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Ch.19 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
Ch.19 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
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U.S. History 8 #slavery #ushistory
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1
Free blacks living in both the North and the South
preferred living apart
had the same rights as whites.
lived side by side with whites.
faced discrimination and racism.
2
Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that
they would have their own slaves someday.
the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
the South's economy depended on slave labor.
3
What invention accounts for the changes shown on the map?
cotton gin
steamboat
mechanical reaper
sewing machine
4
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.
5
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
It increased the demand for slaves.
It decreased the value of slaves.
It made slaves' lives easier.
6
Who was Nat Turner?
A ruthless slaveholder.
A nonviolent abolitionist.
Led a rebellion set out to kill every white in sight.
A southern black preacher.
7
When gathered together in their "invisible churches," slaves
brought joy and comfort to each other.
preached a message of obedience to their owners.
kept their African languages alive.
taught their children the value of silence.
8
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Harriet Tubman
Eli Whitney
9
From Norfolk to Port Lavaca, about how wide was the cotton kingdom in 1860?
1,600 miles
800 miles
1,200 miles
400 miles
10
The most common way slaves resisted slavery was by
organizing slave uprisings.
running away to the North.
finding ways to avoid work.
killing their owners.
11
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A Washington politician.
A women's suffrage reformist.
A rich woman who paid for slaves to seek their freedom.
An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.
12
The map suggests selling slaves for the slave trade was more profitable than raising cotton in
Georgia and Alabama.
Texas and Arkansas.
Virginia and Kentucky.
Louisiana and Mississippi.
13
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
14
African American quilts were used for all the following
except
to start fires.
expressing their mixed African and American culture.
communicating amongst slaves.
illustrating Biblical stories.
15
The great majority of slaves worked as
household servants.
skilled craftspeople.
field hands.
factory workers.
16
What slaves generally feared most of all was being
caught while running away.
sold away from their families.
sent back to Africa.
disrespectful to their elders.
17
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans
except
keeping slaves ignorant by not educating them properly.
treating slaves like grown-up children.
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
18
Between 1839 and 1860, the amount of land in the South devoted to cotton
stayed about the same.
increased slowly.
decreased slightly.
about doubled.
19
From 1801 to 1860, the system of slavery moved mainly
north in to the Ohio Valley and Louisiana Territory.
east onto islands off the Atlantic Coast.
west into the Mississippi Valley and Texas.
south into Florida and the Caribbean.
20
The Underground Railroad was
a network of secret routes and safe houses to go north.
an underground tunnel that went north.
a train used by African Americans to go north.
a secret route to Mexico where slavery was prohibited.
