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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. African Americans exposed the complex and contradictory relationship between labor and _____________.
(a) Democracy.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Rights.
(d) Peace.

2. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.
(a) Good behavior.
(b) Sexual favors.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Ritual gifting.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Those slaves who remained in the south began to take over their master's "____________" plantations.

2. Some slaves were convinced that because of the presumed election results, that ___________ was imminent.

3. What is NOT one of the types of plantations on which the slaves in the south used to work?

4. Slaveholders tolerated some economic activities from slaves. Which of these is NOT one of the tolerated activities?

5. Hahn sees his book as encompassing collective struggled for social and meaningful ____________.

(see the answer key)

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