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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Body Politic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Almost universally, freed people believed that some __________ for the trials of slavery should occur.
(a) Law changes.
(b) Apology.
(c) Compensation.
(d) Punishment.

2. The delegates who gathered in state __________ that year were composed of both black and white men.
(a) Board rooms.
(b) Parks.
(c) Capitols.
(d) Farming communities.

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

4. Rural freed people did not need outsiders to nurture their desire for the _________ they had been cultivating.
(a) Homes.
(b) Money.
(c) Land.
(d) Power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the __________ government organized, opportunities increased for slaves to become better acquainted with each other and political events.

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

3. Military district commanders worked to educate and protect ______________, who did not understand the process or feared consequences.

4. Even before the presidential election took place, rumors were circulating that ___________ had won.

5. In the rural South, instead of petitions and calls for equality, mutually reinforcing _________ spread about either the federal government's future or insurrections.

(see the answer key)

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