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Ch.20 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
Ch.20 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
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U.S. History 8 #slavery #ushistory
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1
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A women's suffrage reformist.
An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.
A rich woman who paid for slaves to seek their freedom.
A Washington politician.
2
The most common way slaves resisted slavery was by
finding ways to avoid work.
killing their owners.
organizing slave uprisings.
running away to the North.
3
Marriage between slaves was recognized by southern states.
True
False
4
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans
except
treating slaves like grown-up children.
keeping slaves ignorant by not educating them properly.
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
5
The Underground Railroad was
a secret route to Mexico where slavery was prohibited.
a train used by African Americans to go north.
an underground tunnel that went north.
a network of secret routes and safe houses to go north.
6
Between 1839 and 1860, the amount of land in the South devoted to cotton
stayed about the same.
about doubled.
decreased slightly.
increased slowly.
7
Which of the following is NOT one of Mr. O'Learys nicknames?
Timmy O'Glue
T-Pop
T-Storm
Science Timmy
8
Who was Nat Turner?
A nonviolent abolitionist.
A southern black preacher.
A ruthless slaveholder.
Led a rebellion set out to kill every white in sight.
9
What invention accounts for the changes shown on the map?
steamboat
mechanical reaper
sewing machine
cotton gin
10
The great majority of slaves worked as
field hands.
skilled craftspeople.
factory workers.
household servants.
11
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It made slaves' lives easier.
It decreased the value of slaves.
It increased the demand for slaves.
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
12
Free blacks living in both the North and the South
faced discrimination and racism.
lived side by side with whites.
preferred living apart
had the same rights as whites.
13
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.
14
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Eli Whitney
15
African cultural traditions were expressed in all the following
except
the art of quilts created by slaves.
the stories and folktales told by slaves.
the living conditions endured by slaves.
the songs and spirituals sung by slaves.
16
Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that
they would have their own slaves someday.
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
the South's economy depended on slave labor.
17
African American quilts were used for all the following
except
illustrating Biblical stories.
communicating amongst slaves.
expressing their mixed African and American culture.
to start fires.
18
What does this map show?
the end of the Atlantic slave trade
the rising value of slaves
the routes followed by runaway slaves
the growth of the cotton kingdom
19
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.
