Advertisement in the Nashville Colored Tennessean newspaper:

During the year 1849, Thomas Sample carried away from this city, as his slaves, our daughter, Polly and son. . . . We will give $100 each for them to any person who will assist them. . . to get to Nashville, or get word to us of their whereabouts.

This advertisement supports what trend among African Americans during Reconstruction?

A. The number of former slaves who were pursued by their former masters
Incorrect. This advertisement describes a couple trying to find their daughter and son, who were taken from them in Nashville back in 1849. It is representative of efforts by former slave to reunify with their families.

B. The efforts by former slaves to reunify with their families
Correct! This advertisement shows a couple trying to find their daughter and son, who were taken from them in Nashville back in 1849. It is representative of efforts by former slave to reunify with their families.

C. The collapse of the African American press
Incorrect. This advertisement shows a couple trying to find their daughter and son, who were taken from them in Nashville back in 1849. It is representative of efforts by former slave to reunify with their families.

D. A rise in violence from groups like the KKK
Incorrect. This advertisement shows a couple trying to find their daughter and son, who were taken from them in Nashville back in 1849. It is representative of efforts by former slave to reunify with their families.

Which of the following is a cause for the rise in literacy rates among freedmen?

A. All former slaves were forced to go to school.
Incorrect. There were no laws forcing everyone to go to school. Former slaves had an intense desire to learn.

B. The U.S. government built magnificent schools all across the country.
Incorrect. The intense desire to learn by former slaves had them meeting anywhere there was space to hold class.

C. Former slaves had an intense desire to learn.
Correct! The intense desire to learn by former slaves had them meeting anywhere there was space to hold class.

D. All of the above.
Incorrect. The former slaves had an intense desire to learn, but the other two responses are false.

A. Increase in literacy rates
Incorrect. The violence of the KKK was one of the features of Reconstruction that made it “worse than slavery.” The increase in literacy rates was a positive development.

B. Few two-parent African American households
Incorrect. The violence of the KKK was one of the features of Reconstruction that made it “worse than slavery.” By 1870, most African American households had two parents.

C. Violence of the KKK
Correct! The violence of the KKK was one of the features of Reconstruction that made it “worse than slavery.”

D. Opportunity to move West
Incorrect. The violence of the KKK was one of the features of Reconstruction that made it “worse than slavery.” The opportunity to move West was one of the positive developments during Reconstruction.

A person making the argument that Reconstruction was a success would tend to emphasize —

A. the rise of groups like the KKK
Incorrect. The KKK is one of the principal arguments against Reconstruction’s success. A supporter of its success would emphasize the amendments to the Constitution and gains, like literacy.

B. the work done by President Andrew Johnson
Incorrect. President Johnson did not support equal rights for African Americans. A supporter of its success would emphasize the amendments to the Constitution and gains, like literacy.

C. the work done by the Democrats in Congress during Reconstruction
Incorrect. The Reconstruction-era Democrats did not support equal rights for African Americans. A supporter of its success would emphasize the amendments to the Constitution and gains, like literacy.

D. the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution plus gains in literacy and mobility
Correct! A supporter of its success would emphasize the amendments to the Constitution and gains, like literacy.