5.2.7 Black Social Organizations Quiz Practice

Which of the following did African Americans control first after the Civil War?

• Churches

• Labor Unions

• Schools

• Town governments

What was the most important institution in the African American community?

• The Republican Party

• The church

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• Schools

Which of the following was common in many African American churches?

• Speaking Latin in their services

• Trying to be just like white churches

• Using African instruments and songs in their services

Which of the following is true of schools for African Americans in the South?

• The Freedmen's Bureau started them.

• Only young children could go to them.

• They were built by whites before the Civil War.

• They were not very popular because children had to work.

Who were most often the teachers in Freedmen's Bureau schools?

• Southern black religious leaders

• Whites and free blacks from the North

• Young white southern women

What happened as the number of public schools in the South began to grow?

• Blacks and whites were kept in separate schools.

• Blacks asked to have separate schools.

• Blacks got the same education as whites.

• Both whites and blacks went to the same schools.

What term is used today to mean the colleges that were started for African American students?

• The African American College Guild

• The Black College Consortium

• The Black Ivy League

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

Why did some college leaders believe that the freed slaves should learn job skills?

• To help them improve their communities

• To help them understand literature, history, science, and foreign languages

• To let African American and white students go to the same schools

What types of courses did many early African American colleges provide?

• African history and languages

• High-school level classes to prepare for college

• Horseback riding

• College-level science courses

Who were Alonzo Herndon, Chloe Spear, and Josiah Waddle?

• Former slaves who became important in the African American business and social world

• Former slaves who lost their lives fighting against whites

• Northern whites who helped the Freedmen's Bureau be a success