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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. African Americans understood that ____________ in the United States was build on violence and repression.

2. It was as enforcers that black __________ may have made their most influential and powerful contributions to developing political communities.

3. When a black man vied for office, it required the mobilization of entire ________________.

4. Many Klans believed that teaching school was a front for _____________ objectives.

5. By the 1870s, a strong black __________ had been established in Virgina and organization efforts were underway.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

African Americans had legal rights in the United States before women, which seems to create a sort of hierarchy of importance for the two groups.

Part 1: Why do you think African Americans succeeded in getting their rights before women?

Part 2: How might society be different today had women gotten their rights sooner?

Part 3: Do you believe that African Americans and women are treated equally today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

While the South had many slaves, the North was not as filled with un-free African Americans.

Part 1: Why do you think the North was more successful with having free African Americans?

Part 2: Do you think the African Americans of the North could ever understand the trials of the African Americans of the South? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think African Americans of the South felt about those in the North? Why?

Essay Topic 3

White southerners were afraid that their land was going to be taken away from them and redistributed to the freed slaves.

Part 1: Why do you think the white southerners were afraid to lose their land?

Part 2: How do you think freed slaves might have reacted if they found out that they had no land to use?

Part 3: Do you think there is a better way the land redistribution might have been handled? Why?

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