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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Body Politic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hahn argues that African Americans contributed to the formation of a new ___________ nation.
(a) Free.
(b) Equal.
(c) Political.
(d) Democratic.

2. Almost 150,000 African Americans ended up fighting for the which army during the Civil War?
(a) Neither.
(b) Union.
(c) Both.
(d) Confederate.

3. The Union League was formed to rally public support for ________ and the war effort.
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. Slaves working within kin groups or ______ did not escape punishment, but were better able to maintain and secure the gains they did make.
(a) Work gangs.
(b) Cooperatives.
(c) Collectives.
(d) Plantations.

5. Some slaves were convinced that because of the presumed election results, that ___________ was imminent.
(a) War.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Emigration.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the __________ government organized, opportunities increased for slaves to become better acquainted with each other and political events.

2. This is a book about ___________ people who did extraordinary things under the most difficult of circumstances, writes Hahn.

3. Military district commanders worked to educate and protect ______________, who did not understand the process or feared consequences.

4. Freed people played important roles in the early quests for land _______________.

5. The most prominent example of black self-management was at ____________, the plantations owned by President Jefferson Davis.

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