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

2. Mobility, craft skills, and literacy were all crucial components in the creation of political __________.
(a) Presidents.
(b) Candidates.
(c) Actors.
(d) Voters.

3. The Union League was formed to rally public support for ________ and the war effort.
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

5. Congress voted for a stronger ________ law in order to help slave owners hold onto their slaves.
(a) Freed slave.
(b) Slave punishment.
(c) Bounty hunter.
(d) Fugitive slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rural freed people did not need outsiders to nurture their desire for the _________ they had been cultivating.

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

3. The importance of leaders within the black community was apparent at the freed man's __________ throughout the South.

4. By drilling, marching, and posting sentinels, ___________ reminded each other of the risks they faced while offering protection.

5. Almost universally, freed people believed that some __________ for the trials of slavery should occur.

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