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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 2, Masters and Slaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the whites of South Carolina become, thanks to the slave trade?
(a) The most hated men in America.
(b) The best farmers in America.
(c) The richest people in America.
(d) The laziest men in America.

2. What did a high number of slaves in South Carolina increase the risk of?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Economical collapse.
(c) Creation of a slave union.
(d) Inter-racial children.

3. What is an integral part of the history of the county according to Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Former slaves.
(b) Rhum.
(c) Free elections.
(d) Plantations.

4. What origin were the settlers of the county?
(a) Scottish-Irish.
(b) Italian-Spanish.
(c) Russian-Polish.
(d) French-German.

5. What did Pickens see South Carolina as having the power and right to do?
(a) Nullify federal laws.
(b) Use slaves as cattle.
(c) Secede from the Union.
(d) Make its own moral code.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the young slave Thomas Bauskett offered his son take the name of Bauskett?

2. What type of territory was the county according to Butterfield?

3. Why did slavery add to the culture of violence?

4. Who did the slave marry that Thomas gave to his son?

5. When did Thomas Bauskett's son decide to sell his slaves and plantations?

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