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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Of Old Regimes and Reconstruction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term was used to describe former slaves?
(a) Freedmen.
(b) Runaways.
(c) Animals.
(d) Crow's people.

2. What aspect of Southern history involves plantations and slaves?
(a) Confederate South.
(b) Popular South.
(c) Historical South.
(d) Old South.

3. What was one of the things a freedman might do after leaving the plantation where he lived?
(a) Travel west to Goldrush country.
(b) Become a sharecropper.
(c) Move to Canada.
(d) Purchase a small tract of land from former owner.

4. What word best describes the existing laws regarding the rights of black?
(a) Evolving.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Flexible.
(d) Rigid.

5. The next phase was not governed by federal law. It was governed by which of the following?
(a) Political conservatives.
(b) Military force.
(c) Religious preference.
(d) Socio-economic progression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was not started in the south as it is commonly believed?

2. What was another name for the outdated laws that pigeon-holed blacks?

3. The actions that took place in the South during this period are often thought of as being a/an:

4. The great historical event was thought to have caused the end of an important time period. What was it called?

5. Blacks were allowed to be an integrated part of the crowds on "common carriers." Which of the following is not a common carrier mentioned in the book?

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