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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. David Medlock was an African American leader in the state of _____________.

2. Hahn notes there is a lot of information about African American ______ during this time period, but not a lot on politics.

3. In the rural South, instead of petitions and calls for equality, mutually reinforcing _________ spread about either the federal government's future or insurrections.

4. This is a book about ___________ people who did extraordinary things under the most difficult of circumstances, writes Hahn.

5. As the __________ government organized, opportunities increased for slaves to become better acquainted with each other and political events.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

White southerners were afraid that their land was going to be taken away from them and redistributed to the freed slaves.

Part 1: Why do you think the white southerners were afraid to lose their land?

Part 2: How do you think freed slaves might have reacted if they found out that they had no land to use?

Part 3: Do you think there is a better way the land redistribution might have been handled? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of community is one that began to be quite important to African Americans after they gained freedom from slavery.

Part 1: How does a community benefit its individual members?

Part 2: Why would a community be important to newly freed slaves?

Part 3: How might a community allow African Americans the chance to obtain the rights they deserve?

Essay Topic 3

African Americans realized that in order to affect chance in society, they needed to become a part of the system.

Part 1: Why is it important to be involved in government and in politics?

Part 2: How do you think newly freed African Americans felt about holding positions of power?

Part 3: Why do you think African Americans were successful in gaining positions of power?

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