A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Steven Hahn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Steven Hahn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.
(a) Victims.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Contraband.
(d) Spoils.

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

3. As the Union Army moved further into the South, the volume of slave fugitives ___________.
(a) Stayed the same.
(b) Was not measured.
(c) Decreased.
(d) Increased.

4. On the _______ level, blacks could hope for a significant share of county and parish offices.
(a) Village.
(b) Local.
(c) National.
(d) State.

5. A ____________ Movement developed as an influx of poor Irish Catholics arriving in the United States.
(a) Nativist.
(b) Economic.
(c) Immigrant.
(d) Westward.

Short Answer Questions

1. One African American became the governor of __________ while 800 blacks served in state legislatures.

2. When a black man vied for office, it required the mobilization of entire ________________.

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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