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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6 Of Paramilitary Politics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black ___________ did less field labor after emancipation than they did under slavery.
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Men.

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

3. The Union League tried to mobilize newly enfranchised _______ and protect them through secrecy and armed self-defense.
(a) KKK members.
(b) Congress men.
(c) Presidents.
(d) Voters.

4. An aspect that has often been overlooked in the literature on slavery is ____________ between slaves.
(a) Committments.
(b) Dispute resolution.
(c) Infighting.
(d) Exchanges.

5. Plantation ________, who wielded the most power within the community, tended to be male.
(a) Ombudsmen.
(b) Owners.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many Klans believed that teaching school was a front for _____________ objectives.

2. Any action undertaken by African Americans needed to be taken as a ______________ so as to avoid punishment.

3. The ____________ Freedman's Convention may have been the most visible organization of this time.

4. Those leading the new black political movement were mostly men who had been ________ before the war.

5. Slave congregations pulsed not only with ____________, but also with collective deliberation.

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