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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did young blacks use in place of "honor"?

2. What was the rule since the law was not trusted?

3. How many elective offices did African Americans take in the early 1870's?

4. When were southern states forced to give freed men the right to vote?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Pud marry and how many children did they have?

2. What did W.E.B. DuBois acknowledge?

3. Who was Clifton?

4. How did people react to James?

5. What was the "Edgefield Plan" and what did it culminate in?

6. What did James do after he took Butch out of school?

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

8. Who was Tilda Mobley Pou?

9. What happened in March 1867?

10. According to Part II, Chapter 5, where did Frances Bosket move and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define cycle of violence and discuss the pattern of violence as depicted in the Bosket family.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the history of slavery in South Carolina and discuss how slavery created a culture of violence.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the double-standard created on plantations and the threat to the fabric of social life.

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