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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?
(a) Freed themselves.
(b) Stayed on the plantations.
(c) Fought in the Confederate army.
(d) Escaped to join the Union army.

3. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was a second way slaves escaped from slavery?
(a) They drugged their masters.
(b) They started rebellions and destroyed the plantations.
(c) They ran away and established their own settlements.
(d) They ran away and lived the rest of their lives in the forest.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. What was a "share?"
(a) It was a portion of land that ex-slaves could have for loan by the government to live and work on.
(b) Ex-slaves went back to their old owners who let them work on the plantation but deducted a certain amount from their harvest.
(c) Ex-slaves created settlements in which everyone was required to share their earnings and harvests.
(d) It was what they called the monetary loan given to ex-slaves by the government.

11. 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 animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.
(c) The greed of the slave traders.
(d) The extreme power the white man had over slaves.

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

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

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

15. What turned into another kind of slavery?
(a) Abolition.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Indentured servitude.
(d) Insurrection.

Short Answer Questions

1. After working for a "share" for a while, what ended up happening to many of the ex-slaves?

2. What year did the Civil War begin?

3. When was the only time slaves got a few days to a week off?

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

5. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?

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