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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2 The Choked Voices of a Race at Last Unloosed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A ____________ Movement developed as an influx of poor Irish Catholics arriving in the United States.
(a) Economic.
(b) Nativist.
(c) Immigrant.
(d) Westward.

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

3. Due to the increase in slave ___________, a structure of kinship relationships and practices developed.
(a) Attacks.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Employment.
(d) Population.

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) Literature.
(c) Churches.
(d) Life.

5. As the Union Army moved further into the South, the volume of slave fugitives ___________.
(a) Decreased.
(b) Increased.
(c) Was not measured.
(d) Stayed the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the __________ government organized, opportunities increased for slaves to become better acquainted with each other and political events.

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

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

4. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.

5. Slave recruits were generally __________ able to lead as the widely lacked skills and experience.

(see the answer key)

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