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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many areas of the world suffered a/an ___________ in the 1870s and again in the 1890s.
(a) KKK battle.
(b) Emigration movement.
(c) Epidemic.
(d) Economic depression.

2. Black social and political power weakened after _____________.
(a) The election of Lincoln.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Lynchings.

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

4. ___________ advanced the cause by informing individuals about the movement and allowing them a space to discuss it.
(a) Churches.
(b) Schools.
(c) Town halls.
(d) Plantations.

5. One form of political activity that is often overlooked is the ___________ sentiment that developed.
(a) White.
(b) Separation.
(c) Emigration.
(d) KKK.

6. The challenges of ___________, re-energized Republicans, and third parties exposed the divisions of the Democratic Party.
(a) Lincoln.
(b) The KKK.
(c) Emigration.
(d) Independents.

7. _____________ often left illiterate and poorer individuals vulnerable to harassment and disenfranchisement.
(a) Demonstrations.
(b) Democrats.
(c) KKK.
(d) Polling practices.

8. While the incidence of black office holding grew, the party began to grow ____________.
(a) Apart.
(b) Larger.
(c) Weaker.
(d) Stronger.

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

10. White landowners and tenant farmers began to attend meetings of the Agricultural _______ or Farmer's Alliance in large numbers.
(a) Order.
(b) Settlement.
(c) Wheel.
(d) Guild.

11. In places where the Republican interest was strong, ___________ interest was less than in other areas.
(a) Peace.
(b) Settlement.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Emigration.

12. Frederick Douglass argued that emigration amounted to _____________ of other blacks.
(a) A religion.
(b) A necessity.
(c) An organization.
(d) An abandonment.

13. Black misgivings were often confirmed at a local level, where some Populists resorted to ____________.
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Legal action.
(c) Boycotts.
(d) Violence.

14. Disappointment with the __________ increased the interest in emigration of African Americans.
(a) Voting system.
(b) White man.
(c) Republican Party.
(d) Democratic Party.

15. The KKK could be seen as a __________ movement to continue the battle or avenge the consequences of surrender during the Civil War.
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Terrorist.
(c) Strange.
(d) Guerilla.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Many Klans believed that teaching school was a front for _____________ objectives.

5. School houses were where African Americans learned about __________, their enfranchisement, and the importance of voting.

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