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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.
(a) Contraband.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Victims.
(d) Spoils.

2. Due to the increase in slave ___________, a structure of kinship relationships and practices developed.
(a) Population.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Attacks.
(d) Employment.

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

4. Mass meetings and small gatherings proclaimed a new black __________ presence.
(a) Political.
(b) Community.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Taxpayer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Friends of Universal ________ in Louisiana sought more radical reforms during this time.

2. Hahn is mindful of overemphasizing the number of _________ which formed during these periods of time.

3. In the rural South, instead of petitions and calls for equality, mutually reinforcing _________ spread about either the federal government's future or insurrections.

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

5. Slaveholders complained about the sulkiness, demoralization, and insubordination on the part of _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was included in the processions of freed black slaves as they marched through town?

2. Why were so many rumors about black uprisings and other troubles spreading so quickly at this time?

3. What did slaves believe was imminent because of the election of a certain president?

4. What did Congress allow the federal government to do during the time of the reconstruction?

5. Why did the Union League spread rapidly through the plantation belt at the time?

6. What happened on July fourth of 1865 which had not happened in years?

7. During the 1850s, what calls for political inclusion were largely ignored or rejected by society?

8. What did the contraband camps provide for the African American slaves once their freedom was emerging?

9. What happened when leaders of the South joined with Northern blacks?

10. Why are books which focus on shorter time periods of African American history not effective?

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