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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. What is NOT one of the types of plantations on which the slaves in the south used to work?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Rice.
(d) Orange.

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

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

4. Leaders from the South joined with the __________ blacks to create a new political nation.
(a) Southern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Younger.
(d) Older.

5. The newly freed blacks began to protest ___________ treatment during this time.
(a) Discriminatory.
(b) Financial.
(c) Property.
(d) Past.

Short Answer Questions

1. The __________ process helped to illuminate who the leaders were within black communities.

2. Slave recruits were generally __________ able to lead as the widely lacked skills and experience.

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

4. Freed blacks marched past the homes of former prominent ___________ officials and through public squares.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Congress allow the federal government to do during the time of the reconstruction?

3. What happened when leaders of the South joined with Northern blacks?

4. How did slaveholders begin to strike back at the prospect of millions of freed slaves?

5. What did the contraband camps provide for the African American slaves once their freedom was emerging?

6. Why were so many rumors about black uprisings and other troubles spreading so quickly at this time?

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

8. What are some of the plantations on which the slaves of the South used to work?

9. What happened as a result of the increased slave population before the Antebellum Period?

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

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