Question

1. which constitutional issue was raised after the end of reconstruction? a can a state lawfully secede from the union? b can a former slave serve on a jury in a criminal proceeding? c does a former slave have the right to vote in a federal election? d can a state offer \separate but equal\ facilities to members of different races? 15. the excerpt below is from the supreme court decision of plessy v. ferguson (1896). we consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiffs argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority. if this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it. what was the long - term effect of the reasoning above? a racial segregation remained dominant in the south for another half century. b state governments had to ensure the economic and social equality of all individuals. c state governments no longer had to provide equal facilities to members of all races. d southern state governments were forced to end their practice of racial segregation in public facilities. ss.912.a.2.6 compare the effects of the black codes and the nadir on freed people, and analyze the sharecropping system and debt peonage as practiced in the united states. 16. the chart below lists economic problems faced by southerners at the end of the civil war. former plantation owners lacked workers. freed slaves lacked land, livestock, tools and money. which system developed during the reconstruction era to resolve these problems? a southern landowners sold former plantations to northern investors. b freedmen migrated to the north to obtain free land, livestock, and tools. c southern banks made loans to freedmen who bought land from their former masters. d freedmen often became sharecroppers or tenant farmers on the properties of their former masters. 17. which sentence describes an economic consequence of reconstruction? a african americans were able to vote in elections in southern states. b the u.s. supreme court upheld state laws requiring racial segregation. c southern landowners let their former slaves use their land for a share of the crop. d southern states were readmitted into the union after agreeing to several new amendments.

Explanation:

1. After Reconstruction, the "separate but equal" doctrine was a major constitutional - related issue. The other options were more relevant before or during Reconstruction.
2. The Plessy v. Ferguson decision upheld racial segregation, allowing it to persist in the South for decades.
3. Sharecropping developed as a system where freedmen worked on former - masters' land as sharecroppers or tenant farmers to address the labor and land - ownership issues.
4. Southern landowners letting former slaves use their land for a share of the crop is an economic consequence of Reconstruction.

Answer:

1. D
2. A
3. D
4. C