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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Solomon Northup almost do?
(a) He killed his owner.
(b) He pretended to be dead, then ran away.
(c) He almost killed his owner.
(d) He led an insurrection.

2. Why did some slave owners move to Texas?
(a) They had no reason to stay in the southern states with no slaves.
(b) Gold was discovered in Texas.
(c) They were hoping to keep their slaves a bit longer.
(d) They were running away from the punishments set forth by Lincoln on slave owners.

3. After working for a "share" for a while, what ended up happening to many of the ex-slaves?
(a) They found themselves in debt.
(b) They were able to purchase their own land.
(c) They ran away.
(d) They found that they were much happier.

4. What was the name of the white terrorist group formed at the end of the Civil War?
(a) Ku Ku Klan.
(b) Ku Klux Klan.
(c) Klux Ku Klan.
(d) Ku Klan Klux.

5. What did the overseers term the slaves' acts of ignorance?
(a) Rascality.
(b) Sickening.
(c) A disease.
(d) Stupid.

6. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was a second way slaves escaped from slavery?
(a) They ran away and lived the rest of their lives in the forest.
(b) They ran away and established their own settlements.
(c) They started rebellions and destroyed the plantations.
(d) They drugged their masters.

7. Slavery was abolished but what was the new term for the new treatment of blacks?
(a) Renewed slavery.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Separation.

8. How much was a "share" worth?
(a) Practically nothing.
(b) A very small amount.
(c) A liveable amount.
(d) A very large amount.

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

10. Who was the slave who led an insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) Lev Cheney.
(c) Nat Turner.
(d) Charles Ball.

11. When slaves became freed, what was one constitutional power they were given?
(a) Education.
(b) Keeping a family together.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Voting.

12. Who said, "I wanted to go back but I had no way."
(a) Mittie Freeman.
(b) Jake Goodridge.
(c) Alice Wilkins.
(d) Frank Fikes.

13. Who was the President of the Confederacy?
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Samuel Cooper.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

14. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?
(a) Force and brainwashing.
(b) Brainwashing and trickery.
(c) Force and money.
(d) Brainwashing and money.

15. What was Lew Cheney known for?
(a) He was hiding in the swamp and ended up hanging himself, a bell around his neck so animals would not devour his body.
(b) He was hit by the little Missy when trying to wake her up and almost choked her in retaliation.
(c) He organized an insurrection only to betray it, resulting in him becoming extremely hated by all his race.
(d) He hid out in the woods for several years before escaping to Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was President Lincoln's original reason for starting the Civil War?

2. Who said, "Slavery was a bad thing and freedom of the kind we got with nothing to live on was bad."?

3. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?

4. How many whites were killed in the slave insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?

5. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?

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