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.

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

promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.

Which of the following reasons was NOT one reason why the debate over slavery came up in 1849?

Slaves pushed for recognition and freedom.

What did the Missouri Compromise try to do?

Kept a balance of power between slave states and free states

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.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.

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Unit V: Slavery

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1
Who was Nat Turner?
Led a rebellion set out to kill every white in sight.
A southern black preacher.
A ruthless slaveholder.
A nonviolent abolitionist.
2
What is a fugitive?
a person who is running away from legal authority
a person who sought the end of slavery in the United States
a person who leaves his or her country to live elsewhere
fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush
3
Which one of the following is NOT a border state?
Missouri
Alabama
Maryland
Kentucky
4
What is a person who is trying to abolish slavery in the United States?
Emigrant
Fugitive
Minuteman
Abolitionist
5
The Underground Railroad was
a secret route to Mexico where slavery was prohibited.
a network of secret routes and safe houses to go north.
a train used by African Americans to go north.
an underground tunnel that went north.
6
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It decreased the value of slaves.
It made slaves' lives easier.
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
It increased the demand for slaves.
7
Who was fighting during "Bleeding Kansas"?
Free Soil Party/Whigs
Federalists/Anti-Federalists
Pro-Slavery/Anti-Slavery
Democrats/Republicans
8
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans except
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
treating slaves like grown-up children.
keeping slaves ignorant by not educating them properly.
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
9
Which of the following reasons was NOT one reason why the debate over slavery came up in 1849?
California wanted to become a free state.
anti-slavery groups wanted slavery outlawed in D.C.
Slaves pushed for recognition and freedom.
southerners wanted a stronger Fugitive Slave Act
10
What did the Missouri Compromise try to do?
Missouri was the last state where slavery was made legal
Allowed slavery in any state around Missouri
Did not allow slavery in any state around Missouri
Kept a balance of power between slave states and free states
11
African American quilts were used for all the following except
to start fires.
illustrating Biblical stories.
communicating amongst slaves.
expressing their mixed African and American culture.
12
The great majority of slaves worked as
skilled craftspeople.
field hands.
factory workers.
household servants.
13
The most common way slaves resisted slavery was by
finding ways to avoid work.
killing their owners.
running away to the North.
organizing slave uprisings.
14
When was Abraham Lincoln elected as President?
1860
1820
1850
1865
15
Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
the South's economy depended on slave labor.
the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
they would have their own slaves someday.
16
What slaves generally feared most of all was being
caught while running away.
disrespectful to their elders.
sold away from their families.
sent back to Africa.
17
Free blacks living in both the North and the South
lived side by side with whites.
faced discrimination and racism.
had the same rights as whites.
preferred living apart
18
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A women's suffrage reformist.
A rich woman who paid for slaves to seek their freedom.
A Washington politician.
An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.
19
What invention accounts for the changes shown on the map?
sewing machine
steamboat
mechanical reaper
cotton gin

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