4. The 14 th amendment Granted citizenship to freed slaves

1. 1. This retired eastern Virginia planter, agricultural reformer, fired the first shot at Fort Sumter and committed suicide shortly after the surrender at Appomattox. • Samuel Jenkins • Henry Wise • c. James Kemper • d. Edmund Ruffin

2. 2. ___ True or False. The end of the Civil War was accompanied by large-scale migration of freed slaves out of the state.

3. 3. According to your text, following the war, the key factor in determining one’s economic viability was • Whether you fought for the Confederacy or Union • Whether you were educated or not • Whether you owned land • Whether you could migrate out of the state

4. 4. The 14th amendment • Granted citizenship to freed slaves • Protected all US citizens from states’ denying them “equal protection” • Based representation on the number of citizens having voting rights • a and c above • All of the above

5. 5. ___ True or False. Virginia was the only southern state to ratify the 14th amendment in 1866.

6. 6. The Virginia Constitution of 1867 is called the ____________ Constitution • Radical • Redeemer • c. Walker • d. Underwood

7. 7. As ratified, the above constitution called for a. Denial of the vote to former Confederates b. Black voting rights c. State funding of public education d. b and c above e. all of the above

8. 8. State School Superintendant William Henry _________________ was chiefly responsible for the establishment of a public school system in Virginia after the War. • Ruffner • Burke • c. Mahone • d. Lee

9. 9. A portion of the Morrill Act funds went to help the black school at _______________.

10. 10. The original name of Virginia Tech was a. Virginia Military Institute b. Blacksburg Female Academy c. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College d. Washington College

11. 11. Following the election of 1869, approximately how many of the 180 Virginia legislators were black? • Fewer than 10 • 25-30 • c. 50 • d. More than 100

12. 12. The political party that wished to scale down Virginia's postwar debt was called the ____________________________ party.

13. 13. The “hero of the Crater” who led the above party was • Tom Martin • William Mahone • c. Fitzhugh Lee • d. James Lawson Kemper

14. 14. Which of the following was a prominent black politician in post-bellum Virginia? a. James Lawson Kemper b. William Mahone c. John Mercer Langston d. a and c above e. None of the above

15. 15. The original name of the city of Roanoke was a. Big Lick b. Big Gap c. Star City d. Hancockville e. None of the above