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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does DuBois say people have valued too highly, in the most recent period of Reconstruction?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Politics.

2. Who told DuBois of the school where he ended up teaching?
(a) Thenie.
(b) Colonel Wheeler.
(c) Josie.
(d) Uncle Bird.

3. When were the slaves emancipated in the U.S.?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1865.

4. Why does DuBois say tenant farmers do not improve their land?
(a) They have no incentive.
(b) They want to undermine their landlords.
(c) They want to destroy it.
(d) They have no money.

5. What period does DuBois’ history cover, in Chapter 2?
(a) 1890 to the present.
(b) 1808 to 1860.
(c) 1861 to 1872.
(d) 1860 to 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does DuBois say the land of the Black Belt is full of?

2. Who does DuBois say once embodied the ideals of American blacks?

3. What explanation does DuBois make for the laziness of the blacks he meets?

4. Where do warriors spring from, in the myth of the Golden Fleece?

5. How many organizations does DuBois say coordinated with the Freedmen’s Bureau?

(see the answer key)

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