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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 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?
(a) The slave owner.
(b) The slave trader.
(c) The driver.
(d) The overseer.

2. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?
(a) Indians.
(b) Poor whites, prisoners, and debtors.
(c) Africans.
(d) Rich whites.

3. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?
(a) The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(b) The nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(c) The death of many slaves due to the unconditionally hot weather in the summer.
(d) The death of many slave owners due to the plague.

4. What exactly happened at the occasion of a young slave woman named Eliza?
(a) Eliza was bought by a kind master.
(b) Eliza was bought by some free blacks and then freed herself.
(c) Eliza was bought and freed by a man from New York.
(d) Eliza was bought by the master who owned her family.

5. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?
(a) Lou Smith.
(b) Prince Bee.
(c) Jenny Proctor.
(d) Doc Daniel Dowdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the "bluecoats?"

2. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?

3. Slavery was abolished but what was the new term for the new treatment of blacks?

4. What was the typical work hours for a slave who worked in the field?

5. What did the slaves call the slave owner's house?

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