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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 Of Rumors and Revelations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Spoils.
(c) Contraband.
(d) Victims.

2. Hahn argues that smaller __________ do not allow us to see how the developments of one era shaped those of the next.
(a) Movements.
(b) Books.
(c) Events.
(d) Time periods.

3. The rumors were able to spread because thousands of slaves were drawn to ____________ during the war.
(a) The draft.
(b) Farms.
(c) Social sites.
(d) Prisons.

4. This is a book about ___________ people who did extraordinary things under the most difficult of circumstances, writes Hahn.
(a) Black.
(b) Extraordinary.
(c) Belittled.
(d) Enslaved.

5. Slave recruits were generally __________ able to lead as the widely lacked skills and experience.
(a) Less.
(b) Just as.
(c) More.
(d) Willing and.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mobility, craft skills, and literacy were all crucial components in the creation of political __________.

2. Slaves working within kin groups or ______ did not escape punishment, but were better able to maintain and secure the gains they did make.

3. When African Americans were slaves or freed people, the overwhelming majority of them were _____________.

4. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.

5. Leaders from the South joined with the __________ blacks to create a new political nation.

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