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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. The rural South was a luminal political world after the __________ ended.
(a) Abolition Movement.
(b) Antebellum.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Civil War.

2. Southern slaveholders tried to encourage and organize communities centered on the ____________.
(a) Confederate Army.
(b) Democratic Party.
(c) Republican Party.
(d) Big House.

3. Any action undertaken by African Americans needed to be taken as a ______________ so as to avoid punishment.
(a) Risk.
(b) Secret.
(c) Collective.
(d) Political movement.

4. Hahn sees his book as encompassing collective struggled for social and meaningful ____________.
(a) Pride.
(b) Power.
(c) Peace.
(d) Community.

5. Mobility, craft skills, and literacy were all crucial components in the creation of political __________.
(a) Candidates.
(b) Actors.
(c) Voters.
(d) Presidents.

Short Answer Questions

1. This book is about how African Americans became involved in a(n) ____________ struggle.

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

3. What is NOT one of the things which Hahn sees as being embraced after the struggles were defeated and the goals rejected?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. To where did some of the free people want to immigrate in order to return to their home countries?

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

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

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

5. What is so special about the rural areas in which the African Americans lived during the time period of this book?

6. What were some of the activities that slaves participated in which seemed to be threatening and rebellious?

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

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

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