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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. Those leading the new black political movement were mostly men who had been ________ before the war.
(a) In power.
(b) Free.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Slaves.

2. Slave congregations pulsed not only with ____________, but also with collective deliberation.
(a) Joy.
(b) Passion.
(c) Religion.
(d) Anger.

3. The majority of ______________ lived in the rural South during this particular time period of the book.
(a) Whites.
(b) African Americans.
(c) Slaveowners.
(d) Organizers.

4. Even before the presidential election took place, rumors were circulating that ___________ had won.
(a) Jefferson.
(b) A black man.
(c) No one.
(d) Lincoln.

5. On July __________, millions of freed people claimed access to public space previously denied to them.
(a) 7th.
(b) 14th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 4th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hahn argues that smaller __________ do not allow us to see how the developments of one era shaped those of the next.

2. Plantation ________, who wielded the most power within the community, tended to be male.

3. Those slaves who remained in the south began to take over their master's "____________" plantations.

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

5. ___________ called for the federal protection of slavery in the western territories.

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