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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8 Of Ballots and Biracialism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the 1870s, a strong black __________ had been established in Virgina and organization efforts were underway.
(a) Press.
(b) Plantation.
(c) Church.
(d) Following.

2. Congress voted for a stronger ________ law in order to help slave owners hold onto their slaves.
(a) Fugitive slave.
(b) Freed slave.
(c) Bounty hunter.
(d) Slave punishment.

3. Wherever they lived, it was important for black voters to travel to polling sites ____________ with as many individuals as possible.
(a) Alone.
(b) With guns.
(c) Consistently.
(d) Collectively.

4. Slaveholders and slaves believed the __________ party was hostile towards slavery.
(a) Whip.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Republican.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Few slaves knew how to ___________ before they entered the military.

2. Calls for the __________ inclusion of women and northern free blacks were ignored or rejected.

3. What did the arrangement mentioned in #153 limit? This limited _________ mobilization and organization that had happened during Reconstruction.

4. Blacks looks to local political power as a way to construct a new political __________.

5. In South Carolina, about 55% of the state legislature was filled by ______________, including many blacks.

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