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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rumors were able to spread because thousands of slaves were drawn to ____________ during the war.
(a) Prisons.
(b) Farms.
(c) The draft.
(d) Social sites.

2. The wartime military provided a basic political _____________ to fugitive slaves.
(a) Education.
(b) Structure.
(c) Manual.
(d) Organization.

3. By drilling, marching, and posting sentinels, ___________ reminded each other of the risks they faced while offering protection.
(a) Young men.
(b) Freed people.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Women.

4. When manpower needs raced ahead of recruitment, the army pressed _________ into service.
(a) Young boys.
(b) Whites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Slaveowners.

5. Those slaves who remained in the south began to take over their master's "____________" plantations.
(a) Larger.
(b) Burned down.
(c) Free.
(d) Abandoned.

6. Some ___________ began pooling their resources in hopes of buying or leasing land that had been confiscated.
(a) Church leaders.
(b) Slave owners.
(c) Women.
(d) Freed people.

7. Southern slaveholders tried to encourage and organize communities centered on the ____________.
(a) Democratic Party.
(b) Confederate Army.
(c) Big House.
(d) Republican Party.

8. In what area of the country does Hahn focus the contents of this book he has compiled?
(a) West Coast.
(b) Urban North.
(c) East Coast.
(d) Rural South.

9. David Medlock was an African American leader in the state of _____________.
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

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

11. Black support fed on the ideologies and customers with _______________.
(a) Armies.
(b) Families.
(c) Black communities.
(d) Churches.

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

13. In the rural South, instead of petitions and calls for equality, mutually reinforcing _________ spread about either the federal government's future or insurrections.
(a) Rumors.
(b) Laws.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Conventions.

14. An aspect that has often been overlooked in the literature on slavery is ____________ between slaves.
(a) Infighting.
(b) Exchanges.
(c) Dispute resolution.
(d) Committments.

15. Mass meetings and small gatherings proclaimed a new black __________ presence.
(a) Emotional.
(b) Political.
(c) Taxpayer.
(d) Community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Freed men responded by ___________________ in large numbers and aligning themselves with the Republican Party.

2. About one in ________ slaves lived in the upper or border South, where the hiring of free people of color was not uncommon.

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

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

5. Solidarities were created by the political _______________ of African Americans.

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