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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was another problem slaves faced after they were freed?
(a) They did not know how to live on their own.
(b) They contracted diseases from the North.
(c) They were not welcome in the North.
(d) They had no land by which to supply their own needs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the slave who freed him/herself who said he/she had worked enough and "you can't make me work no more?"

3. Who was the general of the Confederate Army?

4. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?

5. What did some of the slave owners do when freedom was declared?

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