PBS Reconstruction: After the Civil War
Video Guide B: Episode 2
Answer the Documentary Questions Below
1. ________ million people were enslaved before the Civil War.
2. More than ____________ Black men moved into political positions post-Civil War.
3. Robert Smalls, Hiram Revels, and Joseph Rainey would all be accomplished Black men who were
________________________________
4. During this time period (1870) Black and white families were not segregated. However, there were
differences in community treatment. This included something called a _______________, where black
families paid a higher rent.
5. The ______________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to
vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of
servitude."
6. The first change that was made by Black Congress was _________________.
7. ________________ sang about overcoming the Black struggle in American showed white audiences
what true Black talent and art is of the late 1800’s. They had to directly combat the previously known
ideas of Black art like minstrel performers, white men in black face.
8. Free Black families tried to become financially independent by working in new jobs, such as
___________________, _______________, and ___________________.
9. The more Black Americans achieved, the more dangerous it became for them to live in the South.
The ___________ was a threatening force and used violence to spread fear.
10. Congress’ KKK hearings investigated the inner workings of the Klan and even interviewed individuals
and families who had been harmed. These hearings were open and public. 8,000 pages of testimony
was given by American citizens citing _______________________.
11. President Grant felt that the KKK’s actions were ___________.
12. During Reconstruction, white supremacy spread against Black Americans through ___________to
racially align whites, both wealthy and poor, against Black Americans.
13. True or False? In the 1870’s Black Americans were depicted as animalistic stereotypes of
farmers/plantation workers which then perpetuated racism.
14. During this time, the ______________ Party was in support of Reconstruction. When Democrats took
over Congress in the next election, this was a turning point of Reconstruction. The new majority
would not support progress and equity of Black Americans, particularly Social Equality.
15. ___________________ passed in 1875 to promote social equality between Black Americans and whites?