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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. Legislators started off strong, reducing __________ debt, slashing taxes on real estate, chartering labor unions, etc.
(a) Construction.
(b) Personal.
(c) State.
(d) National.

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

3. It should be noted that Klansmen did not ride without fear of _________ or of meeting resistance.
(a) Legal ramifcations.
(b) Lynchings.
(c) Unmasking.
(d) Retaliation.

4. Federal measures which voided the black ___________ and disbanded provisional militias drove the use of organized force underground.
(a) Rights.
(b) Ownership.
(c) Codes.
(d) Politicians.

5. The ________ attacked and murdered local leaders and organizers, intimidated party supporters, and tried to force out objectionable office holders.
(a) Union League.
(b) Klan.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Democrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the _______ level, blacks could hope for a significant share of county and parish offices.

2. Almost without exception, those leaving the ___________ Party had to solicit black votes.

3. __________ efforts generally offers African Americans a greater chance of holding office and holding some sort of political power.

4. The American _________ Society, a white dominated group, settled about 11,000 African Americans in Liberia by the time of the Civil War.

5. The Union League tried to mobilize newly enfranchised _______ and protect them through secrecy and armed self-defense.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Frederick Douglass' response to the idea of emigration for newly freed blacks?

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

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

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