AAMS EXAM 2 FINAL QUESTIONS AND
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.F. E. Dumas, P. B. S. Pinchback, and Martin R. Delany were notable examples of
A. white officers who led Black regiments into battle.
B. congressmen who compelled Lincoln to change his stance and allow Black people to enlist in
the Union Army.
C. Black soldiers who held commissions in the Union Army.
D. escaped slaves who guided Union forces across southern terrain. - ANSWERS✔-C. Black
soldiers who held commissions in the Union Army.
\.What did the men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment do to protest racial
discrimination?
A. They held the first sit-in—at the White House—and were arrested and charged with treason.
B. They refused to accept pay unless it was equal to the wages of their white counterparts.
C. They went on a hunger strike to protest unequal treatment.
D. They marched on the District of Columbia shouting, "Black Lives Matter!" - ANSWERS✔-B.
They refused to accept pay unless it was equal to the wages of their white counterparts.
\.What was the relationship between Black women and Union military during the Civil War?
A. Black women helped the Union as slaves, but not as free women.
B. Black women served as cooks and nurses but did nothing behind enemy lines in the South.
C. Black women served as spies, liberators, and guides for the Union and other Black people.
,D. The Union ignored entirely the interest of Black women in contributing to the war effort. -
ANSWERS✔-C. Black women served as spies, liberators, and guides for the Union and other
Black people.
\.During the war, Peter Herbert and Mary S. Peake were prominent examples of southern Blacks
who
A. assisted Union forces as guides and spies.
B. provided educational opportunities to Black people fleeing slavery behind Union Army line.
C. engaged in sabotage to undermine the Confederate war effort.
D. administered to sick and wounded Union soldiers. - ANSWERS✔-B. provided educational
opportunities to Black people fleeing slavery behind Union Army line.
\.What were the terms of Special Field Order No. 15?
A. The order forced Black pepole to work in repairing the wartime damages to southern cities.
B. It set aside lands along the coast from Charleston, South Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida, for
Black folks.
C. It was issued by General William T. Sherman and allowed some Blacks to use Navy mules.
D. It set aside some land between Baltimore, Maryland and Virginia Beach, Virginia for Black
use. - ANSWERS✔-B. It set aside lands along the coast from Charleston, South Carolina, to
Jacksonville, Florida, for Black folks.
\.How is the end of enslavement related to the condition of southern Black families in 1865?
A.
Blacks were indifferent about freedom, and many moved to Mexico.
B.
Blacks were overjoyed about freedom and many began to search for lost family members.
C.
, Blacks were disappointed in losing their white masters, leading to a disintegration of Black
families.
D.
Blacks were delighted that slavery was over, thus enabling families to move back to Africa. -
ANSWERS✔-B. Blacks were overjoyed about freedom and many began to search for lost family
members.
\.What was the first concern of many Africans and African Americans once they achieved
freedom?
A.
reuniting with lost family members
B.
moving to the northern cities
C.
forming churches
D.
retaliating against former masters - ANSWERS✔-A. reuniting with lost family members
\.Which of the following statements is true about the importance of education to Black people
both during and after Reconstruction?
A.
They saw education and freedom as closely linked and often went to great lengths to form
schools and attend them.
B.
Blacks already had access to education in the U.S. and school attendance and attitudes did not
change after Reconstruction.
C.
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.F. E. Dumas, P. B. S. Pinchback, and Martin R. Delany were notable examples of
A. white officers who led Black regiments into battle.
B. congressmen who compelled Lincoln to change his stance and allow Black people to enlist in
the Union Army.
C. Black soldiers who held commissions in the Union Army.
D. escaped slaves who guided Union forces across southern terrain. - ANSWERS✔-C. Black
soldiers who held commissions in the Union Army.
\.What did the men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment do to protest racial
discrimination?
A. They held the first sit-in—at the White House—and were arrested and charged with treason.
B. They refused to accept pay unless it was equal to the wages of their white counterparts.
C. They went on a hunger strike to protest unequal treatment.
D. They marched on the District of Columbia shouting, "Black Lives Matter!" - ANSWERS✔-B.
They refused to accept pay unless it was equal to the wages of their white counterparts.
\.What was the relationship between Black women and Union military during the Civil War?
A. Black women helped the Union as slaves, but not as free women.
B. Black women served as cooks and nurses but did nothing behind enemy lines in the South.
C. Black women served as spies, liberators, and guides for the Union and other Black people.
,D. The Union ignored entirely the interest of Black women in contributing to the war effort. -
ANSWERS✔-C. Black women served as spies, liberators, and guides for the Union and other
Black people.
\.During the war, Peter Herbert and Mary S. Peake were prominent examples of southern Blacks
who
A. assisted Union forces as guides and spies.
B. provided educational opportunities to Black people fleeing slavery behind Union Army line.
C. engaged in sabotage to undermine the Confederate war effort.
D. administered to sick and wounded Union soldiers. - ANSWERS✔-B. provided educational
opportunities to Black people fleeing slavery behind Union Army line.
\.What were the terms of Special Field Order No. 15?
A. The order forced Black pepole to work in repairing the wartime damages to southern cities.
B. It set aside lands along the coast from Charleston, South Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida, for
Black folks.
C. It was issued by General William T. Sherman and allowed some Blacks to use Navy mules.
D. It set aside some land between Baltimore, Maryland and Virginia Beach, Virginia for Black
use. - ANSWERS✔-B. It set aside lands along the coast from Charleston, South Carolina, to
Jacksonville, Florida, for Black folks.
\.How is the end of enslavement related to the condition of southern Black families in 1865?
A.
Blacks were indifferent about freedom, and many moved to Mexico.
B.
Blacks were overjoyed about freedom and many began to search for lost family members.
C.
, Blacks were disappointed in losing their white masters, leading to a disintegration of Black
families.
D.
Blacks were delighted that slavery was over, thus enabling families to move back to Africa. -
ANSWERS✔-B. Blacks were overjoyed about freedom and many began to search for lost family
members.
\.What was the first concern of many Africans and African Americans once they achieved
freedom?
A.
reuniting with lost family members
B.
moving to the northern cities
C.
forming churches
D.
retaliating against former masters - ANSWERS✔-A. reuniting with lost family members
\.Which of the following statements is true about the importance of education to Black people
both during and after Reconstruction?
A.
They saw education and freedom as closely linked and often went to great lengths to form
schools and attend them.
B.
Blacks already had access to education in the U.S. and school attendance and attitudes did not
change after Reconstruction.
C.
