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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Slaveholders complained about the sulkiness, demoralization, and insubordination on the part of _____________.
(a) The women.
(b) The slaves.
(c) The owners.
(d) The children.

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

3. Freedmen also resisted the threats of white _________, marched to the polls, and helped write new state constitutions.
(a) Bosses.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Senators.
(d) Republicans.

4. In what area of the country does Hahn focus the contents of this book he has compiled?
(a) Urban North.
(b) West Coast.
(c) East Coast.
(d) Rural South.

5. As the Union Army moved further into the South, the volume of slave fugitives ___________.
(a) Increased.
(b) Stayed the same.
(c) Was not measured.
(d) Decreased.

Short Answer Questions

1. Solidarities were created by the political _______________ of African Americans.

2. Slave recruits were generally __________ able to lead as the widely lacked skills and experience.

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

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

5. Congress gave the federal government the ability to restructure the ______________ states.

Short Essay Questions

1. To where did some of the free people want to immigrate in order to return to their home countries?

2. Why does Hahn focus on the rural South within the course of this book?

3. Who was included in the processions of freed black slaves as they marched through town?

4. What happened on July fourth of 1865 which had not happened in years?

5. What did the slaveholders and the slaves of the 1850s think about the Republican Party?

6. Why did the Union League spread rapidly through the plantation belt at the time?

7. What did Congress allow the federal government to do during the time of the reconstruction?

8. During the 1850s, what calls for political inclusion were largely ignored or rejected by society?

9. What did the contraband camps provide for the African American slaves once their freedom was emerging?

10. How did the freed men respond to the new extension of the right to vote?

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