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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. What year did the slave insurrection that is mentioned in Chapter 5 take place?
(a) 1813.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1823.

2. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Poison.
(b) Fighting each other to the death.
(c) Murder.
(d) Suicide.

3. After working for a "share" for a while, what ended up happening to many of the ex-slaves?
(a) They were able to purchase their own land.
(b) They ran away.
(c) They found that they were much happier.
(d) They found themselves in debt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title for a poor white who was hired to watch over the slaves as they worked and ensure they weren't lazy or try to run away?

2. What was the purpose of the slaves to appear ignorant, sloppy, and stupid?

3. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

4. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?

5. What was President Lincoln's original reason for starting the Civil War?

(see the answer key)

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