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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.
(a) Kindest master.
(b) Most respected bidder.
(c) Highest bidder.
(d) Cruelest master.

2. How long did Armacie Adams continue working as a slave before finding out he was free?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) More than a year.
(d) Six months.

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?
(a) To free himself of a personal or business debt.
(b) Slave-breeding.
(c) He wanted to try buying new slaves.
(d) Unmanageable slaves.

4. Why were many of the slaves forced to remain on the plantations during the Civil War?
(a) They were the agricultural backbone of the south, especially if the men were off in the Confederate troop.
(b) They did not agree with the Civil War and wanted to remain on the plantation with their masters.
(c) They were not yet freed.
(d) They were afraid of running away and joining the Union army.

5. What stinging word did the slaves take and make their own to lessen its effects?
(a) Negro.
(b) Nigger.
(c) Creature.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the "Uncle Toms" refer to?

2. Where did the South surrender to the North?

3. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.

4. Who was the general of the Union Army?

5. Who was the President of the Confederacy?

(see the answer key)

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