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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?
(a) At the slave's home on the plantation.
(b) At the new plantation.
(c) At the Big House.
(d) At the foot of the auction block.

2. What exactly happened at the occasion of a young slave woman named Eliza?
(a) Eliza was bought by the master who owned her family.
(b) Eliza was bought and freed by a man from New York.
(c) Eliza was bought by some free blacks and then freed herself.
(d) Eliza was bought by a kind master.

3. Where did the South surrender to the North?
(a) Manassas.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Appomattax.

4. 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) Unmanageable slaves.
(c) Slave-breeding.
(d) He wanted to try buying new slaves.

5. Why were many of the slaves forced to remain on the plantations during the Civil War?
(a) They did not agree with the Civil War and wanted to remain on the plantation with their masters.
(b) They were afraid of running away and joining the Union army.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. During which months were the slave coffles usually seen?

2. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?

3. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.

4. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

5. How was a slave identified?

(see the answer key)

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