Civil Rights and Reconstruction Era

The video discusses the Exodusters Movement, a mass migration of Black Americans from the South to Kansas post-Civil War. Driven by the Homestead Act and legal rights, they sought land ownership and freedom from Southern oppression. Despite challenges, the movement significantly impacted Kansas' demographics and highlighted ongoing struggles for equality.

What was the Exodusters Movement compared to?

• The Gold Rush

• The Great Migration

• The Trail of Tears

• The Jewish Exodus

Which act promised land to citizens who had not fought against the Union?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Civil Rights Act

• The Homestead Act

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 declare?

• All people born in the U.S. are citizens regardless of race

• Segregation is illegal

• Voting rights for all citizens

• Slavery is abolished in all states

What was a major risk for Black Americans in the South post-Civil War?

• High taxes

• Forced military service

• Imprisonment under Black codes

• Lack of education

What was sharecropping?

• A system where farmers owned their land

• A practice where landowners shared profits equally with farmers

• A system where farmers worked land for a share of the crop

• A government program for land distribution

Why was Kansas seen as a 'promised land' for Black Southerners?

• It was a wealthy state

• It offered free land to all migrants

• It had a history of anti-slavery conflict

• It was close to the South

What significant event occurred in Kansas related to the fight against slavery?

• The start of the Civil War

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The Great Migration

• The Pata'otomi Massacre

How did the Exodusters Movement impact Kansas' population by 1880?

• It became predominantly white

• It increased to over 43,000 Black Americans

• It remained the same

• It decreased significantly

What continued in the South after the Exodusters Movement?

• The end of racial segregation

• The expansion of the Homestead Act

• The struggle for democracy and equality

• The abolition of slavery

What laws made segregation the norm in the South after Reconstruction?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Civil Rights Act

• Jim Crow laws