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

The Underground Railroad was

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

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

It increased the demand for slaves.

Free blacks living in both the North and the South

faced discrimination and racism.

African cultural traditions were expressed in all the following except

the living conditions endured by slaves.

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

promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.

When gathered together in their "invisible churches," slaves

brought joy and comfort to each other.

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

the South's economy depended on slave labor.

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1
African American quilts were used for all the following except
communicating amongst slaves.
to start fires.
illustrating Biblical stories.
expressing their mixed African and American culture.
2
What slaves generally feared most of all was being
disrespectful to their elders.
caught while running away.
sent back to Africa.
sold away from their families.
3
Most Africans sold into slavery ended up in North America (modern day US)
False
True
4
The great majority of slaves worked as
skilled craftspeople.
factory workers.
household servants.
field hands.
5
Who was Nat Turner?
Led a rebellion set out to kill every white in sight.
A nonviolent abolitionist.
A southern black preacher.
A ruthless slaveholder.
6
What company established a fur trading post in 1624 on a island called Manahattes.
Virginia Trading Company
Dutch East India Company
Dutch West India Company
Ikea
7
The Underground Railroad was
a train used by African Americans to go north.
an underground tunnel that went north.
a secret route to Mexico where slavery was prohibited.
a network of secret routes and safe houses to go north.
8
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
It decreased the value of slaves.
It made slaves' lives easier.
It increased the demand for slaves.
9
Free blacks living in both the North and the South
preferred living apart
lived side by side with whites.
faced discrimination and racism.
had the same rights as whites.
10
The most common way slaves resisted slavery was by
running away to the North.
killing their owners.
organizing slave uprisings.
finding ways to avoid work.
11
African cultural traditions were expressed in all the following except
the art of quilts created by slaves.
the songs and spirituals sung by slaves.
the living conditions endured by slaves.
the stories and folktales told by slaves.
12
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans except
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
treating slaves like grown-up children.
keeping slaves ignorant by not educating them properly.
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
13
Who was Harriet Tubman?
An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.
A rich woman who paid for slaves to seek their freedom.
A Washington politician.
A women's suffrage reformist.
14
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Eli Whitney
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
15
When gathered together in their "invisible churches," slaves
taught their children the value of silence.
brought joy and comfort to each other.
kept their African languages alive.
preached a message of obedience to their owners.
16
Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that
the South's economy depended on slave labor.
they would have their own slaves someday.
the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
17
Africans brought the knowledge of rice cultivation to the Carolinas
True
False
18
Approximately 25 to 30 percent of slaves died on ships from Africa to the Western Hemisphere
False
True

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