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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 3, Aaron.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Thomas Bauskett's son decide to sell his slaves and plantations?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1851.

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

4. What did the whites name their plan to prevent African Americans from voting?
(a) The bloody plan.
(b) The Edgefield Plan.
(c) Plan R.
(d) The Lee plan.

5. What did Aaron lose because of the 1876 election?
(a) His right to vote.
(b) His horse.
(c) His freedom.
(d) His right to win land.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the state and federal elections of the late 1860's take place?

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

3. Who did the people of Edgefield vote for in the first election allowing freed men to vote?

4. What is an integral part of the history of the county according to Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. When did the name of Willie Bosket's great, great grandfather appear on the voter registration list?

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