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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. Whites claimed that blacks were planning on murdered their whites in order to gain their ___________.
(a) Land.
(b) Rights.
(c) Political sway.
(d) Money.

2. Effective ___________ had to come from groups like the Union League and the Republican Party.
(a) Resources.
(b) Support.
(c) Voters.
(d) Organization.

3. The _________, which sought skilled and unskilled laborers of all parties, races, and sexes, expanded from larger cities into the rural South.
(a) Greenback Movement.
(b) Knights of Labor.
(c) United Laborers.
(d) Agricultural Wheel.

4. It was as enforcers that black __________ may have made their most influential and powerful contributions to developing political communities.
(a) Teens.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Priests.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In places where the Republican interest was strong, ___________ interest was less than in other areas.

2. ___________ black communities viewed emigration as one of several strategies that could create freed and stable communities.

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

4. The Klan also attacked local black __________ and school houses.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who did the KKK first attract to be a part of their membership in the early stages of formation?

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

4. Where were the destinations where many newly freed black men were seeking to emigrate to?

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

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

7. What were the main goals of the Ku Klux Klan during this period of time?

8. Why is it impossible to define a typical Klan experience?

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

10. What were some of the tactics used by members of the opposition to the black vote to keep blacks away from voting?

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