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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 5, James and Butch, Coming Up in the Terry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the people of Edgefield vote for in the first election allowing freed men to vote?
(a) One white and three African Americans.
(b) Three whites and four African Americans.
(c) One white and four African Americans.
(d) Two whites and four African Americans.

2. What type of contract did Aaron have to sign to get work?
(a) A slave contract.
(b) A free worker contract.
(c) A farmhand contract.
(d) A sharecropping labor contract.

3. Why did slavery add to the culture of violence?
(a) Psychological help for the slave was non-existant.
(b) Violence was needed to enforce bondage.
(c) Slaves were not paid.
(d) Violence was all they knew.

4. How many blacks were lynched in 1898?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

5. What was Willie James' nickname?
(a) Mouth.
(b) Butch.
(c) Swan.
(d) Ruch.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Pickens elected to Congress?

2. What mount were many slaves kept at for over a century?

3. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?

4. How many slaves did Bauskett own?

5. Who did Pickens sell his slaves to?

(see the answer key)

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