Institution of Slavery (LeJeune)

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Slavery in the American colonies was concentrated mostly in which region?

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the southern colonies.

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Indentured servants who were freed caused conflict in the colonies by

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moving onto American Indian lands.

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What was the Middle Passage?

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The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas as part of the transatlantic slave trade.

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What was the main purpose of the Middle Passage?

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Transporting enslaved Africans for forced labor

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What were the conditions like for enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage?

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Enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage experienced extremely harsh and inhumane conditions.

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What was the triangular trade?

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The triangular trade was a system of trade during the colonial era that involved the exchange of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

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What was slavery like in the Southern Colonies (Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina)?

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Slaves were farmers on large plantations

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During the colonial period, what was one difference between slave labor in the North and slave labor in the South? Options: More slaves in the North worked in gold mines, More slaves in the North worked in cash-crop production, More slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs, More slaves in the North worked as craftsmen on plantations

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More slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs

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Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s: A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies, Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops, A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies, Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies?

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Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

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Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?
Options: The economic demands of the plantation system, The construction needs of the railroad, Increased textile manufacturing, Increased western migration

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The economic demands of the plantation system