10.2 TEKS Check

This sketch is best representative of which of the following times periods? (8.1A)

• Era of Good Feelings
• Age of Jackson
• Civil War
• Reconstruction

Following the ratification of the Reconstruction Amendments by the states, a historic event took place in 1870. Hiram Rhodes Revels was elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Mississippi and his election was significant because-- (8.9B)

• it was the first national election that allowed women to vote
• he was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate
• he was assassinated before he could assume responsibility of the office
• he became the first former slaver to run for the Presidency of the United States

The election of _________________ finally proved African Americans in the south with proof of the enforcement of the 15th Amendment. (8.9B)

• Dred Scott
• Frederick Douglass
• Andrew Johnson
• Hiram Rhodes Revels

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the U.S. Senate seat for Mississippi was significant because it-- (8.9B)

• allowed women the right to run for election to their states' legislative houses
• marked the first time that African American men had been allowed to vote in elections
• was one year after the ending of the Civil War which had abolished slavery in the country
• paved the way for other African Americans to represent southern states in Congress

The quote from Sumner below is explaining the-- (8.9B)

• reasons for passing of the black codes
• justification for the 13th amendment
• election of Hiram Revels
• reasons against integration in the South

Which of the following individuals is best represented by the table? (8.9B)

• Frederick Douglass
• Hiram Rhodes Revels
• Dred Scott
• William Carney

In what way did Revels' position in the U.S. Congress make the Declaration of Independence a reality? (8.9B)

• Revels was the first black man elected to the U.S. Congress by the black voters of Mississippi.
• Revels was the first black man to serve in the U.S. Congress, so the Declaration's promise of equality finally included black people.
• Revels was the first preacher to serve in the U.S. Congress, and he had preached about the importance of freedom in many different churces.
• Revels was the first former Civil War soldier to serve in the U.S. Congress, proving the war had protected the country's basic beliefs in freedom.

Which of the following would best complete the table? (8.9C)

• Plentiful food and cash crops
• Farms, railroads, and home destroyed
• White families immigrated to the North
• Robert E. Lee elected President of the South

Which of the following quotes expresses an economic problem faced by many white families in the South after the Civil War? (8.9C)

• "We need to build more railroads to connect our towns to major cities."
• "Our money is worthless and the prices of goods are incredibly too high."
• "The newly freed African Americans need to have rules that govern how they behave."
• "Our government is now dominated by the freedman and the scalawag."

Which of the following best explains a political problem facing many whites during Reconstruction? (8.9C)

• Those who had been supporters of the Confederacy were not allowed their suffrage rights.
• Homes, farms and railroads had been destroyed during Sherman's march to the sea.
• The price of cotton had dropped to historic lows and many Southerners had no money.
• Women had to work on the family farms because so many Southern men were killed or injured during the war.