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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the President of the Confederacy?
(a) Samuel Cooper.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Jefferson Davis.

2. The slave trading was much like today's ____________________.
(a) Real estate bids.
(b) Stock market.
(c) Car auctions.
(d) Shopping centers.

3. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?
(a) Only those under Union control.
(b) Only the southern states.
(c) All the states.
(d) It did not affect states, only people.

4. Why were many of the slaves forced to remain on the plantations during the Civil War?
(a) They did not agree with the Civil War and wanted to remain on the plantation with their masters.
(b) They were afraid of running away and joining the Union army.
(c) They were not yet freed.
(d) They were the agricultural backbone of the south, especially if the men were off in the Confederate troop.

5. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?
(a) Most slaves lived one one plantation througout their life.
(b) Most slaves would live on at least two, and many times more, plantations throughout their life.
(c) Most slaves were able to choose which plantations they wanted to live on for the remainder of their lives.
(d) Most slaves were exchanged between plantation owners of the same area so that they were somewhere different every few months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?

2. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?

3. Who shared the story of being unable to believe that freedom had come upon the slaves?

4. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

5. Why did some slave owners move to Texas?

(see the answer key)

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