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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was a slave identified?
(a) By his master's first name.
(b) By his master's last name.
(c) By his number.
(d) By his first name.

2. What was another problem slaves faced after they were freed?
(a) They did not know how to live on their own.
(b) They contracted diseases from the North.
(c) They were not welcome in the North.
(d) They had no land by which to supply their own needs.

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

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

5. Where did the South surrender to the North?
(a) Manassas.
(b) Appomattax.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Antietam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the slave who did not agree with slavery but felt that doing the job right was the proper way of doing things?

2. What was Lew Cheney known for?

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

4. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?

5. When did slaves begin freeing themselves?

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