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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Of Old Regimes and Reconstruction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the things a freedman might do after leaving the plantation where he lived?
(a) Become a sharecropper.
(b) Travel west to Goldrush country.
(c) Move to Canada.
(d) Purchase a small tract of land from former owner.

2. What trait did both the Democrat and Republican parties share at the time?
(a) Work toward desegregation.
(b) Uniting North and South.
(c) Belief in white supremacy.
(d) Fending off foreign enemies.

3. It is not yet known how ______ will eventually view these drastic changes in the system.
(a) Blacks.
(b) Government.
(c) History.
(d) Whites.

4. What public meeting place was one of the most affected by segregation after the slaves were freed?
(a) Churches.
(b) Supermarkets.
(c) Railways.
(d) Bars.

5. Which of the following walked out following the new federal mandates?
(a) Local government officials.
(b) Federal troops.
(c) Vice President.
(d) State government officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the well-known name of the group that wanted to end slavery?

2. Although there was close proximity of the slaves and land owners, it did not mean that there was a sense of long term ______.

3. What is the word or phrase that generally means the way things are?

4. What city was most likely the glaring exception in regards to segregation in this era?

5. What part of the south was known to have hundreds of thousands of free blacks?

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