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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the fifteenth amendment give blacks in America?
(a) Full representation.
(b) The vote.
(c) Free education.
(d) Personhood.

3. How does DuBois characterize progress.
(a) Often beautiful.
(b) Potentially devastating.
(c) Necessarily ugly.
(d) Surprisingly quiet.

4. How does DuBois characterize the arrival of freedom for blacks in America?
(a) An anti-climactic realization.
(b) A fearful dream.
(c) A terrible waking.
(d) A frightful vision.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of relief efforts for blacks, in DuBois' account?

2. How does DuBois characterize life as a black man in America?

3. Where did DuBois says that he learned that he was black?

4. What was Halleck’s position on runaway slaves?

5. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?

(see the answer key)

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