Exploring American Histories: Printed Page 457

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Interpret the Evidence

  1. Question

    How did the black codes (Document 14.5) attempt to reimpose bondage on former slaves?

  2. Question

    Why did African Americans consider property holding a fundamental right (see Document 14.6)?

  3. Question

    Under what circumstances did the Force Act (Document 14.8) authorize federal prosecutions?

  4. Question

    Contrast the image of South Carolina’s black politicians as presented in Richard Cain’s speech (Document 14.6) and Thomas Nast’s cartoon (Document 14.9).

  5. Question

    Despite Ku Klux Klan intimidation and the fear it produced in African Americans, what does the testimony of Ellen Parton (Document 14.7) reveal about black attempts to resist it?

  6. Question

    What sources of unity existed between the North and the South that would bring Reconstruction to an end (see Document 14.10)?

Put It in Context