Question 1
The Panic of 1873
A. saw Republicans call on Grant to go off the gold standard.
B. began after the Southern crop-lien system collapsed.
C. was the nation's worst economic depression to that time.
D. began after revelations of corruption in the Grant administration.
E. saw President Grant favor putting more paper currency into circulation.
Question 2
By the end of Reconstruction,
A. black women still could not marry with any legal standing.
B. most black women did not hold a job.
C. most Southern black women played a role in the family that was very different from that of white women.
D. most Southern black women did field work.
E. roughly half of all black women were working for wages.
Question 3
During Reconstruction, the black labor force worked
A. significantly more hours than the white labor force.
B. significantly less hours than the white labor force.
C. approximately the same number of hours as during slavery.
D. significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery.
E. more hours than had been the case during slavery.
Question 4
After the Civil War, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from
A. Northern financial institutions.
B. the federal government.
C. country stores.
D. state governments.
E. local banks.