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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was President Lincoln's original reason for starting the Civil War?
(a) To free the slaves.
(b) To preserve the Union.
(c) To teach the southern states not to rebel.
(d) To split the Union.

2. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Mississippi.

3. Who were the "bluecoats?"
(a) The northern army.
(b) The southern army.
(c) The British.
(d) The French.

4. Slave traders chained slaves together in a line in what was called a _________________.
(a) Slave chain.
(b) Slave auction.
(c) Slave line-up.
(d) Slave coffle.

5. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?
(a) The weather made it easier to hold auctions.
(b) It was the time plantation work was the heaviest so slave owners needed new hardworking slaves.
(c) It was the time that plantation work was the lightest and new slaves could adjust.
(d) It was the time that slave owners preferred to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did some of the slave owners do when freedom was declared?

2. Which of the following was NOT a reason slaves would sneak off into the woods during nights?

3. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?

4. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."

5. What year was the Emancipation Proclamation declared?

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