5.2.5 Entering Politics Practice

Which were the two southern states with the largest number of African Americans serving in state government during Reconstruction?

• Florida and Georgia

• Mississippi and South Carolina

• Texas and Alabama

• Virginia and Louisiana

Which statement is true of the state legislatures of South Carolina and Mississippi during Reconstruction?

• No African Americans were elected to them.

• They had more African Americans than any other state.

• They refused to meet until Reconstruction came to an end.

• They would not let elected African Americans take part.

How was it possible for Blanche K. Bruce and Hiram Rhodes Revels to become U.S. senators from Mississippi?

• African Americans controlled a majority of the votes in the Mississippi state government

• Bruce and Revels gave money to a number of white southern politicians.

• No white person ran for the office.

• White voters wanted African Americans to take the blame for bad laws.

What was Blanche K. Bruce the first African American to do?

• Be elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate

• Go to Canada as a government representative

• Serve on the Supreme Court

• Win election to a political office

What did Blanche K. Bruce do while serving in the Senate?

• He helped to pass laws against former white Confederates.

• He tried to get people to think of him as a white man.

• He worked for the rights of African Americans.

• He worked only on African American rights.

Who was the first African American elected to a full term in the Senate?

• Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs

• Blanche K. Bruce

• Frederick Douglass

• Mifflin Gibbs

What did Hiram Rhodes Revels argue for in the Senate?

• He argued that whites and blacks should work together

• He argued that former Confederates should be punished harshly.

• He argued that Democrats should have more power.

• He argued for land redistribution.

Who was the first African American senator?

• Frederick Douglass

• Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

• Blanche K. Bruce

How did Hiram Rhodes Revels feel about former Confederates?

• He wanted to punish them harshly.

• He wanted them to give their land to freed slaves.

• He wanted to ban them from politics.

• He wanted them to respect the rights of African Americans.

What did Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs do to help freedmen?

• He wrote newspaper articles supporting civil rights.

• He went south and founded schools for African Americans.

• He served in the Senate

• He protested Republican politicians.