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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were many of the slaves forced to remain on the plantations during the Civil War?
(a) They were not yet freed.
(b) They did not agree with the Civil War and wanted to remain on the plantation with their masters.
(c) They were afraid of running away and joining the Union army.
(d) They were the agricultural backbone of the south, especially if the men were off in the Confederate troop.

2. Slave traders chained slaves together in a line in what was called a _________________.
(a) Slave auction.
(b) Slave coffle.
(c) Slave chain.
(d) Slave line-up.

3. Which of the following was NOT a reason slaves would sneak off into the woods during nights?
(a) Parties.
(b) Singing.
(c) Church services.
(d) Collect extra food.

4. If Lincoln had lived, what would he have done with the blacks?
(a) He would have written laws which gave them a certain amount of land and money to start a new life.
(b) He would have created laws to ensure segregation did not exist.
(c) He would have separated them from the whites and put them out west.
(d) He would have created laws of equality between blacks and whites.

5. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were hard and diligent workers, they did not attempt many escapes, and they did not have to be paid.
(b) They were eager and willing workers.
(c) There was a never-ending supply.
(d) They were diligent workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

2. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?

3. Who said, "Many a person is now in torment because of his mixup?"

4. What year was the Emancipation Proclamation declared?

5. In southern society, a man's status was based upon:

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