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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 Union League was formed to rally public support for ________ and the war effort.
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

2. A ____________ Movement developed as an influx of poor Irish Catholics arriving in the United States.
(a) Immigrant.
(b) Westward.
(c) Economic.
(d) Nativist.

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

4. Many of the early organizations founded by freed people were also bound together by ____________.
(a) Money.
(b) Location.
(c) Kinship.
(d) Slave owner.

5. The League depended on a wider base of mobilization and involvement than ____________.
(a) Membership.
(b) Money.
(c) Society.
(d) Laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ____________ Freedman's Convention may have been the most visible organization of this time.

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

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

4. Slave congregations pulsed not only with ____________, but also with collective deliberation.

5. The newly freed blacks began to protest ___________ treatment during this time.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to the right to vote of the black man during the time period of this particular book?

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

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

8. Why are books which focus on shorter time periods of African American history not effective?

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

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

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