14. Document Project 14: Testing and Contesting Freedom

Quiz for Document 14.6 Richard H. Cain, Federal Aid for Land Purchase, 1868

Quiz for Document 14.6: Richard H. Cain, Federal Aid for Land Purchase, 1868

Choose the best answer for each question.

1. Which of the following describes Richard Cain?

Scalawag

Democrat

KKK Member

Carpetbagger

2. Which of the following outcomes was part of Richard H. Cain’s appeal for the sale of land to southern freedmen?

The sale of land will decrease violence in the South.

The sale of land will lessen the dependency of freedmen on the government.

The sale of land will improve the chance of a farmer's success after having failed on smaller plots of land.

The sale of land will increase the education of freedmen in the South.

3. What argument does Cain make to justify the large purchase of land for resale to freedmen?

It will ultimately bring money into the treasury.

It can be used to maintain black inferiority.

It will make plantation owners happy.

It will lengthen the time of Reconstruction.

4. In what way was Cain’s idea out of the norm for antebellum Southern Democrat political tactics and goals?

Its focus on states’ rights

The large involvement of the federal government

Voluntary increase in tariffs and import taxes

Provisions made to maintain segregation

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