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