Exodusters and the Great Migration

What was the name given to the group of former slaves who moved to Kansas?

• Homesteaders

• Ku Klux Klan

• Sharecroppers

• Exodusters

Why were the Exodusters enticed to go to Kansas?

• To start a new life in Liberia

• To join the Ku Klux Klan

• To work as sharecroppers on plantations

• To escape segregation in the American South

What encouraged other groups of former slaves to move elsewhere?

• Correspondence with family and friends in the South

• The promise of 40 acres and a mule

• The end of Reconstruction

• The creation of Jim Crow laws

What was the purpose of Reconstruction in the United States?

• To give land to former slaves

• To enforce the conditions under which the South rejoined the Union

• To remove northern troops from the South

• To establish Jim Crow laws

What happened to the land given to former slaves with the compromise of 1877?

• It was given to Native American tribes

• It was sold to the highest bidder

• It was divided among all former slaves

• It was taken away by plantation owners

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Laws that granted voting rights to African Americans

• Laws that abolished slavery

• Laws that discriminated against African Americans

• Laws that enforced segregation

What did many African Americans become after the end of slavery?

• Plantation owners

• Sharecroppers

• Business owners

• Politicians

What was the new era of violence that emerged during Reconstruction?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The Homestead Act

• The Great Migration

Who encouraged the Exodusters to move to Kansas?

• Nicodemus Kansas

• Benjamin PAP singleton

• WR Hill

• Mrs. Hickman

What was the Homestead Act of 1862?

• A law that enforced segregation

• A law that established Jim Crow laws

• A law that abolished slavery

• A law that granted free land to anyone who worked it for five years