6. Crisis and Civil War

Reconstruction Collapse — Quiz

Test your understanding of reconstruction collapse with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which federal scandal in the early 1870s most directly eroded Northern public trust in the Republican Party and weakened support for Reconstruction?

Question 2

By how much did annual appropriations for the Freedmen’s Bureau decline from \$20 million in 1866 to \$1 million in 1872, expressed as a percentage decrease?

Question 3

Which Supreme Court case in 1876 held that the Fifteenth Amendment did not of itself confer the right to vote, thereby limiting federal enforcement of voting rights against private discrimination?

Question 4

In the 1874 midterm elections, Republicans lost 96 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. If they held 190 seats before the election, what percentage of their seats did they lose?

Question 5

Which three Southern states’ contested electoral returns in the 1876 presidential election led to the formation of the Electoral Commission and ultimately the Compromise of 1877?