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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "________ supremacy was no longer just a rallying cry, a goal, a discourse, or a description of relations."
(a) Male.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Government.

2. The KKK was build on enforcing racial ________ and submission and on legacies of military defeat.
(a) Servitude.
(b) Collaboration.
(c) Domination.
(d) Rule.

3. African Americans realized that any successes they might find would depend on their ability to _____________.
(a) Read.
(b) Debate with others.
(c) Get good grades.
(d) Do battle.

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

5. The lines of authority tended to flow from the _______ heads of household.
(a) Slave.
(b) Male.
(c) Landowner.
(d) Female.

6. Many new agricultural groups claimed to stand for the interests of small farmers and drew on the political legacies of ____________.
(a) Independents.
(b) Greenbacks.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Democrats.

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

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

9. The Klan also attacked local black __________ and school houses.
(a) Stadiums.
(b) Churches.
(c) Drinking fountains.
(d) Grocery stores.

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

11. ___________ in the United States shouldered the burden of industrial development.
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) War time.

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

13. African American _____________ also made emigration difficult.
(a) Families.
(b) Political power.
(c) Bureaucracy.
(d) Poverty.

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

15. When a black man vied for office, it required the mobilization of entire ________________.
(a) Churches.
(b) Plantations.
(c) Communities.
(d) States.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Readjusters tried to rally local communities by paying the __________ for a large number eligible voters.

2. _________ to protect farms and plantation laborers were sometimes cut down by urban blacks and Mulattoes.

3. The Reconstruction Klan seems to many African Americans to be a new form of the old ____________.

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

5. ___________ advanced the cause by informing individuals about the movement and allowing them a space to discuss it.

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