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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapter 14, Willie, Counsel for the Defense.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the whites of South Carolina fear?
(a) That there was no longer any profit in farming.
(b) That there was no mechanism to control African Americans.
(c) That the newly freed slaves would enslave them.
(d) That the newly freed slaves would leave the state.

2. When did Thomas Bauskett buy his son a slave?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1833.

3. How old was Willie when he escaped Goshen?
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

4. What happened in the late 1860's?
(a) A series of revolts rocked the plantations.
(b) Whites were expelled from their plantations.
(c) Blacks were given land.
(d) Former slaves were allowed to vote.

5. How old was Willie James when he enrolled in school?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of territory was the county according to Butterfield?

2. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?

3. Why did the young slave Thomas Bauskett offered his son take the name of Bauskett?

4. Where was Butch sent after appearing in children's court?

5. Why did the blacks of the early 20th century stop paying much attention to the difference between law and lawlessness according to Butterfield?

(see the answer key)

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