Difficulties For Newly Freed Slaves

_________ was the first African America elected to the Tennessee General Assembly.

• Sam Kennedy

• Samuel Adams

• Shawn Penn

• Samspon Keeble

In order for the former Confederate states to rejoin the Union, their state constitutions had to _______.

• ban taxes

• allow slavery

• ban slavery

• increase taxes

With the new constitution, all men were given the right to vote. However, voters were required to pay a poll tax. What was a goal of this law?

• The goal of the poll tax was to prevent farmers from voting because they would be too busy tending to their crops on voting day.

• The goal of the poll tax was to make more money for the state's government leaders by raising money through the tax.

• The goal of the poll tax was to prevent black citizens from voting because they thought many could not afford the poll tax.

What is discrimination?

• to treat someone differently or unfairly

• to live on opposite sides of the country

• to be charged extra on purchases

• to be separated, particularly by race

During the post-Civil War era, white people and black people were segregated. What did this mean?

• Black people had to work for the white people without pay.

• Black people could not attend school, go to restaurants, or see movies in the theater.

• Black people had to attend separate schools, eat in separate restaurants, stay in different hotels, go to different movie theaters, and use separate bathrooms and water fountains.

• Black people were not allowed to serve as government leaders.

What were Jim Crow laws designed to do?

• to discriminate against birds

• to discriminate against older people

• to discriminate against African Americans

• to discriminate against people from the South

What was the Ku Klux Klan?

• The KKK was a peaceful organization who aimed to establish unity between all races.

• The KKK was a hate group determined to prevent black people from having the same rights as white people.

• The KKK was a sports team who only selected to most superior athletes.

• The KKK was a government organization who wanted to restrict the freedoms of non-white citizens.

After the Civil War, the black codes were created to restrict the freedoms of African Americans and keep them in low paying jobs. Which of the following is NOT an example?

• All freed black men had to work, and if they did not, they could go to jail.

• Freed black men were not to be taught to read or write.

• Glassblowing was the only work considered to be proper for black people.

• Freed black men could not gather in one place without a white person being present.

After Sampson Keeble, how many other African Americans were elected to the General Assembly between 1872 and 1887?

• 4

• 13

• 11

• 17

What is vigilante justice?

• when a group of people hurt or kill innocent civilians for no reason

• when a group of people fight crime wearing capes and leotards

• when a group of people wears robes and masks to hide their identity

• when a group of people take the law into their own hands but lack the legal authority to do so