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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?
(a) All the states.
(b) It did not affect states, only people.
(c) Only those under Union control.
(d) Only the southern states.

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

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

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

6. What was the purpose of the three bells worn by Paul above his head?
(a) His master used it as a means of finding him if he ran away.
(b) When he hung himself, animals approaching his body would be scared away at the sound.
(c) Anyone who heard the jingling would get scared and run away.
(d) To have something to use as an instrument for music when he was alone.

7. Who was the slave who led an insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Lev Cheney.
(b) Nat Turner.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

8. What year did the Civil War begin?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1816.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1866.

9. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?
(a) Shout wildly.
(b) Toss away their tools and jump about.
(c) Sing and dance.
(d) Thank their masters for keeping them so long.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What was the name of the white terrorist group formed at the end of the Civil War?
(a) Ku Klux Klan.
(b) Ku Ku Klan.
(c) Klux Ku Klan.
(d) Ku Klan Klux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?

2. Who was the slave who freed him/herself who said he/she had worked enough and "you can't make me work no more?"

3. What was one thing a "share" consisted of?

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

5. What was Lew Cheney known for?

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