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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 Reconstruction Klan seems to many African Americans to be a new form of the old ____________.
(a) Patrol System.
(b) Confederate Government.
(c) Slave gangs.
(d) Republican Party.

2. In many areas, the Republican Party failed to attract enough ________ voters.
(a) Free.
(b) Black.
(c) Legal.
(d) White.

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

4. The American _________ Society, a white dominated group, settled about 11,000 African Americans in Liberia by the time of the Civil War.
(a) White Men.
(b) Colonization.
(c) Restructuring.
(d) KKK.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Some black leaders, while sympathetic, were hesitant to support and to endorse ___________.

2. Republicans never fully gained a large hold in the state of ___________ after the Civil War.

3. Local landowners used intimidation, paramilitary violence and threatened steamboat captains with _________ if they took black passengers.

4. The ________ attacked and murdered local leaders and organizers, intimidated party supporters, and tried to force out objectionable office holders.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are some of the positions which black men occupied during the time of more black influence?

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

6. What did groups like the Agricultural Wheel or Farmer's Alliance say they stood for?

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

8. Where were lynchings most likely to occur, according to Hahn's findings in this book?

9. How did the Readjusters attempt to organize their party in 1879 in Virginia?

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

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