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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The __________ Party was the greats white insurgency of post-emancipation.
(a) Populist.
(b) Republican.
(c) Labor.
(d) Democratic.

2. What is NOT one of the places where blacks considered emigrating?
(a) Latin America.
(b) Europe.
(c) Caribbean.
(d) Africa.

3. _________ to protect farms and plantation laborers were sometimes cut down by urban blacks and Mulattoes.
(a) Bills.
(b) Laws.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Drafts.

4. One African American became the governor of __________ while 800 blacks served in state legislatures.
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Texas.
(d) Mississippi.

5. The Klan also attacked local black __________ and school houses.
(a) Grocery stores.
(b) Churches.
(c) Drinking fountains.
(d) Stadiums.

Short Answer Questions

1. Legislators started off strong, reducing __________ debt, slashing taxes on real estate, chartering labor unions, etc.

2. It should be noted that Klansmen did not ride without fear of _________ or of meeting resistance.

3. White ________ were encouraged to seek black votes with appeals and with patronage.

4. Whites claimed that blacks were planning on murdered their whites in order to gain their ___________.

5. Lynchings were rare in areas where a community had been created and where there was some local __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was the emigration sentiment the most powerful, according to Hahn's research?

2. What was Frederick Douglass' response to the idea of emigration for newly freed blacks?

3. Who did the KKK first attract to be a part of their membership in the early stages of formation?

4. Where were the destinations where many newly freed black men were seeking to emigrate to?

5. Black groups began to challenge the Democratic and conservative rule, how were these challenges waged most aggressively?

6. What were the main goals of the Ku Klux Klan during this period of time?

7. What happened with the blacks within the Republican Party regarding the white response to these new members?

8. Where were lynchings most likely to occur, according to Hahn's findings in this book?

9. What industry in the United States had to shoulder the burden of industrial development?

10. What was happening in order to prevent black men from registering to vote and actually voting?

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