1. Southern Blacks Migration to Kansas

2. Reconstruction

3. Why did Jim Crow laws harm Black Americans A) They enforced the segregation of Black Americans from other Americans B) They forced Black Americans to become successful sharecroppers C) They began the period known as Reconstruction D) The required federal troops to leave the South

6. Why did the Exodusters move to the Great Plains? A) There were many jobs on the Great Plains B) They wanted to own their own land C) The soil was good for farming D) The Homestead Act forced people to move

7. B

9. Why come to Kansas? Well before the last Federal occupation troops left the South at the end of Reconstruction in 1877, oppression had already deeply eroded the few social and economic gains blacks acheived after the Civil War. Organizations like the Klu Klux Klan terrorized or killed Blacks who resisted the constraints of racism. Well before the last Federal occupation troops left the South at the end of Reconstruction in 1877, oppression had already deeply eroded the few social and economic gains blacks acheived after the Civil War. Organizations like the Klu Klux Klan terrorized or killed Blacks who resisted the constraints of racism.

10. Poverty, customs and laws prevented the newly freed slaves from buying land after the Civil War, Many returned to work for their old masters as sharecroppers, but dishonest treatment by many landlords and lack of education kept Black Americans in economic slavery.

11. Exodusters Came by the thousands and settled in communities throughout Kansas. Came by the thousands and settled in communities throughout Kansas.

12. Pap Singleton A Land speculator and promoter who encouraged hundreds of Black Americans to move to Kansas.

13. Nicodemus Believed to be named for a slave who they believed had purchased his own freedom. Believed to be named for a slave who they believed had purchased his own freedom.

14. Exodusters was the name given to: A. American Indians who were moved out Kansas into Oklahoma Territory B. European immigrants who came to Kansas in covered wagons. C. Black Americans from the Deep South who came to Kansas during a second wave of immigration D. Politicians in the new state of Kansas.

15. C

16. Benjamin “Pap” Singleton was a : A. land surveyor who helped to solve land disputes in Kansas B. Land speculator and promoter who encouraged Black Americans to come to Kansas C. Railroad worker who traveled to Russia to recruit Mennonites to come to Kansas D. Wagon master on the Oregon-California Trail

17. B

18. Nicodemus was settled by: A. French silk farmers B. The Swedish immigrants C. Mexican railroad workers D. Freed slaves from the South

19. D

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