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

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

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

4. Those slaves who remained in the south began to take over their master's "____________" plantations.
(a) Abandoned.
(b) Larger.
(c) Free.
(d) Burned down.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hahn argues that African Americans contributed to the formation of a new ___________ nation.

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

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