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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. Slave congregations pulsed not only with ____________, but also with collective deliberation.
(a) Religion.
(b) Joy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Passion.

2. Hahn notes there is a lot of information about African American ______ during this time period, but not a lot on politics.
(a) Literature.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Churches.
(d) Life.

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

4. This is a book about the inspiring and the dispiriting history of American ____________.
(a) Equality.
(b) Turmoil.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Voting.

5. In what area of the country does Hahn focus the contents of this book he has compiled?
(a) Rural South.
(b) East Coast.
(c) Urban North.
(d) West Coast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hahn discovered there were more examples of resistance and political struggle across the South in the wake of the _____________.

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

4. Any action undertaken by African Americans needed to be taken as a ______________ so as to avoid punishment.

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

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