How do events in New Orleans in July 1866 reflect the tenor of race relations in southern cities at that time?
A) Whites resisted the attempts of frustrated blacks to leave the South.
B) Whites created integrated organizations to peacefully unite with freed slaves in churches.
C) Whites resisted black efforts at gaining equality and resorted to mob action and murder.
D) Whites wanted to assist blacks in gaining rights, but blacks resisted their efforts with violence.
Question 2
How was Lincoln changing his opinion of blacks shortly before he was assassinated?
A) He suggested that perhaps some blacks who were educated or veterans should be able to vote.
B) He thought that not only should all blacks be free, but also that they should enjoy the same political and social rights as whites.
C) He thought that the federal government should give each freed black forty acres and a mule.
D) He was really not changing his mind at all and was always more concerned with the southern states than the black people in them.
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