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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Slave rebellions started with small scale departures for ___________ lines.
(a) Confederate.
(b) Republican.
(c) Union.
(d) Democratic.

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

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

4. The Union League was formed to rally public support for ________ and the war effort.
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

5. Black nuclear families of the time were family-based work ___________.
(a) Gangs.
(b) Situations.
(c) Unions.
(d) Guilds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Friends of Universal ________ in Louisiana sought more radical reforms during this time.

3. In the rural South, instead of petitions and calls for equality, mutually reinforcing _________ spread about either the federal government's future or insurrections.

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

5. Freedmen also resisted the threats of white _________, marched to the polls, and helped write new state constitutions.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Union League spread rapidly through the plantation belt at the time?

2. What happened to the right to vote of the black man during the time period of this particular book?

3. What did the slaveholders and the slaves of the 1850s think about the Republican Party?

4. Who were typically leading the freedom movements to secure the right to vote for the African American man?

5. What kind of account did Hahn come across, helping to inspire him to become interested in African American politics?

6. What happened as a result of the Confederate government becoming more organized?

7. How did the freed men respond to the new extension of the right to vote?

8. What was happening in society, even before the presidential election began?

9. What did the Friends of Universal Suffrage want to attain with their organization?

10. What did slaves believe was imminent because of the election of a certain president?

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