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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did young blacks use in place of "honor"?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Respect.

2. Why did slavery add to the culture of violence?
(a) Violence was needed to enforce bondage.
(b) Slaves were not paid.
(c) Psychological help for the slave was non-existant.
(d) Violence was all they knew.

3. Why had the hanged man killled his boss at the start of Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) His boss stole his horse.
(b) His boss fired him.
(c) His boss cheated him of his wages.
(d) His boss killed his horse.

4. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?
(a) 116 out of 156.
(b) 126 out of 156.
(c) 96 out of 156.
(d) 106 out of 156.

5. What did the whites of South Carolina fear?
(a) That the newly freed slaves would leave the state.
(b) That the newly freed slaves would enslave them.
(c) That there was no longer any profit in farming.
(d) That there was no mechanism to control African Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special school was Butch sent to?

2. When was Pickens elected governor of South Carolina?

3. When did Willie get a job as laborer?

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

5. When was James Bosket drafted into the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Bausketts according to Part I, Chapter 2?

2. How did people react to James?

3. Who was Aaron Bosket?

4. What did the eldest son of Captain Butler do?

5. What happened in March 1867?

6. Who was Maria Hickson?

7. What happened in the Bosket family in 1943?

8. How did the slave trade benefit South Carolina's white population and how were slaves a threat?

9. What did Pickens become at the end of Part I, Chapter 2?

10. What did Marie tell the court in Part II, Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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