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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 2, Masters and Slaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the whites of South Carolina become, thanks to the slave trade?
(a) The richest people in America.
(b) The laziest men in America.
(c) The most hated men in America.
(d) The best farmers in America.

2. Why did the young slave Thomas Bauskett offered his son take the name of Bauskett?
(a) The name was an approximate translation of his African name.
(b) It was the name of his kindest master.
(c) It was the name of the first master he could recall.
(d) He liked the name.

3. When was Pickens elected governor of South Carolina?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1862
(c) 1861
(d) 1859

4. What does Butterfield say was everything for the settlers of the county?
(a) Thy land.
(b) Money.
(c) Honor.
(d) Religion.

5. What county was the most violent of the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Edgefield County.
(b) Lowfield County.
(c) Boldfield County.
(d) Highfield County.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a high number of slaves in South Carolina increase the risk of?

2. When was the first daughter of the slave born that Thomas gave his son?

3. What was the name of the wrestling the settlers of the county often engaged in?

4. Why did slavery add to the culture of violence?

5. What helped create the climate of general violence in the country?

(see the answer key)

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