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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 realized that any successes they might find would depend on their ability to _____________.

2. The KKK was build on enforcing racial ________ and submission and on legacies of military defeat.

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

4. In many areas, the Republican Party failed to attract enough ________ voters.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Black groups began to challenge the Democratic and conservative rule, how were these challenges waged most aggressively?

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

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

8. What happened with the blacks within the Republican Party regarding the white response to these new members?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many times, though an African American might be elected to office, they would still have troubles yielding the power they earned.

Part 1: Why do you think power for African Americans was difficult to yield?

Part 2: How might an African American candidate have been more effective with their power?

Part 3: Do you think African Americans during that time might have had a part to play in the ineffectiveness of their power? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Many slaves began to simply rebel against their masters, taking their freedom into their own hands.

Part 1: Why do you think slaves felt they needed to resort to violence in some cases to obtain their freedom?

Part 2: How might you have escaped your master if you wanted to be free?

Part 3: Do you think it would have been more effective to sit down and talk with a slave owner about obtaining freedom? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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