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Duplicate of Ch.20 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
Duplicate of Ch.20 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
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U.S. History 8 #slavery #ushistory
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1
Between 1839 and 1860, the amount of land in the South devoted to cotton
about doubled.
stayed about the same.
increased slowly.
decreased slightly.
2
Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that
the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
they would have their own slaves someday.
the South's economy depended on slave labor.
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
3
What invention accounts for the changes shown on the map?
sewing machine
cotton gin
mechanical reaper
steamboat
4
Free blacks living in both the North and the South
preferred living apart
lived side by side with whites.
had the same rights as whites.
faced discrimination and racism.
5
What slaves generally feared most of all was being
sent back to Africa.
disrespectful to their elders.
caught while running away.
sold away from their families.
6
The map suggests selling slaves for the slave trade was more profitable than raising cotton in
Georgia and Alabama.
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Virginia and Kentucky.
Texas and Arkansas.
7
African American quilts were used for all the following
except
expressing their mixed African and American culture.
communicating amongst slaves.
to start fires.
illustrating Biblical stories.
8
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It made slaves' lives easier.
It increased the demand for slaves.
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
It decreased the value of slaves.
9
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Nat Turner
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Eli Whitney
Harriet Tubman
10
African cultural traditions were expressed in all the following
except
the living conditions endured by slaves.
the songs and spirituals sung by slaves.
the stories and folktales told by slaves.
the art of quilts created by slaves.
11
From Norfolk to Port Lavaca, about how wide was the cotton kingdom in 1860?
800 miles
2,400 miles
1,200 miles
400 miles
12
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans
except
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
treating slaves like grown-up children.
keeping slaves ignorant by not educating them properly.
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
13
When gathered together in their "invisible churches," slaves
taught their children the value of silence.
kept their African languages alive.
preached a message of obedience to their owners.
brought joy and comfort to each other.
14
The Underground Railroad was
a train used by African Americans to go north.
an underground tunnel that went north.
a secret route to Mexico where slavery was prohibited.
a network of secret routes and safe houses to go north.
15
The great majority of slaves worked as
skilled craftspeople.
factory workers.
field hands.
household servants.
16
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A rich woman who paid for slaves to seek their freedom.
A women's suffrage reformist.
An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.
A Washington politician.
17
From 1801 to 1860, the system of slavery moved mainly
south into Florida and the Caribbean.
west into the Mississippi Valley and Texas.
east onto islands off the Atlantic Coast.
north in to the Ohio Valley and Louisiana Territory.
18
Who was Nat Turner?
A southern black preacher.
Led a rebellion set out to kill every white in sight.
A nonviolent abolitionist.
A ruthless slaveholder.
19
The most common way slaves resisted slavery was by
killing their owners.
finding ways to avoid work.
running away to the North.
organizing slave uprisings.
20
What does this map show?
the routes followed by runaway slaves
the growth of the cotton kingdom
the rising value of slaves
the end of the Atlantic slave trade
