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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, After Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?
(a) Sing and dance.
(b) Thank their masters for keeping them so long.
(c) Toss away their tools and jump about.
(d) Shout wildly.

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

3. What was the slave called Paul known for?
(a) He hid out in the woods for several years before escaping to Mexico.
(b) He was hiding in the swamp and ended up hanging himself with a bell around his neck.
(c) He organized an insurrection only to betray it, resulting in him becoming extremely hated by all his race.
(d) He was hit by the little Missy when trying to wake her up and almost choked her in retaliation.

4. When the slaves went down for bed, what did they fear?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Oversleeping.
(c) The lack of warmth.
(d) Dying in their sleep.

5. Who said, "Judge Miller! Don't you bid for me, 'cause if you do, I would not live on your plantation. I will take a knife and cut my own throat from ear to ear before I would be owned by you."?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Annonymous.
(c) Delicia Patterson.
(d) Eliza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the group which argued for "forty acres and a mule" for every ex-slave?

2. Who was the general of the Confederate Army?

3. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

4. How was slavery in the United States different than slavery in other countries?

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

(see the answer key)

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