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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 Of Rumors and Revelations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hahn notes there is a lot of information about African American ______ during this time period, but not a lot on politics.
(a) Slavery.
(b) Churches.
(c) Life.
(d) Literature.

2. On July __________, millions of freed people claimed access to public space previously denied to them.
(a) 4th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 14th.

3. Hahn discovered there were more examples of resistance and political struggle across the South in the wake of the _____________.
(a) Civil War.
(b) Election.
(c) Emancipation.
(d) Antebellum.

4. General Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves ______________ of war and put them to work.
(a) Spoils.
(b) Victims.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Contraband.

5. Freed blacks marched past the homes of former prominent ___________ officials and through public squares.
(a) Black.
(b) Government.
(c) Army.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Congress voted for a stronger ________ law in order to help slave owners hold onto their slaves.

2. Those leading the new black political movement were mostly men who had been ________ before the war.

3. An aspect that has often been overlooked in the literature on slavery is ____________ between slaves.

4. ___________ called for the federal protection of slavery in the western territories.

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

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