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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of winds blew into the United States during the 1850s, according to Hahn's book?

2. Rural freed people did not need outsiders to nurture their desire for the _________ they had been cultivating.

3. Hahn argues that smaller __________ do not allow us to see how the developments of one era shaped those of the next.

4. The rumors were able to spread because thousands of slaves were drawn to ____________ during the war.

5. As the Union Army moved further into the South, the volume of slave fugitives ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the African American David Medlock help to organize in Texas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hahn focuses on a larger period of time in this book, hoping to seek a broad understanding of the political struggles and developments.

Part 1: Do you think it was a good idea to focus on such a large period of time? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think Hahn might have been more effective focusing on a shorter period of time? Why or why not?

Part 3: Did you feel Hahn's book succeeded in accomplishing its overall goal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

It seems that relationships between slaves seemed to affect their organization into groups which might affect social change at first.

Part 1: Why do you think the familial relationships were so important during this time?

Part 2: Why do you think certain relationships prohibited groups from forming more easily at this time?

Part 3: Do you think the way your family is connected affects the way you approach politics? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

While the South had many slaves, the North was not as filled with un-free African Americans.

Part 1: Why do you think the North was more successful with having free African Americans?

Part 2: Do you think the African Americans of the North could ever understand the trials of the African Americans of the South? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think African Americans of the South felt about those in the North? Why?

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