Question

which of the following best describes the black response to the ending of the civil war and the coming of freedom?
a. most blacks stayed with their old masters because they were not familiar with any other opportunities.
b. most blacks were content working for wages and not owning their own land because they believed that they had not yet earned that right.
c. sensing the continued hatred of whites toward them, most blacks wished to move back to africa.
d. desiring better wages, most blacks moved to the northern cities to seek factory work.
e. blacks adopted different ways of testing their freedom, including moving about, seeking kin, and rejecting older forms of deferential behavior.

Explanation:

After the Civil War, newly freed Black Americans pursued a range of actions to assert their freedom: many moved to reunite with separated family members, left former plantations to explore new opportunities, and rejected the forced deference they had to show under slavery. Options a, b, c, and d are inaccurate: most did not stay with old masters out of lack of options, they widely sought land ownership, only a small minority supported colonization back to Africa, and large-scale migration to northern cities for factory work came later, not immediately at the war's end.

Answer:

e. Blacks adopted different ways of testing their freedom, including moving about, seeking kin, and rejecting older forms of deferential behavior.