1. What was the goal of the Black Codes?
A. to protect the rights of the freed people
B. to increase the number of black voters in the South
C. to prevent white southerners from enslaving freedpeople
D. to force blacks into slave-like conditions
2. Freed people wanted more than anything to own land. If they could own land, then they believed they would have economic independence.
True
False
3. The United States government banned freedpeople from owning Confederate lands and passed the Southern Homestead Act in 1866 to prevent them from having public land.
True
False
4. How successful was the U.S. government at helping freedpeople own land in the mid to late-1800s?
A. extremely successful
B. not very successful
C. very successful
D. none of the above
5. This individual grew up in a free black family in Pennsylvania. She became a volunteer teacher in the Sea Islands off South Carolina.
A. Harriet Tubman
B. Charlotte Forten
C. Rose Anderson
D. Joanna Johnson
6. Which political party did most black voters in the South support?
A. Progressive Party
B. Democratic Party
C. Republican Party
D. Liberty Party
