Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans except

promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.

The Underground Railroad was

a network of secret routes and safe houses to go mainly north.

Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that

the South's economy depended on slave labor.

Free blacks living in both the North and the South

faced discrimination and racism.

What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?

It increased the demand for slaves.

When gathered together in their "invisible churches," slaves

brought joy and comfort to each other.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.

What does this map show?

the growth of the cotton kingdom

African cultural traditions were expressed in all the following except

the living conditions endured by slaves.

Led a rebellion set out to kill every white in sight.

From 1801 to 1860, the system of slavery moved mainly

west into the Mississippi Valley and Texas.

Enslaved people in the United States usually lived in:

A single room cabin where the entire family lived.

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Ch.20 African Americans at Mid-19th Century

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1
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans except
keeping slaves ignorant by not educating them properly.
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
treating slaves like grown-up children.
2
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Harriet Tubman
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Nat Turner
3
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.
4
The Underground Railroad was
an underground train system that freedom seekers used.
an underground tunnel that went mainly north.
a network of secret routes and safe houses to go mainly north.
a train used by African Americans to go north.
5
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.
the South's economy depended on slave labor.
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
6
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.
7
What slaves generally feared most of all was being
caught while running away.
sold away from their families.
disrespectful to their elders.
sent back to Africa.
8
From Norfolk to Port Lavaca, about how wide was the cotton kingdom in 1860?
2,400 miles
400 miles
800 miles
1,200 miles
9
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It increased the demand for slaves.
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
It decreased the value of slaves.
It made slaves' lives easier.
10
What invention accounts for the changes shown on the map?
sewing machine
steamboat
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
11
When gathered together in their "invisible churches," slaves
kept their African languages alive.
preached a message of obedience to their owners.
brought joy and comfort to each other.
taught their children the value of silence.
12
The great majority of slaves worked as
field hands.
household servants.
skilled craftspeople.
factory workers.
13
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A rich woman who paid for slaves to seek their freedom.
An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.
A Washington politician.
A women's suffrage reformist.
14
What does this map show?
the growth of the cotton kingdom
the routes followed by runaway slaves
the rising value of slaves
the end of the Atlantic slave trade
15
African cultural traditions were expressed in all the following except
the living conditions endured by slaves.
the stories and folktales told by slaves.
the art of quilts created by slaves.
the songs and spirituals sung by slaves.
16
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.
17
From 1801 to 1860, the system of slavery moved mainly
east onto islands off the Atlantic Coast.
south into Florida and the Caribbean.
north in to the Ohio Valley and Louisiana Territory.
west into the Mississippi Valley and Texas.
18
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.
19
Enslaved people in the United States usually lived in:
A single room cabin where the entire family lived.
Big cities with many people and nice apartments.
Large, comfortable houses with many rooms.
Farms with no houses, sleeping outside.
20
Between 1839 and 1860, the amount of land in the South devoted to cotton
stayed about the same.
about doubled.
increased slowly.
decreased slightly.
21
The most common way slaves resisted slavery was by
running away to the North.
killing their owners.
finding ways to avoid work.
organizing slave uprisings.

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