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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the slaves use religion for?
(a) Learning new stories.
(b) Understanding how to treat their masters.
(c) Simple worship.
(d) Resisting the dehumanizing effects of slavery.

3. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?
(a) Fought in the Confederate army.
(b) Escaped to join the Union army.
(c) Freed themselves.
(d) Stayed on the plantations.

4. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?
(a) Doc Daniel Dowdy
(b) Moses Grandy
(c) Nathan Bedford Forrest
(d) West Turner

5. Why did some slave owners move to Texas?
(a) They had no reason to stay in the southern states with no slaves.
(b) Gold was discovered in Texas.
(c) They were running away from the punishments set forth by Lincoln on slave owners.
(d) They were hoping to keep their slaves a bit longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a method whites used to "brainwash" blacks?

2. How was a slave identified?

3. What did the overseers term the slaves' acts of ignorance?

4. What were house servants led to believe?

5. Who was the President of the Confederacy?

(see the answer key)

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