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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8 Of Ballots and Biracialism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1862, the War Department authorized the establishment of a ______________.
(a) Confederate dissolution.
(b) White and black regiment.
(c) Union spy team.
(d) Black regiment.

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

3. Blacks looks to local political power as a way to construct a new political __________.
(a) Identity.
(b) State.
(c) Movement.
(d) Structure.

4. By the 1870s, a strong black __________ had been established in Virgina and organization efforts were underway.
(a) Press.
(b) Following.
(c) Church.
(d) Plantation.

5. __________ efforts generally offers African Americans a greater chance of holding office and holding some sort of political power.
(a) White.
(b) Community.
(c) Black.
(d) Biracial.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.

4. The great majority of African Americans in the South remained loyal to the __________ Party.

5. Calls for the __________ inclusion of women and northern free blacks were ignored or rejected.

(see the answer key)

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