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Slavery in America
Slavery in America
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What was born from the Black Codes?
Nothing!
Laws forbidding slavery
Disco music
Jazz music
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True or false? Slavery started in the 1800's.
True
False
3
Who was Frederick Douglass?
A slave owner
A famous abolitionist
Harriet Tubman's husband
The first slave to go to school
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How did white people believe they could cure DRAPETOMANIA?
It couldn't be cured
With medicine
With electric shocks
By whipping or cutting the slaves' big toes
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How were slaves aquired?
They were bought at a store
They were sold at an auction
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Who was Alonzo Herndon?
The first ever black slave owner
A former slave who made a fortune with his barbershops
The last slave in America
The first black American President
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What was the Underground Railroad?
It was a secret railroad for rich passengers
It was a network of secret routes and safe houses
It was a network of railways that took people to New York
It was a train that took slaves to Canada
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What was the cotton gin?
A machine used to torture slaves
A machine that separates cotton fibers from their seed
A machine used to plants seeds
A machine to make gin
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What was DRAPETOMANIA?
A "mental disorder" that slave owners had
A desease that killed slaves
A made-up "mental disorder" that slaves had
A law that allowed slavery in America
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How many Blacks were led to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
None! They were all captured
About 5000
As many as 75 000
Only 200
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Who were Levi and Catharine Coffin?
They were Quaker abolitionists
They were white slaves
They were strict slave owners
They were the inventors of coffins
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Who was Mark Twain?
A famous author who wrote classic novels
A very famous slave owner
A famous author who wrote laws to allow slavery
The half-brother of a black slave
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What led to the rise of the KKK?
There were not enough slaves for everyone
Economic success of former slaves
Too many slaves learned how to read
The government bought all the slaves
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Who was Sojourner Truth?
Harriet Tubman under another name
The first runaway slave to win a court case to get her son freed
A slave who died in slavery
The last female slave in America
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Who was Anthony Johnson?
A slave owner from Virigia
The first slave to go to school
The first slave ever sold in America
The last slave in America
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
A runaway slave to helped others escape
The first female slave
A slave who died in slavery
The last female slave
17
In the 1850's, what was the average price for a slave?
1200$
5$
They were free
400$
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Why was George Washington so rich?
Because he won the lottery
Because he was the President
Because of his slaves
Because he owned a gold mine in Virginia
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In what year was slavery abolished?
1865
1866
1864
1867
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True or false? All the slaves that were taken in Africa made it to America.
False
True
