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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One form of political activity that is often overlooked is the ___________ sentiment that developed.
(a) Separation.
(b) Emigration.
(c) KKK.
(d) White.

2. African Americans realized that any successes they might find would depend on their ability to _____________.
(a) Read.
(b) Get good grades.
(c) Do battle.
(d) Debate with others.

3. The Klan was controlled by white rural bosses and ___________ governments.
(a) Community.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Shadow.

4. Although emigrations did emanate from a powerful __________-based impulse, it reveals divisions and power relations.
(a) Community.
(b) Family.
(c) Political party.
(d) Church.

5. The Readjusters tried to rally local communities by paying the __________ for a large number eligible voters.
(a) Mortgages.
(b) Poll taxes.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Transportation costs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The __________had variations in leadership, rituals, goals, and activities that make it impossible to define a typical experience.

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

3. Blacks looks to local political power as a way to construct a new political __________.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are some of the positions which black men occupied during the time of more black influence?

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

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