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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2 The Choked Voices of a Race at Last Unloosed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Slave recruits were generally __________ able to lead as the widely lacked skills and experience.
(a) Just as.
(b) Willing and.
(c) More.
(d) Less.

2. In what area of the country does Hahn focus the contents of this book he has compiled?
(a) West Coast.
(b) Urban North.
(c) East Coast.
(d) Rural South.

3. An aspect that has often been overlooked in the literature on slavery is ____________ between slaves.
(a) Infighting.
(b) Dispute resolution.
(c) Committments.
(d) Exchanges.

4. Hahn discovered there were more examples of resistance and political struggle across the South in the wake of the _____________.
(a) Election.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Antebellum.
(d) Civil War.

5. A ____________ Movement developed as an influx of poor Irish Catholics arriving in the United States.
(a) Nativist.
(b) Immigrant.
(c) Economic.
(d) Westward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of winds blew into the United States during the 1850s, according to Hahn's book?

2. Almost 150,000 African Americans ended up fighting for the which army during the Civil War?

3. Slave congregations pulsed not only with ____________, but also with collective deliberation.

4. When manpower needs raced ahead of recruitment, the army pressed _________ into service.

5. Congress voted for a stronger ________ law in order to help slave owners hold onto their slaves.

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