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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 Of Rumors and Revelations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Contraband.
(c) Spoils.
(d) Victims.

2. The most prominent example of black self-management was at ____________, the plantations owned by President Jefferson Davis.
(a) Davis Bend.
(b) Mount Davis.
(c) Jefferson Village.
(d) Black Bend.

3. The importance of leaders within the black community was apparent at the freed man's __________ throughout the South.
(a) Plantations.
(b) Churches.
(c) Conventions.
(d) Elections.

4. What kind of winds blew into the United States during the 1850s, according to Hahn's book?
(a) Weak.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Strong.
(d) Liberal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The rumors were able to spread because thousands of slaves were drawn to ____________ during the war.

2. Slaveholders tolerated some economic activities from slaves. Which of these is NOT one of the tolerated activities?

3. Hahn is mindful of overemphasizing the number of _________ which formed during these periods of time.

4. Southern slaveholders tried to encourage and organize communities centered on the ____________.

5. Few slaves knew how to ___________ before they entered the military.

(see the answer key)

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