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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 4, Pud, Don't Step on My Reputation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helped create the climate of general violence in the country?
(a) The economic downturn.
(b) Drinking and lack of jobs.
(c) Drinking and firearms.
(d) Firearms and economic downturn.

2. Who did the people of Edgefield vote for in the first election allowing freed men to vote?
(a) One white and three African Americans.
(b) Two whites and four African Americans.
(c) One white and four African Americans.
(d) Three whites and four African Americans.

3. When was James born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1922.

4. Who was hung at the start of Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) Robert Herrin.
(b) Markus Herrin.
(c) John Herrin.
(d) William Herrin.

5. What county was the most violent of the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Lowfield County.
(b) Boldfield County.
(c) Highfield County.
(d) Edgefield County.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the people numbed toward violence?

2. When did Thomas Bauskett's son decide to sell his slaves and plantations?

3. What did the whites of South Carolina become, thanks to the slave trade?

4. Why did slavery add to the culture of violence?

5. Who was elected in the elections of 1876?

(see the answer key)

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