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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Disappointment with the __________ increased the interest in emigration of African Americans.

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

3. ___________ in the United States shouldered the burden of industrial development.

4. When the Republican Party began to attract more white voters, those voters would not support ____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did black officeholders seem to be present the most often?

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

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

6. What organization was said to be a necessary response to the formation of the Union League?

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

8. What happened to those who supported or to those who had sympathy for the Union League and its goals?

9. What was not really organized in the state of Virginia at the time of the late 1870s and early 1880s?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

African Americans realized that in order to affect chance in society, they needed to become a part of the system.

Part 1: Why is it important to be involved in government and in politics?

Part 2: How do you think newly freed African Americans felt about holding positions of power?

Part 3: Why do you think African Americans were successful in gaining positions of power?

Essay Topic 2

Though keeping someone as a slave is certainly wrong, it is difficult to deny the many benefits of using slaves as well.

Part 1: Why do you think slave owners brought over slaves in the first place?

Part 2: How do you think society might have been had slaves never been freed?

Part 3: Do you think having a slave might have been helpful if you were a landowner back in that time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Even before there was a presidential election, many slaves were convinced they were going to be free soon.

Part 1: Why do you think the slaves believed the rumors that they were going to be free?

Part 2: Do you think the slaves actually got their freedom because of Lincoln? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why is freedom so important to the slaves at this particular time?

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