Lesson 20- African Americans In The Mid-1800s Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 55952)


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What is Harriet Tubman best known for
a) guiding slaves to freedom
b) leading slave rebellions
c) founding black church
d) making clothing for slaves

Slaves resisted slavery in what way?
a) Telling stories
b) Singing in the fields
c) Meeting with slave owners
d) Holding back their work

Control of slave children was legally given to
a) their parents
b) slaveowners
c) Federal Government
d) State Government

Segregation policies in the North had what effect?
a) People shared their culture with others.
b) There was no effect.
c) People were forced to live with different races.
d) People were separated by race in public places.

An overseer's main responsibility was what?
a) Making sure slaves received humane treatment
b) Teaching slaves to read and write
c) Supervising slave on large plantations
d) Helping slaved escape to freedom

Lives of enslaved African Americans and the lives of free African Americans were similar in what way
a) They both had some rights under the law
b) They both experienced racism and discrimination
c) The wages they earned belonged to their owners
d) They both were regarded as property under the law

At an early age, slaves began working and
a) retired at an old age
b) became free as adults
c) continued working until they died
d) worked fewer than eight hours a day

With the invention of the cotton gin, it had what effect on the economy of the South?
a) its failure led Southerners to plant wheat
b) It decreased the production of cotton
c) it decreased the demand for slave labor
d) it increased the profitability of cotton

Compared to most white Southerners, slaves were more likely to receive
a) Medical care
b) An education
c) A salary
d) Legal rights

Segregation is...
a) Spreading of crops
b) Independence
c) social separation of groups of people, especially by race
d) the state of being barred from one's native country.

The majority of African Americans by the 1850s in the United States were living...
a) in cities
b) in slavery
c) with some legal rights
d) in the North.

Free African Americans in the South most often found work where?
a) on plantations
b) in government jobs
c) on land they owned
d) in low-paying jobs or manual labor jobs

Which one of these answers best describes the Underground Railroad?
a) series of tunnels used to move slaves to free states
b) people who secretly helped slaves escape to the North
c) transportation system that moved slaves to freedom at night
d) people who caught fugitive slaves returned them to owners

What was the Southern state's response to slave rebellions?
a) They gave slaves some freedom.
b) They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.
c) They began to understand that slavery was wrong.
d) They passed even stricter slave codes.

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