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

2. Few slaves knew how to ___________ before they entered the military.
(a) Read or write.
(b) Shoot a gun.
(c) March.
(d) Take orders.

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

4. Hahn became interested in the history of African American struggles when he came across an account of African American __________ resistance.
(a) Education.
(b) Voting.
(c) Political.
(d) Labor.

5. The most prominent example of black self-management was at ____________, the plantations owned by President Jefferson Davis.
(a) Black Bend.
(b) Jefferson Village.
(c) Mount Davis.
(d) Davis Bend.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ____________ Freedman's Convention may have been the most visible organization of this time.

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

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

5. This is a book about ___________ people who did extraordinary things under the most difficult of circumstances, writes Hahn.

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