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

2. Slaveholders and slaves believed the __________ party was hostile towards slavery.
(a) Whip.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Republican.

3. Slaves working within kin groups or ______ did not escape punishment, but were better able to maintain and secure the gains they did make.
(a) Cooperatives.
(b) Work gangs.
(c) Plantations.
(d) Collectives.

4. This is a book about the inspiring and the dispiriting history of American ____________.
(a) Equality.
(b) Voting.
(c) Turmoil.
(d) Democracy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.

3. Slave rebellions started with small scale departures for ___________ lines.

4. What is NOT one of the types of plantations on which the slaves in the south used to work?

5. Those leading the new black political movement were mostly men who had been ________ before the war.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Confederate government becoming more organized?

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

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