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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6 Of Paramilitary Politics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ________ attacked and murdered local leaders and organizers, intimidated party supporters, and tried to force out objectionable office holders.
(a) Klan.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Union League.
(d) Republicans.

2. As the __________ government organized, opportunities increased for slaves to become better acquainted with each other and political events.
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Union.
(c) Confederate.
(d) Republican.

3. What kind of winds blew into the United States during the 1850s, according to Hahn's book?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Weak.
(d) Strong.

4. The rumors were able to spread because thousands of slaves were drawn to ____________ during the war.
(a) Social sites.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Farms.
(d) The draft.

5. Leaders from the South joined with the __________ blacks to create a new political nation.
(a) Southern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Older.
(d) Younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those leading the new black political movement were mostly men who had been ________ before the war.

2. It should be noted that Klansmen did not ride without fear of _________ or of meeting resistance.

3. Almost universally, freed people believed that some __________ for the trials of slavery should occur.

4. Rural freed people did not need outsiders to nurture their desire for the _________ they had been cultivating.

5. Slaveholders and slaves believed the __________ party was hostile towards slavery.

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