African Americans and Reconstruction

Question 1

Which best explains why there were no African Americans serving in the US House of Representatives by 1887?

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Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office.

Question 2

African American voters outnumbered white voters in several states, including

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South Carolina.

Question 3

Which best describes the fate of the Freedmen's Bureau?

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The agency’s power was weakened by conflict and political fighting.

Question 4

During Reconstruction, more than six hundred African American men

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served as members of Southern state legislatures.

Question 5

The term carpetbagger was a nickname for

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Northerners who came to the South and supported African American equality.

Question 6

Why did the Freedmen's Bureau operate longer than the year that was originally planned?

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The issues it addressed were more complicated than expected.

Question 7

One way the National Equal Rights League fought for equality was to

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lobby Congress.

Question 8

In the years after the Civil War, African Americans in the South

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often had larger voting populations than whites.

Question 9

The National Equal Rights League was founded by

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African Americans.

Question 10

During Reconstruction in the South, African Americans

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served in state legislatures and the US Congress.

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