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

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

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

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

5. Slaves in the South began to gain ________ for themselves as well as looser standards.
(a) Money.
(b) Voting rights.
(c) Property.
(d) Free time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hahn argues that smaller __________ do not allow us to see how the developments of one era shaped those of the next.

3. The time period of the book is a time when African American men won and lost the right to __________.

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

5. Due to the increase in slave ___________, a structure of kinship relationships and practices developed.

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