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Duplicate of Ch.20 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
Duplicate of Ch.20 African Americans at Mid-19th Century
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U.S. History 8 #slavery #ushistory
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1
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.
2
The most common way slaves resisted slavery was by
running away to the North.
finding ways to avoid work.
killing their owners.
organizing slave uprisings.
3
From Norfolk to Port Lavaca, about how wide was the cotton kingdom in 1860?
1,200 miles
2,400 miles
400 miles
800 miles
4
African cultural traditions were expressed in all the following
except
the stories and folktales told by slaves.
the living conditions endured by slaves.
the art of quilts created by slaves.
the songs and spirituals sung by slaves.
5
Who was Nat Turner?
Led a rebellion set out to kill every white in sight.
A ruthless slaveholder.
A nonviolent abolitionist.
A southern black preacher.
6
The great majority of slaves worked as
household servants.
factory workers.
skilled craftspeople.
field hands.
7
When gathered together in their "invisible churches," slaves
kept their African languages alive.
brought joy and comfort to each other.
preached a message of obedience to their owners.
taught their children the value of silence.
8
From 1801 to 1860, the system of slavery moved mainly
west into the Mississippi Valley and Texas.
south into Florida and the Caribbean.
north in to the Ohio Valley and Louisiana Territory.
east onto islands off the Atlantic Coast.
9
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.
10
Between 1839 and 1860, the amount of land in the South devoted to cotton
decreased slightly.
increased slowly.
about doubled.
stayed about the same.
11
What invention accounts for the changes shown on the map?
mechanical reaper
steamboat
cotton gin
sewing machine
12
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.
13
What does this map show?
the rising value of slaves
the routes followed by runaway slaves
the growth of the cotton kingdom
the end of the Atlantic slave trade
14
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.
15
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A women's suffrage reformist.
An abolitionist who led slaves to freedom.
A Washington politician.
A rich woman who paid for slaves to seek their freedom.
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
Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
they would have their own slaves someday.
the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
the South's economy depended on slave labor.
18
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Harriet Tubman
Eli Whitney
Nat Turner
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
19
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It increased the demand for slaves.
It made slaves' lives easier.
It decreased the value of slaves.
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
20
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans
except
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
keeping slaves ignorant by not educating them properly.
treating slaves like grown-up children.
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
