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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. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?
(a) The seven year turnover meant a continued supply of new people and they could easily run away and blend in with other whites people.
(b) They were susceptible to several diseases in the New World and many died quickly.
(c) They felt that because they too were white, that they deserved equal treatment and refused to work.
(d) They were lazy and did not do their required work well.

2. What was another problem slaves faced after they were freed?
(a) They contracted diseases from the North.
(b) They had no land by which to supply their own needs.
(c) They were not welcome in the North.
(d) They did not know how to live on their own.

3. What turned into another kind of slavery?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Indentured servitude.
(c) Insurrection.
(d) Abolition.

4. Who said, "I wanted to go back but I had no way."
(a) Jake Goodridge.
(b) Frank Fikes.
(c) Alice Wilkins.
(d) Mittie Freeman.

5. What percentage of the South owned no slaves?
(a) 75%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 50%.

Short Answer Questions

1. The slave homes of this former President was a notable exception to the norm in terms of the condition of the homes:

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

3. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?

4. What was one thing slave owners feared?

5. When the slaves went down for bed, what did they fear?

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