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

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

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

4. Some slaves were convinced that because of the presumed election results, that ___________ was imminent.
(a) Death.
(b) Freedom.
(c) War.
(d) Emigration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Congress finally moved to prohibit military personnel from ________ slaves to their owners.

2. Slaves in the South began to gain ________ for themselves as well as looser standards.

3. The wartime military provided a basic political _____________ to fugitive slaves.

4. Hahn notes there is a lot of information about African American ______ during this time period, but not a lot on politics.

5. Some called for a nation based on a concept of _______________ that was based on birth and loyalty, servitude, or other particularities.

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