HUSH R's Unit Test

What was Congress’ real, underlying reason for impeaching Abraham Lincoln’s successor?

The Great Migration was already underway in the years immediately following World War I. The resettlement in Northern cities of tens of thousands of African-Americans, during those years, was remarkable for being so peaceful; in fact, historians can point to no major urban conflicts.

Hated by Southerners as a ruthless enemy during the Civil War, and as a carpetbagger during Reconstruction, which president served during Reconstruction and followed the impeached president who, in turn, had followed Lincoln?

Which of the following acts of resistance was the average enslaved person most likely to commit before the Civil War?

Who, above all, generated and controlled federal policy in the South during the last 10 years of Reconstruction?

Which of the following is not a valid, partial explanation for why African-Americans stopped serving as officials in Southern state governments, starting at the end of Reconstruction and continuing for most of the next hundred years?

Which of the following does not describe Southern life for African-Americans during Jim Crow?

Which of the following does not actually or accurately state one of the reasons why the Reconstruction program came to screeching halt [OK, over a few years]?

These were laws passed in Southern states, right after the Civil War, in order to curtail the political, economic, geographic and social freedom of African-Americans. The laws were soon reversed by new Reconstruction legislation.

The most famous cinematic depiction of the Ku Klux Klan, which debuted in the early 20th century, shows the group as:

Escaped slaves who remained with the Union army [though not as soldiers] during the Civil War were commonly called:

Which of the following publications played the most important role in popularizing and promoting the Great Migration to Northern cities?

Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is not true?

This enormously influential movie celebrated the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed Reconstruction as disastrous era of exploitation and abuse by corrupt carpetbaggers, incompetent and vicious Black soldiers, and conniving Republican politicians:

In the long, national debate over slavery and abolition, Christianity was:

Considered the most aggressive and daring abolitionist, this person famously wrote the following after his most notorious campaign was defeated. The quote, like the person who uttered it, is often seen as prescient, which means that it foretold and anticipated future events; indeed, the Civil War underway within two years. The quote:
“I _____ ______ am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” So who said it?

According to the book and/or movie Slavery by Another Name, Alabama’s convict laborers contributed especially heavily- against their will - to the state’s emerging ______ industry.

According to our textbook, Southern society, by comparison to Northern society, was noteworthy for its:

Fill in the blank: W.E.B. Du____

Reconstruction lasted:

Which of the following is not true about the Fugitive Slave Act?

Which of the following is not a true or accurate description of the Great Migration?

What president, above all, promoted the concept of white supremacy and accepted the theory that Reconstruction was a disaster that oppressed white southerners?

Which of the following best summarizes the approach of Booker T. Washington? African-Americans should:

Above all, “Bleeding Kansas” exposed what was flawed, dangerous, and potentially unreliable about:

What strategy were abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and ELijah Lovejoy best known for in their efforts to fight slavery? Hint: Ida B. Wells, David Walker, WEB DuBois and other activists were known for using the same medium in other struggles

Which of the following best characterizes the use of violent resistance by enslaved Americans?

The Harlem Renaissance was most associated with which decade?

We discussed in class how some African-Americans gained political office, including many state-level positions and two US Senate seats, during Reconstruction. How would Scalvin the Scalawag feel, most likely, about all that?

What effect did John Brown’s actions in Kansas and Virginia have on many Southerners?

Why, for Pete’s sake, did Rep. Preston Brooks cane Sen. Charles Sumner anyway?

Which of the following best explains - in part, at least - why so many African-Americans began leaving the South for the North starting during the Great Migration?

Which of the following best describes the mission of the Freedman’s Bureau?

Which of the following was not a leading abolitionist?

Which statement accurately explains what was important about Plessy v. Ferguson, in 1896?

Three of the following strategies were used by at least some of the abolitionists we studied, as part of their effort to end slavery. Which one of the following was not one of the strategies used by abolitionists?

This guy, who was born in Jamaica, promoted the interest of African-Americans - and everyone else whose ancestors came from Africa- as a separate people, with separate interests and goals. He founded the United Negro Improvement [UNIA], supported “Black Nationalism”, established Black-owned and -operated businesses, and promoted Black pride. This guy’s name it:

Though it was never official US policy, this temporary order, established under Union General Sherman during the Civil War, has come to represent the unfulfilled promise of modest opportunity to help freedmen get a decent start in their new lives after emancipation:

In the Jim Crow era, the federal government responded to the Southern surge in lynching by:

Which of the following would serve as the most accurate subtitle for the book or movie Slavery by Another Name?

Which of the following was one of Chief Justice Taney’s key arguments in the Dred Scott decision?

Which of the following does not accurately describe the Harlem Renaissance?

Which of the following best describes a “carpetbagger,” from the point of view of Southern Democrats during Reconstruction?

A maroon would have most likely been:

Above all, what did the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common?

In the book and movie Slavery by Another Name, why the heck couldn’t the convict labor system just be called “slavery”? Why was it “by another name”?

Which of the following best describes the role played by African-American soldiers in the Civil War?

If this were 1907 instead of 2014, how would your teacher - let’s call him Goodrow Gilson - probably depict the Reconstruction Era? Choose the answer that best reflects the view of Reconstruction that textbooks, professors, and popular culture tended to promote back in that day:

Nat Turner’s rebellion was most important because:

Which of the following leaders was most associated with goals such as integration, equal opportunity and empowerment within mainstream political bodies, alongside whites?