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

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

3. When African Americans were slaves or freed people, the overwhelming majority of them were _____________.
(a) Ignored.
(b) Workers.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Battered.

4. The majority of ______________ lived in the rural South during this particular time period of the book.
(a) African Americans.
(b) Whites.
(c) Organizers.
(d) Slaveowners.

5. Plantation ________, who wielded the most power within the community, tended to be male.
(a) Owners.
(b) Elders.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Ombudsmen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hahn became interested in the history of African American struggles when he came across an account of African American __________ resistance.

3. Slaves working within kin groups or ______ did not escape punishment, but were better able to maintain and secure the gains they did make.

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

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

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