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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. What is NOT one of the types of plantations on which the slaves in the south used to work?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Orange.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Rice.

2. School houses were where African Americans learned about __________, their enfranchisement, and the importance of voting.
(a) Emigration.
(b) KKK battle tactics.
(c) God.
(d) Reconstruction.

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

4. Black ____________ also helped spread information and visions of the new nations as they made their way through the South.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Slaveowners.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Union soldiers.

5. Some slaveholders began offering their slaves small ___________ in order to keep them on the plantations.
(a) Houses.
(b) Pieces of land.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Wages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some called for a nation based on a concept of _______________ that was based on birth and loyalty, servitude, or other particularities.

2. ___________ called for the federal protection of slavery in the western territories.

3. The __________ process helped to illuminate who the leaders were within black communities.

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

5. Federal measures which voided the black ___________ and disbanded provisional militias drove the use of organized force underground.

(see the answer key)

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