Instructions
“Black Power in the Old South” from Before the Mayflower, 6th Ed. (chapter 8, page 214)
Directions: Provide a response to the following questions based on the assigned reading.
1) To what does “mystic years” refer?
2) Who coined this term?
3) What were three suggestions to the question: “What to do with the emancipated slave?”
4) What was the congressionally approved—all be it temporary—solution to this question?
5) What did the Freedman’s Bureau do?
6) What were some obstacles the Freedman’s Bureau faced?
7) What was the post-Civil War impact on slave marriages?
8) “The Great Commoner” is a name for whom?
9) Who was buried in a Black cemetery—Stevens of Sumner?
10) Where and when was the first Ku Klux Klan meeting?
11) The purpose of secret organizations like the Klan was … ?
12) Who were the group of people that made up the ‘local leaders’?
13) What tactics describe the demise of local leaders?
14) The three classes (groups) of people killed during the Democratic counterrevolution were …?
15) What impact did propaganda campaigns have on the demise of Black leaders?
16) For what reason was the Black population—including predominantly Black militia—disarmed?
17) How did Democrats attempt to block Black voters?
18) The Democrats were able to follow through with prohibiting Blacks from voting with the use of …?
19) What were the economic and social intimidation tactics Democrats levied on Black Republicans and their White allies?
20) What were some of the gains for Black Americans as the result of (Black) Reconstruction?
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