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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. Hiram R. Revels was the senator elect from ____________ in 1870.
(a) Georgia.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Texas.

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

3. ___________ called for the federal protection of slavery in the western territories.
(a) Republicans.
(b) Slave holders.
(c) Democrats.
(d) All whites.

4. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.
(a) Spoils.
(b) Victims.
(c) Contraband.
(d) Prisoners.

5. The community support necessary for both black voting and black officeholders found its institutional anchors in black ____________.
(a) Slave unions.
(b) Religious organizations.
(c) Bank owners.
(d) Sports teams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slaveholders and slaves believed the __________ party was hostile towards slavery.

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

3. By the 1870s, a strong black __________ had been established in Virgina and organization efforts were underway.

4. In many areas, the Republican Party failed to attract enough ________ voters.

5. When the Republican Party began to attract more white voters, those voters would not support ____________.

(see the answer key)

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