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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. How many slaves did Bauskett own?
(a) 563.
(b) 159.
(c) 221.
(d) 245.

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

3. What happened in the late 1860's?
(a) Whites were expelled from their plantations.
(b) Former slaves were allowed to vote.
(c) Blacks were given land.
(d) A series of revolts rocked the plantations.

4. Why did the young slave Thomas Bauskett offered his son take the name of Bauskett?
(a) It was the name of his kindest master.
(b) It was the name of the first master he could recall.
(c) The name was an approximate translation of his African name.
(d) He liked the name.

5. What county was the most violent of the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Lowfield County.
(b) Edgefield County.
(c) Boldfield County.
(d) Highfield County.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pickens see South Carolina as having the power and right to do?

2. In what state does Fox Butterfield recount some of the crimes in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. What was the name of the slave Thomas Bauskett gave his son?

4. When was the first daughter of the slave born that Thomas gave his son?

5. How many more murders than Massachusetts did the county have up until the 1930's?

(see the answer key)

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