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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, After Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. What year did the Union army leave the South?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1866.
(d) 1876.

3. Once the slaves left the field, what did they do?
(a) Cook dinner for the master.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Get some rest.
(d) Attend to their individual chores.

4. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Plymouth Rock.
(d) Maryland.

5. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?
(a) The weather made it easier to hold auctions.
(b) It was the time that slave owners preferred to work.
(c) It was the time plantation work was the heaviest so slave owners needed new hardworking slaves.
(d) It was the time that plantation work was the lightest and new slaves could adjust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slavery was abolished but what was the new term for the new treatment of blacks?

2. Who were the house servants?

3. Whose account supports the author's claim that slave traders often used tricks to make the slaves appear well-groomed and healthy for the day of the auction?

4. What is a third way early slave trades were carried out?

5. Which of the following was NOT a reason slaves would sneak off into the woods during nights?

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