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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. Some slaveholders began offering their slaves small ___________ in order to keep them on the plantations.
(a) Bribes.
(b) Wages.
(c) Pieces of land.
(d) Houses.

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

3. 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) Hunting.
(d) Cultivating subsistence and market garden plots.

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

5. Hahn sees his book as encompassing collective struggled for social and meaningful ____________.
(a) Pride.
(b) Power.
(c) Peace.
(d) Community.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hahn is mindful of overemphasizing the number of _________ which formed during these periods of time.

3. An aspect that has often been overlooked in the literature on slavery is ____________ between slaves.

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

5. Solidarities were created by the political _______________ of African Americans.

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