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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. The rural South was a luminal political world after the __________ ended.
(a) Civil War.
(b) Antebellum.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Abolition Movement.

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

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

4. This is a book about the inspiring and the dispiriting history of American ____________.
(a) Turmoil.
(b) Voting.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Equality.

5. The importance of leaders within the black community was apparent at the freed man's __________ throughout the South.
(a) Elections.
(b) Plantations.
(c) Conventions.
(d) Churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slaveholders complained about the sulkiness, demoralization, and insubordination on the part of _____________.

2. Some slaveholders began offering their slaves small ___________ in order to keep them on the plantations.

3. Even before the presidential election took place, rumors were circulating that ___________ had won.

4. In what area of the country does Hahn focus the contents of this book he has compiled?

5. Freed blacks marched past the homes of former prominent ___________ officials and through public squares.

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