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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. Slaveholders tolerated some economic activities from slaves. Which of these is NOT one of the tolerated activities?
(a) Raising livestock.
(b) Selling handmade crafts.
(c) Cultivating subsistence and market garden plots.
(d) Hunting.

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

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

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

5. Hahn argues that smaller __________ do not allow us to see how the developments of one era shaped those of the next.
(a) Events.
(b) Books.
(c) Time periods.
(d) Movements.

Short Answer Questions

1. When African Americans were slaves or freed people, the overwhelming majority of them were _____________.

2. Slaves in the South began to gain ________ for themselves as well as looser standards.

3. This book is about how African Americans became involved in a(n) ____________ struggle.

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

5. Plantation ________, who wielded the most power within the community, tended to be male.

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