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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year was the Emancipation Proclamation declared?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1861.

3. Who was the general of the Union Army?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Samuel Cooper.

4. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?
(a) Abraham
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Thomas Jefferson

5. What was the main purpose of the white terrorist group that had formed at the end of the Civil War?
(a) To help blacks possess their freedom.
(b) To keep blacks from possessing their freedom.
(c) To capture and re-enslave as many blacks as possible.
(d) To kill as many freed slaves as possible.

6. Who was the leader of the white terrorist group?
(a) Nathan Bedford Forrest.
(b) Samuel Cooper.
(c) Jim Freeman.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

7. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?
(a) Shout wildly.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Thank their masters for keeping them so long.
(d) Toss away their tools and jump about.

8. Who were the "bluecoats?"
(a) The southern army.
(b) The British.
(c) The French.
(d) The northern army.

9. Who were the house servants?
(a) They were the slaves that were treated better than the others and usually model slaves.
(b) They were the maids of the house.
(c) They were the ones who were paid small amounts of money by the masters and were not really slaves.
(d) They were the slaves that never left the house.

10. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?
(a) Fought in the Confederate army.
(b) Freed themselves.
(c) Escaped to join the Union army.
(d) Stayed on the plantations.

11. What was the purpose of the three bells worn by Paul above his head?
(a) Anyone who heard the jingling would get scared and run away.
(b) When he hung himself, animals approaching his body would be scared away at the sound.
(c) To have something to use as an instrument for music when he was alone.
(d) His master used it as a means of finding him if he ran away.

12. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?
(a) Charles Ball.
(b) Josiah Henson.
(c) William Hayden.
(d) West Turner.

13. What was one thing slave owners feared?
(a) That their slaves would request freedom.
(b) That their slaves might kill them.
(c) That their slaves might rebel.
(d) That their slaves might run away.

14. Who said, "Ain't got to slave no more. We're free! We're free!"?
(a) Anna Woods.
(b) Fannie Berry.
(c) Betty Jones.
(d) Susie Melton.

15. What turned into another kind of slavery?
(a) Insurrection.
(b) Abolition.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Indentured servitude.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did the Union army leave the South?

3. What was another thing that was included in the "share" package?

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

5. The padlock that the slave Paul wore is a symbolization of what?

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