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First African American Legislators

LOC Title
The first colored senator and representatives - in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States
LOC Summary
Group portrait of African American legislators: Robert C. De Large, Jefferson H. Long, H.R. Revels, Benj. S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and R. Brown Elliot.
LOC Contributor Names
Currier & Ives
LOC Created/Published
New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 1872.
LOC Standardized Date
1872
LOC Subject Headings
Legislators--United States--1860-1880.
African Americans--Political activity--1860-1880
LOC Notes
Title from item.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2132
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 : A Long Struggle for Freedom" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., March - January 2016.
EEC Creators
EEC Source Year
1872
EEC Format
EEC Type of Source
Question
What political group is depicted?
Correct Answer
U.S. Congress
Incorrect Answer
President
Jury
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Prohibition Party
Question
What is the main idea of the source?
Correct Answer
Representative Government
Incorrect Answer
13th Amendment
Voting Rights
Civic Duties
Campaigning
Immigration
Congressional Power
Freedom of Assembly
Interest Groups
Question
What is the time period of this source?
Correct Answer
Reconstruction
Incorrect Answer
Expansion and Reform
Civil War
Great Depression
World War I
World War II
Postwar U.S.
Revolution and New Nation
Early Settlement