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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. Hahn is mindful of overemphasizing the number of _________ which formed during these periods of time.
(a) Lynchings.
(b) Solidarities.
(c) White groups.
(d) Voting rules.

2. Solidarities were created by the political _______________ of African Americans.
(a) Protests.
(b) Finances.
(c) Churches.
(d) Mobilizations.

3. Plantation ________, who wielded the most power within the community, tended to be male.
(a) Elders.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Owners.
(d) Ombudsmen.

4. Some slaves were convinced that because of the presumed election results, that ___________ was imminent.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Death.
(c) War.
(d) Emigration.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Some called for a nation based on a concept of _______________ that was based on birth and loyalty, servitude, or other particularities.

3. Almost 150,000 African Americans ended up fighting for the which army during the Civil War?

4. Those slaves who remained in the south began to take over their master's "____________" plantations.

5. Almost universally, freed people believed that some __________ for the trials of slavery should occur.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Hahn focus on the rural South within the course of this book?

10. What are the two main ideas which Hahn's book seeks to suggest?

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