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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What usually happened to enslaved people who were caught trying to escape?
(a) They were imprisoned.
(b) They were exiled.
(c) They were fined.
(d) They were hanged.

2. Which piece of legislation prohibited Black people from gathering without white supervision?
(a) The Negro Act of 1740.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
(c) The U.S. Constitution.
(d) The Fourteenth Amendment.

3. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?
(a) Soujourner Truth.
(b) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Hannah Crafts.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

4. What was a side effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?
(a) Slave-oweners lost some of their authority over enslaved people.
(b) Abolitionist groups received additional funding.
(c) Black people were prohibited from entering free states.
(d) Black people could be captured and enslaved, even in free states.

5. Why was the antislavery clause removed from the Declaration of Independence?
(a) States that profited from the slave trade objected to its inclusion.
(b) States that opposed the slave trade offended the Founding Fathers.
(c) States that supported the slave trade won a Congressional vote.
(d) States that outlawed slavery launched a letter-writing campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an octoroon?

2. What was the term for the system that allowed Southern states to "hire out" prisoners to private companies?

3. What was the most common cause of death in the Civil War?

4. What was a primary goal of "Redeemers" (97)?

5. According to Tisby, which of the following statements about Thomas Jefferson is NOT true?

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