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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?
(a) West Turner
(b) Nathan Bedford Forrest
(c) Doc Daniel Dowdy
(d) Moses Grandy

2. What was the purpose of the slaves to appear ignorant, sloppy, and stupid?
(a) To gain more food and less whippings.
(b) To gain less work and more food.
(c) To gain less work and less whippings.
(d) To gain less food and less work.

3. Why were many of the slaves forced to remain on the plantations during the Civil War?
(a) They were afraid of running away and joining the Union army.
(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 the agricultural backbone of the south, especially if the men were off in the Confederate troop.

4. What year did the Civil War begin?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1866.
(d) 1816.

5. What did some of the slave owners do when freedom was declared?
(a) They did not tell their slaves they were free.
(b) They gave their slaves homes to live in.
(c) They killed their slaves so they could not have freedom.
(d) They paid their slaves before letting them go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the South surrender to the North?

2. Why did some slave owners move to Texas?

3. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."

4. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?

5. The slave trading was much like today's ____________________.

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