Question 1
In the South, the crop-lien system along with the burdensome credit system
A. was generally imposed on blacks, but not white farmers.
B. encouraged the planting of cash crops.
C. saw interest rates rise as high as 20 or 30 percent.
D. nearly disappeared during Reconstruction.
E. led to crop diversification.
Question 2
During Reconstruction, per capita income for Southerners
A. rose for blacks and declined for whites.
B. rose for blacks and whites.
C. declined for whites.
D. rose for whites.
E. rose for blacks.
Question 3
During Reconstruction, regarding land ownership in the South,
A. the Freedmen's Bureau distributed millions of acres of land to freedmen.
B. most plantations abandoned during the Civil War remained vacant.
C. ownership by whites declined, while ownership by blacks increased.
D. ownership by both whites and blacks increased.
E. the federal government vigorously acted to confiscate land owned by former Confederates.
Question 4
Black sharecropping
A. involved close white supervision, which recalled the days of slavery.
B. usually led to economic independence.
C. differed sharply from the tenant system.
D. represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system.
E. was a very common occupation of former slaves.
Question 5
During Reconstruction, there was a dramatic improvement in Southern
A. industry.
B. agriculture.
C. banking.
D. education.
E. transportation.