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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the group which argued for "forty acres and a mule" for every ex-slave?
(a) The Whigs.
(b) Radical Republicans.
(c) The Unions.
(d) Radical Democrats.

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

3. Although the slaves were now free, another problem arose. What was it?
(a) They did not know how to live on their own.
(b) They had no money.
(c) They were still not allowed to vote.
(d) Their old masters sent people after them to catch and kill them.

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

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

6. Who was the general of the Union Army?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Samuel Cooper.

7. Who said, "Ain't got to slave no more. We're free! We're free!"?
(a) Susie Melton.
(b) Fannie Berry.
(c) Betty Jones.
(d) Anna Woods.

8. The padlock that the slave Paul wore is a symbolization of what?
(a) The extreme power the white man had over slaves.
(b) The greed of the slave traders.
(c) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.
(d) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.

9. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?
(a) Be killed or kill themselves.
(b) Turning themselves in.
(c) Keep running.
(d) Bury themselves to hide for days.

10. Slavery was abolished but what was the new term for the new treatment of blacks?
(a) Separation.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Renewed slavery.

11. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?
(a) West Turner.
(b) William Hayden.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Josiah Henson.

12. Who said, "Slavery was a bad thing and freedom of the kind we got with nothing to live on was bad."?
(a) Pierce Harper.
(b) Annonymous.
(c) Alice Wilkins.
(d) Patsy Michener.

13. When did the slaves generally sneak off?
(a) Saturday nights.
(b) Sunday nights.
(c) Friday nights.
(d) Monday nights.

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

15. What year did the Union army leave the South?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1873.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon Northup almost do?

2. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?

3. Who were the house servants?

4. What year was the Emancipation Proclamation declared?

5. Where did the South surrender to the North?

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