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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 1 Of Chains and Threads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This book is about how African Americans became involved in a(n) ____________ struggle.
(a) Marital.
(b) Ethnic.
(c) Civil.
(d) Political.

2. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Ritual gifting.
(c) Sexual favors.
(d) Good behavior.

3. African Americans exposed the complex and contradictory relationship between labor and _____________.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Rights.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Peace.

4. About one in ________ slaves lived in the upper or border South, where the hiring of free people of color was not uncommon.
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

5. Mobility, craft skills, and literacy were all crucial components in the creation of political __________.
(a) Voters.
(b) Presidents.
(c) Candidates.
(d) Actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hahn argues that smaller __________ do not allow us to see how the developments of one era shaped those of the next.

2. What is NOT one of the types of plantations on which the slaves in the south used to work?

3. Any action undertaken by African Americans needed to be taken as a ______________ so as to avoid punishment.

4. Slaves in the South began to gain ________ for themselves as well as looser standards.

5. Southern slaveholders tried to encourage and organize communities centered on the ____________.

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