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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The young white men who were attracted to the KKK were once members of the _______________.
(a) Confederate Army.
(b) Planations.
(c) Landowner's associations.
(d) Government.

2. Members of the opposition parties would use ___________, intimidation, and violence to induce blacks not to vote.
(a) Violence.
(b) Jail time.
(c) Force.
(d) Bribes.

3. By the 1870s, a strong black __________ had been established in Virgina and organization efforts were underway.
(a) Church.
(b) Plantation.
(c) Following.
(d) Press.

4. Newspapers, handbills, and pamphlets played a prominent role in disseminating information about emigration to ________ blacks.
(a) Southern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Western.
(d) Enslaved.

5. It appears that little of the interest in emigration spread to _________ areas.
(a) Urban.
(b) African.
(c) Rural.
(d) Midwest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Blacks who attempted to or did vote _________________ were met with harsh reprisals and sanctions.

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

4. Blacks looks to local political power as a way to construct a new political __________.

5. Effective ___________ had to come from groups like the Union League and the Republican Party.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the promising results of the control of the legislature by the Readjusters?

2. What did African Americans understand clearly about the democracy of the United States?

3. What did some whites do in response to the threat of emigration of their black help?

4. Who did the emigration movements of the 1870s gain the most support from?

5. What industry in the United States had to shoulder the burden of industrial development?

6. What was happening in order to prevent black men from registering to vote and actually voting?

7. Black groups began to challenge the Democratic and conservative rule, how were these challenges waged most aggressively?

8. What was the major achievement of Hiram R. Revels?

9. Where was the emigration sentiment the most powerful, according to Hahn's research?

10. What were some of the rumors spreading about the black farm workers in some areas?

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