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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, After Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the President of the Confederacy?
(a) Samuel Cooper.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Jefferson Davis.

2. How long did Armacie Adams continue working as a slave before finding out he was free?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) More than a year.
(d) Two years.

3. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like standing idle in the field?
(a) 90.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

4. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?
(a) Stayed on the plantations.
(b) Fought in the Confederate army.
(c) Escaped to join the Union army.
(d) Freed themselves.

5. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.
(a) Kindest master.
(b) Most respected bidder.
(c) Cruelest master.
(d) Highest bidder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the South surrender to the North?

2. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?

3. Why were Native African slaves more fortunate than slaves born into slavery?

4. What did the slaves call the slave owner's house?

5. What was one thing a "share" consisted of?

(see the answer key)

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