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Chapter 28

Quiz by Seth Stamps

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  • Q1
    Which state was the only one to set up a commission to redistribute land from wealthy plantation owners?
    Virginia
    South Carolina
    Georgia
    North Carolina
    30s
  • Q2
    What was the result of the South Carolina Land Commission's efforts?
    Whites gained more economic power
    Land prices increased for everyone
    More than 2000 African American farmers were able to purchase land for the first time.
    Commission resold the land at high prices
    30s
  • Q3
    Why did many white landowners in South Carolina have to sell their land?
    They wanted to retire
    They had too much land
    They faced too much debt.
    They wanted to move to the city
    30s
  • Q4
    What labor system allowed former slaves to rent land from a white landowner?
    Slavery
    Tenant farming
    Sharecropping
    Indentured servitude
    30s
  • Q5
    Who did the tenant farmer rent the land from?
    Black landowner
    Government
    White landowner
    No one
    30s
  • Q6
    What labor system was in place before tenant farming?
    Slavery
    Sharecropping
    Indentured servitude
    Free labor
    30s
  • Q7
    What did most freedmen turn to as a source of income after the Civil War?
    Sharecropping
    Trading
    Factory work
    Mining
    30s
  • Q8
    What did tenant farmers and sharecroppers need to run a farm successfully?
    Cars, bicycles, boats, and planes
    Furniture, electronics, clothing, and books
    Jewelry, art, antiques, and collectibles
    Work animals, seeds, farming equipment, and tools
    30s
  • Q9
    What were African Americans subjected to if they were homeless or unemployed?
    community service
    a warning
    up to a year in prison
    a fine
    30s
  • Q10
    Which laws restricted the movements and job choices of African Americans post-slavery?
    Black codes
    Civil Rights Acts
    Emancipation Proclamation
    Fourteenth Amendment
    30s
  • Q11
    Where did the Ku Klux Klan originate?
    Alabama
    Mississippi
    Georgia
    Tennessee
    30s
  • Q12
    What did KKK members wear to disguise themselves?
    black suits
    blue jackets
    white robes and hoods
    red hats
    30s
  • Q13
    Who were many KKK members led by?
    Nazi officers
    Union soldiers
    British soldiers
    ex-Confederate officers and soldiers
    30s
  • Q14
    Who was secretly the leader of the KKK known as the Grand Dragon?
    Hampton
    Grant
    Lee
    Scott
    30s
  • Q15
    What was Hampton secretly the leader of?
    KKK
    NAACP
    NRA
    USA
    30s

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