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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8 Of Ballots and Biracialism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _________ to protect farms and plantation laborers were sometimes cut down by urban blacks and Mulattoes.
(a) Bills.
(b) Laws.
(c) Drafts.
(d) Speeches.

3. Many Klans believed that teaching school was a front for _____________ objectives.
(a) Democratic.
(b) Religious.
(c) African American.
(d) Political.

4. Emigration sentiment seemed to be most powerful in areas where freed people labored on ____________.
(a) KKK retaliation.
(b) Political campaigns.
(c) Plantations.
(d) Voting booths.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ often left illiterate and poorer individuals vulnerable to harassment and disenfranchisement.

2. Newspapers, handbills, and pamphlets played a prominent role in disseminating information about emigration to ________ blacks.

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

4. Freedmen also resisted the threats of white _________, marched to the polls, and helped write new state constitutions.

5. David Medlock was an African American leader in the state of _____________.

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