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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term was used for noted places of refuge for runaways?
(a) The Big House.
(b) The Dismal Swamps.
(c) The Runaway House.
(d) The Pine Woods.

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

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

5. Who was the President of the Confederacy?
(a) Samuel Cooper.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

6. What year was the Emancipation Proclamation declared?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1865.

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

8. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was one of the ways slaves escaped from slavery?
(a) They killed their masters.
(b) They waited until their old masters died before running away to avoid being sold.
(c) They killed each other.
(d) They ran away to live with the Indians.

9. What was one thing slave owners feared?
(a) That their slaves might rebel.
(b) That their slaves would request freedom.
(c) That their slaves might run away.
(d) That their slaves might kill them.

10. What did some of the slave owners do when freedom was declared?
(a) They killed their slaves so they could not have freedom.
(b) They gave their slaves homes to live in.
(c) They paid their slaves before letting them go.
(d) They did not tell their slaves they were free.

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

12. Who was the general of the Confederate Army?
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) Samuel Cooper.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

13. Chapter 5 portrays which of the following themes?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Faith.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Determination.

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

15. What year did the slave insurrection that is mentioned in Chapter 5 take place?
(a) 1813.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1821.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of the slaves to appear ignorant, sloppy, and stupid?

2. What was another thing that was included in the "share" package?

3. What was the main purpose of the white terrorist group that had formed at the end of the Civil War?

4. How many whites were killed in the slave insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?

5. Although the slaves were now free, another problem arose. What was it?

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