Duplicate of What do you know about slavery?

Question 1

How many Africans were captured to be taken to the Americas as slaves?

Accepted Answer

12 million

Question 2

What significance did spiritual songs have for the slaves?

Accepted Answer

They had codes that told slaves how to escape

Question 3

Which president was elected in 1861, during the time of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 4

Which kind of people were commonly sold in the slave trade?

Accepted Answer

African

Question 5

Slavery ended as a result of the Civil War. What amendment made slavery illegal?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Question 6

What country was responsible for taking the most Africans (2.5 mlm) to the America as slaves?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 7

A slave is someone who owns another person.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Black Africans were captured and sold into slavery.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Slaves can be ........

Accepted Answer

men, women and even children

Question 10

Which business interests had the closest ties to slavery?

Accepted Answer

Cotton, Sugar

Question 11

Slavery was common in 1787. Which group of people wanted to end slavery?

Accepted Answer

People who lived in the north

Question 12

What is the transatlantic slave trade sometimes called?

Accepted Answer

The Triangular Trade

Question 13

Slavery is a thing of the past.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Part of the White House was built by slaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Slaves are not free people.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

How old were children of the slaves when they were forced to work?

Accepted Answer

3-4 years

Question 17

Where were slaves mainly taken to work?

Accepted Answer

Plantations

Questions 17