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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. Who did Pickens sell his slaves to?
(a) Frederik Samuelson.
(b) AaronGrubber.
(c) Marcus Roberts.
(d) Alfred Dearing.

2. Who chased down a Major in a horse race?
(a) Captain Butler's daughter.
(b) Captain Butler's brother.
(c) Captain Butler's son.
(d) Captain Butler's father.

3. What mount were many slaves kept at for over a century?
(a) Mount Simple.
(b) Mount Solidarity.
(c) Mount Confederate.
(d) Mount Willing.

4. How many more murders than Massachusetts did the county have up until the 1930's?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 12 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 4 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves did Pickens own at the time he purchased the Bauskett's slaves?

2. What did the whites of South Carolina become, thanks to the slave trade?

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

4. What helped create the climate of general violence in the country?

5. What was the name of the Major being chased down in a race?

(see the answer key)

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