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

2. ___________ advanced the cause by informing individuals about the movement and allowing them a space to discuss it.

3. It appears that little of the interest in emigration spread to _________ areas.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

The Ku Klux Klan developed during this time period in response to the organizations of freed African Americans.

Part 1: Why do you think the KKK was so successful in starting their organization?

Part 2: Do you think the KKK has a right to be organized and to demonstrate? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think the KKK will ever be disbanded? Why or why not?

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