Black Legislators

In 1868, 32 African Americans who had been elected to the Georgia General Assembly were removed from office. What was a result of this illegal action?

• Georgia was placed under military control the following year.

• The Supreme Court ordered them to get their positions reinstated.

• All new elections were held for all positions in the General Assembly.

• Governor Rufus Bullock was impeached for violating the U.S. Constitution.

Which statement best fits in this cause and effect diagram?

• The United States Supreme Court reinstated these members in 1870.

• The United States Congress refused to accept Georgia as a reconstructed state.

• President Andrew Johnson declared war on the state and sent troops to Savannah and Macon.

• Other Southern states rallied behind Georgia and refused to pass the 14th and 15th Amendments.

With which era are these groups MOST closely associated?

• the Gilded Age

• The Civil War era

• the Antebellum era

• the Reconstruction era

The "Redeemers" in the late-19th century South would have been MOST likely to support

• the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment.

• mandatory prayer in school and freedom of speech.

• equal voting rights and economic opportunities for all.

• a return to Democratic rule and an end to Reconstruction.

Jefferson Franklin Long, a former tailor from Bibb County, was the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Which number represents the decade in which he served?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5