its use of violence and intimidation to achieve political goals, the Ku Klux Klan is best described as what type of organization?
- A. A political action committee
- B. A government agency
- C. A terrorist organization
- D. A fraternal social club
5. When Southern state governments passed Black Codes, their main goal was to re-establish a system similar to slavery by controlling what aspect of freed people's lives?
- A. Their religious practices
- B. Their access to education
- C. Their labor and behavior
- D. Their ability to travel north
6. The disputed presidential election of 1876, which led to the Compromise of 1877, was between which two candidates?
- A. Ulysses S. Grant and Horace Greeley
- B. Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden
- C. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
- D. James Garfield and Winfield Scott Hancock
7. What was the primary political crisis that the Compromise of 1877 was created to resolve?
- A. The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
- B. A major economic depression known as the Panic of 1873
- C. A disputed outcome in the 1876 presidential election
- D. Widespread disagreement over the annexation of new western territories
8. The Compromise of 1877 is widely considered the event that brought which historical period to a close?
- A. The Civil War
- B. Reconstruction
- C. The Gilded Age
- D. The Antebellum Period
9. In exchange for allowing a Republican to become president, what did Southern Democrats gain from the Compromise of 1877?
- A. The removal of federal troops from the South
- B. The right to nullify federal tariff laws
- C. A comprehensive financial aid package to rebuild Southern infrastructure destroyed during the Civil War
- D. The promise that the next Supreme Court justice would be a Southerner
10. The withdrawal of federal troops from the South in 1877 directly resulted in which of the following for African Americans?
- A. A significant increase in their representation in Congress
- B. The loss of federal enforcement for their civil and political rights
- C. The immediate granting of land under the '40 acres and a mule' promise
- D. A guaranteed share of profits from Southern agricultural production