Question

\if we are to be called on to do military duty against the rebel armies in the field, why should we be denied the privilege of voting against rebel citizens at the ballot-box? the latter is as necessary to save the government as the former... the government has asked the colored man to fight for his preservation and gladly has he done it. it can afford to trust him with a vote as safely as it trusted him with a bayonet... at present we can have only partial protection from the courts... if this order of things continue, our people are destined to a malignant persecution at the hands of rebels and their former rebellious masters... because the courts will not receive negro testimony... is this the fruit of freedom, and the reward of our services in the field?\

• petition from african-american citizens to the union convention of tennessee at nashville, january 9, 1865

what forms of \malignant persecution\ would become common in the south shortly after these words were delivered?

all of these
state supported terrorism
black codes
jim crow laws

Explanation:

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Analyze the historical context of the petition

Using the Reconstruction Era knowledge point, this petition was written in January 1865 by African-American citizens in Tennessee as the Civil War was drawing to a close. The authors argue that because they fought for the Union, they deserve the right to vote to protect themselves from their former masters. They presciently warn of "malignant persecution" if they are left without political rights and legal protections.

Evaluate the forms of persecution in the post-war South

Using the Ku Klux Klan and Voter Suppression knowledge points, we examine the historical developments that occurred in the South shortly after 1865:

• Black Codes: Immediately after the war (1865–1866), Southern states passed restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and compel them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
• State-supported/tolerated terrorism: White supremacist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, used violence and terror to suppress Black political participation and economic independence, often with the tacit approval or lack of intervention from local state authorities.
• Jim Crow laws: Following the end of Reconstruction, Southern states enacted systematic segregation and disenfranchisement laws that institutionalized racial discrimination.

Since all of these options represent forms of "malignant persecution" that became common in the South, "All of these" is the correct choice.
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<mcq-correct>(A) All of these</mcq-correct>
<mcq-option>(B) State supported terrorism</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>(C) Black Codes</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>(D) Jim Crow laws</mcq-option>
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Analyze the historical context of the petition

Using the Reconstruction Era knowledge point, this petition was written in January 1865 by African-American citizens in Tennessee as the Civil War was drawing to a close. The authors argue that because they fought for the Union, they deserve the right to vote to protect themselves from their former masters. They presciently warn of "malignant persecution" if they are left without political rights and legal protections.

Evaluate the forms of persecution in the post-war South

Using the Ku Klux Klan and Voter Suppression knowledge points, we examine the historical developments that occurred in the South shortly after 1865:

• Black Codes: Immediately after the war (1865–1866), Southern states passed restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and compel them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
• State-supported/tolerated terrorism: White supremacist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, used violence and terror to suppress Black political participation and economic independence, often with the tacit approval or lack of intervention from local state authorities.
• Jim Crow laws: Following the end of Reconstruction, Southern states enacted systematic segregation and disenfranchisement laws that institutionalized racial discrimination.

Since all of these options represent forms of "malignant persecution" that became common in the South, "All of these" is the correct choice.
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<mcq-correct>(A) All of these</mcq-correct>
<mcq-option>(B) State supported terrorism</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>(C) Black Codes</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>(D) Jim Crow laws</mcq-option>
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