Question 1

What was the first concern of many African Americans once they achieved freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  forming churches 
B)  retaliating against former masters 
C)  reuniting with lost family members 
D)  moving to the northern cities 
A)  forming churches 
B)  retaliating against former masters 
C)  reuniting with lost family members 
D)  moving to the northern cities

Question 2

What was not true about northern teachers, black or white, who came to the South to teach?

Accepted Answer

A)  They rarely felt any connection to their students, often simply coming South for the paycheck. 
B)  They occasionally got frustrated with their students' lack of knowledge. 
C)  Some emphasized teaching cleanliness and manners over detailed academic subjects. 
D)  They were often from slave backgrounds themselves. 
A)  They rarely felt any connection to their students, often simply coming South for the paycheck. 
B)  They occasionally got frustrated with their students' lack of knowledge. 
C)  Some emphasized teaching cleanliness and manners over detailed academic subjects. 
D)  They were often from slave backgrounds themselves.

Question 3

What purpose did churches not serve for African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  It allowed them separate, private spaces away from whites. 
B)  It filled spiritual needs in difficult times, and allowed for the development of black music. 
C)  Because it was a very wealthy institution, it often provided loans to its members, helping them through difficult times. 
D)  It provided an area for black leadership to develop, and for the development of black culture and ideas. 
A)  It allowed them separate, private spaces away from whites. 
B)  It filled spiritual needs in difficult times, and allowed for the development of black music. 
C)  Because it was a very wealthy institution, it often provided loans to its members, helping them through difficult times. 
D)  It provided an area for black leadership to develop, and for the development of black culture and ideas.

Question 4

Which denomination was especially fast growing in the South after Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholic 
B)  African Methodist Episcopal 
C)  Episcopalian 
D)  Methodist 
A)  Catholic 
B)  African Methodist Episcopal 
C)  Episcopalian 
D)  Methodist

What was the first concern of many African Americans once they achieved freedom?

What was not true about northern teachers, black or white, who came to the South to teach?

What purpose did churches not serve for African Americans?

Which denomination was especially fast growing in the South after Reconstruction?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

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Exam 12: The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

What was the first concern of many African Americans once they achieved freedom?

What was not true about northern teachers, black or white, who came to the South to teach?

What purpose did churches not serve for African Americans?

Which denomination was especially fast growing in the South after Reconstruction?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

Filters