Week 18 (New AL Studies Weekly)

Which political party dominated Alabama for three elections after the Civil War?

• Democratic

• Whig

• American

• Republican

What did the Radical Republicans believe?

• that former Confederates should be jailed for treason

• that Cuba should be made a state

• that the South should not be reconstructed

• that African Americans should have the right to vote and own land

Which of the following was not an African American senator from Alabama?

• Duke Ellington

• Benjamin Sterling Turner

• Jeremiah Haralson

• James T. Rapier

What is the best definition of Reconstruction, according to the text?

• to make the tallest building

• to swear allegiance to a nation

• to support the constitution of the Northern states

• to rebuild the nation

What did Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and Hayes have in common?

• They all declared war on the Southern states.

• They all tried to get the U.S. back together again and give equality to its citizens.

• They were all signers of the Constitution.

• They all created the Black Codes.

Which of the following did Hiram Revels not do?

• establish a school for formerly enslaved people

• work on the Underground Railroad

• get elected as a Mississippi senator

• work as a minister

What were carpetbaggers?

• people who sold rugs door to door after the Civil War

• Southerners who immigrated to the north

• former Union soldiers looking for opportunities in the South

• Southerners who believed in equal rights for all races

Which amendment gave all African Americans U.S. citizenship?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

How many African American men from Alabama were elected to the U.S. Congress?

• 3

• 5

• 12

• 27

Which person started a school for African American children?

• Benjamin Sterling Turner

• James T. Rapier

• Jeremiah Haralson

• Hiram Revels