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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Body Politic.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Black ___________ did less field labor after emancipation than they did under slavery.
(a) Men.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

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

4. Though many black men won seats of power, many eligible ________ voters refused to participate in elections.
(a) Women.
(b) Male.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

5. Some slaveholders began offering their slaves small ___________ in order to keep them on the plantations.
(a) Wages.
(b) Houses.
(c) Pieces of land.
(d) Bribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of winds blew into the United States during the 1850s, according to Hahn's book?

2. In 1862, the War Department authorized the establishment of a ______________.

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

4. Mass meetings and small gatherings proclaimed a new black __________ presence.

5. The Union League was formed to rally public support for ________ and the war effort.

(see the answer key)

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