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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. African Americans exposed the complex and contradictory relationship between labor and _____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Rights.
(d) Freedom.

2. ___________ called for the federal protection of slavery in the western territories.
(a) All whites.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Slave holders.

3. Congress gave the federal government the ability to restructure the ______________ states.
(a) Slave owner.
(b) Western.
(c) Union.
(d) Confederate.

4. Slaves in the South began to gain ________ for themselves as well as looser standards.
(a) Free time.
(b) Money.
(c) Property.
(d) Voting rights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This is a book about the inspiring and the dispiriting history of American ____________.

2. Any action undertaken by African Americans needed to be taken as a ______________ so as to avoid punishment.

3. When manpower needs raced ahead of recruitment, the army pressed _________ into service.

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

5. Hahn argues that African Americans contributed to the formation of a new ___________ nation.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the slaveholders begin to do in order to entice their slaves to stay on the farms to work?

3. By the mid nineteenth century, how did the slaves of the South begin to change the slave-master relationship?

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

5. What happened on July fourth of 1865 which had not happened in years?

6. During the 1850s, what calls for political inclusion were largely ignored or rejected by society?

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

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

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

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

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