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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 The Valley and the Shadows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When manpower needs raced ahead of recruitment, the army pressed _________ into service.
(a) Slaveowners.
(b) Whites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Young boys.

2. Freed men responded by ___________________ in large numbers and aligning themselves with the Republican Party.
(a) Lynching.
(b) Registering to vote.
(c) Emigrating.
(d) Picketing.

3. The delegates who gathered in state __________ that year were composed of both black and white men.
(a) Board rooms.
(b) Farming communities.
(c) Capitols.
(d) Parks.

4. The wartime military provided a basic political _____________ to fugitive slaves.
(a) Structure.
(b) Organization.
(c) Manual.
(d) Education.

5. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Sexual favors.
(c) Good behavior.
(d) Ritual gifting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rural freed people did not need outsiders to nurture their desire for the _________ they had been cultivating.

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

3. Emigration sentiment seemed to be most powerful in areas where freed people labored on ____________.

4. _____________ often left illiterate and poorer individuals vulnerable to harassment and disenfranchisement.

5. On the _______ level, blacks could hope for a significant share of county and parish offices.

(see the answer key)

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