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African American voters outnumbered white voters in several states, including

A
South Carolina.
B
Tennessee.
C
Kentucky.
D
Alabama.
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Which best explains why there were no African Americans serving in the US House of Representatives by 1887?

A
Many African American politicians had left office to work for the Freedmen’s Bureau.
B
Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office.
C
African Americans were focusing on politics on the state level rather than the national level.
D
African American politicians mainly chose to run for the US Senate instead of the House.
3

What is one service the Freedmen's Bureau provided for African Americans?

A
The agency provided funds to pay poll taxes.
B
The agency set up courts to settle land disputes.
C
The agency taught them how to cultivate crops.
D
The agency found employment in Northern cities.
4

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

A
The agency was becoming too big and unwieldy to manage.
B
Congress found additional funds to keep the agency open.
C
The agency had made no progress helping freed people.
D
The issues it addressed were more complicated than expected.
5

The term scalawag was a nickname for

A
Southerners who supported Reconstruction and African American equality.
B
Southerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws.
C
Northerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws.
D
Northerners who came to the South and supported African American equality.
6

During Reconstruction, more than six hundred African American men

A
served as members of Southern state legislatures.
B
attended Virginia’s Constitutional Convention.
C
were elected to Congress from Southern states.
D
were delegates to state constitutional conventions.
7

The Freedmen's Bureau closed in 1872 because

A
it had been unable to found any schools in the South.
B
African Americans were adjusted to freedom.
C
it had achieved all of its goals and promises.
D
it lacked the needed funding and effective planning.
8

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

A
tended to join and vote for the Democratic Party.
B
usually voted the same as white Southerners.
C
often had larger voting populations than whites.
D
did not have enough votes to enact change.
9

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

A
The agency’s power was weakened by conflict and political fighting.
B
The agency was powerful because President Johnson supported it.
C
The agency was powerful because white Southerners supported it.
D
The agency’s power was weakened by Republicans in Congress.
10

The term carpetbagger was a nickname for

A
Southerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws.
B
Northerners who came to the South and supported African American equality.
C
Southerners who supported Reconstruction and African American equality.
D
Northerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws.

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