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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. This book is about how African Americans became involved in a(n) ____________ struggle.
(a) Political.
(b) Marital.
(c) Ethnic.
(d) Civil.

2. Some called for a nation based on a concept of _______________ that was based on birth and loyalty, servitude, or other particularities.
(a) Trust.
(b) Government.
(c) Voting.
(d) Citizenship.

3. The Friends of Universal ________ in Louisiana sought more radical reforms during this time.
(a) Rights.
(b) Property.
(c) Suffrage.
(d) Freedom.

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

5. The majority of ______________ lived in the rural South during this particular time period of the book.
(a) Whites.
(b) Organizers.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Slaveowners.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Congress voted for a stronger ________ law in order to help slave owners hold onto their slaves.

3. Slaves in the South began to gain ________ for themselves as well as looser standards.

4. Hahn sees his book as encompassing collective struggled for social and meaningful ____________.

5. Slaveholders complained about the sulkiness, demoralization, and insubordination on the part of _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was included in the processions of freed black slaves as they marched through town?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was viewed as the best way to guarantee the freedom of the slaves?

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

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

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

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