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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 The Valley and the Shadows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blacks looks to local political power as a way to construct a new political __________.
(a) Structure.
(b) Identity.
(c) Movement.
(d) State.

2. More than a few reputed leaders argued that the KKK was a _____________ response to the Union League.
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Diastrous.
(d) Rational.

3. In South Carolina, about 55% of the state legislature was filled by ______________, including many blacks.
(a) Republicans.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Freed men.
(d) Uninformed men.

4. Bands of whites rode through the countryside disarming freed people and making plans to call out the ___________ to deal with the blacks.
(a) Militia.
(b) KKK.
(c) Churches.
(d) ACLU.

5. The Readjusters tried to rally local communities by paying the __________ for a large number eligible voters.
(a) Taxes.
(b) Transportation costs.
(c) Mortgages.
(d) Poll taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Klan was controlled by white rural bosses and ___________ governments.

2. The __________ Party was the greats white insurgency of post-emancipation.

3. This is a book about the inspiring and the dispiriting history of American ____________.

4. When African Americans were slaves or freed people, the overwhelming majority of them were _____________.

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

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