African Americans in the mid1800s

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What was life like for free African Americans in the North?

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They were not treated as equal to other citizens - discrimination

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How were enslaved people treated according to the law?

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as property

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What was the biggest fear of enslaved people? Options: getting whipped, being sent back to Africa, being sold from their families, being disrespected

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being sold from their families

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How did enslaved people resist slavery most often?

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rebelling in quiet/passive ways

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The Underground Railroad is…

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people who secretly helped enslaved people escape

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Enslaved people expressed African cultural traditions in all of the following ways except through… art, music, folktales?

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fieldwork

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Why would the majority of whites in the South support slavery if they don't own enslaved people?

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They knew that the economy of the US depended on the labor of enslaved people.

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Which statement is true regarding the living conditions of enslaved people? Options: most enslaved people lived in the barn with the horses, enslaved people that worked in the fields lived in crowded shacks built of wood, most had dirt floors, enslaved people lived together with their families in small but nice homes, enslaved people had no houses, they slept in the fields

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enslaved people that worked in the fields lived in crowded shacks built of wood, most had dirt floors

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Which statement accurately describes the working conditions of enslaved people? Options: brutal and dangerous working conditions; they worked from sunrise to sunset with very little free time, they were paid for any extra work they completed after sunset, they often had time to learn how to read on their own, they worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week

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brutal and dangerous working conditions; they worked from sunrise to sunset with very little free time

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Who was Harriet Tubman?

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an escaped enslaved person, she guided enslaved people from the South to freedom