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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. When did slaves begin freeing themselves?
(a) After all the southern states were under Union control.
(b) After the Emancipation Proclamation was declared.
(c) Right when the Civil War ended.
(d) When they heard a rumor that they were declared free.

2. What did slaves turn to as a form of increasing their inner strength?
(a) Religion.
(b) Celebrating in the woods.
(c) Giving themselves names.
(d) Singing.

3. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Henry Johnson.
(c) West Turner.
(d) Ida Hutchinson.

4. The slave homes of this former President was a notable exception to the norm in terms of the condition of the homes:
(a) George Washington.
(b) John Adams.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

5. What did the slaves call the slave owner's house?
(a) Master's House.
(b) The House.
(c) The Big House.
(d) Master's Row.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon Northup almost do?

2. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?

3. If a slave did not have the correct weigh-in amount, what was the consequence?

4. Who said the following: "We never heard our names scarcely at all. First young man I went with wanted to know my initials! What did I know 'bout initials?"

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

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