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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the leader of the white terrorist group?
(a) Samuel Cooper.
(b) Jim Freeman.
(c) Nathan Bedford Forrest.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

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

3. What did the overseers term the slaves' acts of ignorance?
(a) A disease.
(b) Sickening.
(c) Rascality.
(d) Stupid.

4. What was President Lincoln's original reason for starting the Civil War?
(a) To teach the southern states not to rebel.
(b) To split the Union.
(c) To preserve the Union.
(d) To free the slaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a second principal item for which slaves were traded for?

2. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?

3. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

4. How long did Armacie Adams continue working as a slave before finding out he was free?

5. What were house servants led to believe?

(see the answer key)

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