Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 16

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 16

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1. What did the demand for compensation for lost slave property suggest about the meaning of defeat and emancipation to slaveholders? (See Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Southerners demanded compensation for lost slave property because they had not fully accepted their defeat or, in fact, the emancipation of slaves.

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2. How did the black codes in Mississippi regulate marriage? (See Document 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. The black codes of Mississippi barred any freedman, "free negro or mulatto" from marrying whites.

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3. What do the advertisements placed by former slaves for information about family members suggest about the role of the family in the lives of former slaves? (See Document 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Slaves had tried to maintain family ties and keep informed about each others' whereabouts.

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4. How did Louis Manigault think his former slaves were faring in their freedom without him? (See Document 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Louis Manigault's descriptions reveal that he felt convinced that his former slaves were living far worse now than before the war and that they were happy to see him.

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5. Why did the Klansmen choose not to kill Elias Hill? (See Document 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. The Klansmen spared Elias Hill so he could denounce Republicanism in the newspaper.

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6. Which of Carl Schurz's observations would Elias Hill have most strongly agreed with? (See Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South and Document 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Elias Hill could confirm the observation of Carl Schurz that beating African Americans was almost a force of habit that southern whites did not intend to shed.

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7. Which of Carl Schurz's observations about the South are most clearly borne out in the black codes of Mississippi? (See Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South and Document 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. The Mississippi black codes mandated labor contracts and apprenticeships for African Americans, which confirmed Carl Schurz's observation that southern whites could not imagine freedmen would work voluntarily of their own accord.