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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2 The Choked Voices of a Race at Last Unloosed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even before the presidential election took place, rumors were circulating that ___________ had won.
(a) No one.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) A black man.

2. This book is about how African Americans became involved in a(n) ____________ struggle.
(a) Marital.
(b) Civil.
(c) Ethnic.
(d) Political.

3. Some slaves were convinced that because of the presumed election results, that ___________ was imminent.
(a) Emigration.
(b) Freedom.
(c) War.
(d) Death.

4. The wartime military provided a basic political _____________ to fugitive slaves.
(a) Structure.
(b) Education.
(c) Organization.
(d) Manual.

5. Those slaves who remained in the south began to take over their master's "____________" plantations.
(a) Abandoned.
(b) Burned down.
(c) Larger.
(d) Free.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hahn argues that smaller __________ do not allow us to see how the developments of one era shaped those of the next.

2. Few slaves knew how to ___________ before they entered the military.

3. _________ was another way that slaves earned goods and money and increased their leverage.

4. Any action undertaken by African Americans needed to be taken as a ______________ so as to avoid punishment.

5. Slaves working within kin groups or ______ did not escape punishment, but were better able to maintain and secure the gains they did make.

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