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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 1 Of Chains and Threads.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Even before the presidential election took place, rumors were circulating that ___________ had won.
(a) No one.
(b) A black man.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Jefferson.

3. Hahn argues that African Americans contributed to the formation of a new ___________ nation.
(a) Equal.
(b) Political.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Free.

4. This book is about how African Americans became involved in a(n) ____________ struggle.
(a) Political.
(b) Civil.
(c) Marital.
(d) Ethnic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the country does Hahn focus the contents of this book he has compiled?

2. Mobility, craft skills, and literacy were all crucial components in the creation of political __________.

3. Hahn learned that in ________, Mississippi, freedmen and women were driving their employers to distraction in 1868.

4. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.

5. African Americans exposed the complex and contradictory relationship between labor and _____________.

(see the answer key)

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