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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 The Valley and the Shadows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Ritual gifting.
(c) Sexual favors.
(d) Good behavior.

2. Congress finally moved to prohibit military personnel from ________ slaves to their owners.
(a) Introducing.
(b) Selling.
(c) Surrendering.
(d) Challenging.

3. The Readjusters tried to rally local communities by paying the __________ for a large number eligible voters.
(a) Taxes.
(b) Mortgages.
(c) Transportation costs.
(d) Poll taxes.

4. Wherever they lived, it was important for black voters to travel to polling sites ____________ with as many individuals as possible.
(a) Alone.
(b) Consistently.
(c) Collectively.
(d) With guns.

5. This is a book about the inspiring and the dispiriting history of American ____________.
(a) Equality.
(b) Turmoil.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Voting.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Klan was controlled by white rural bosses and ___________ governments.

2. Calls for the __________ inclusion of women and northern free blacks were ignored or rejected.

3. Slaveholders and slaves believed the __________ party was hostile towards slavery.

4. More than a few reputed leaders argued that the KKK was a _____________ response to the Union League.

5. Black ____________ also helped spread information and visions of the new nations as they made their way through the South.

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