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

2. Freed blacks marched past the homes of former prominent ___________ officials and through public squares.
(a) Army.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Government.

3. Hahn learned that in ________, Mississippi, freedmen and women were driving their employers to distraction in 1868.
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Woodville.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Memphis.

4. The League depended on a wider base of mobilization and involvement than ____________.
(a) Laws.
(b) Society.
(c) Membership.
(d) Money.

5. This is a book about ___________ people who did extraordinary things under the most difficult of circumstances, writes Hahn.
(a) Extraordinary.
(b) Black.
(c) Belittled.
(d) Enslaved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slaveholders tolerated some economic activities from slaves. Which of these is NOT one of the tolerated activities?

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

3. Slaveholders and slaves believed the __________ party was hostile towards slavery.

4. Due to the increase in slave ___________, a structure of kinship relationships and practices developed.

5. Though many black men won seats of power, many eligible ________ voters refused to participate in elections.

(see the answer key)

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