Final Exam Review, Semester 1 (Flashcard 2)

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The document above makes reference to which historical actions that were taken by Europeans?

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The forced migrations of Africans across the middle passage to the Americas.

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Which of the following was most likely the purpose of Equiano’s account?

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To present evidence to support the cause of abolition and end the slave trade.

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Based on the excerpt, what impact did the transatlantic slave trade have on African societies?

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The slave trade increased the use of violence to capture individuals for the slave trade.

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The situation referenced in the excerpt describes which of the following historical developments? Options: The conversion of Africans to Christianity after the arrival of Portuguese missionaries, The forced migration of Africans across the Middle Passage to North America, The development of syncretic belief practices in response to enslavement, The spread of enslaved labor through the Deep South due to the growth of the cotton industry.

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The development of syncretic belief practices in response to enslavement

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Which of the following describes an important claim made by Wheatley in the excerpt (and also represents a newer interpretation of her work)?
1. Africans should be returned back to Africa
2. Africans were inferior to white Christians.
3. The Middle Passage was humane. 
4. Christians who supported slavery were hypocrites.

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Christians who supported slavery were hypocrites.

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The literary success of Phillis Wheatley led most directly to questions about which of the following? The granting of political rights to women, The harsh treatment of pro-British Loyalists, The moral justification of slavery, The legitimacy of established churches in the states

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The moral justification of slavery

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As political texts, what was the primary goal of slave narratives?

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To call for an end to enslavement and the slave trade

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Which of the following was NOT a method of resistance to enslavement on slavers during the Middle Passage?
Attempting to jump overboard
Leading revolts
Exercising on deck
Staging hunger strikes

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Exercising on deck

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Which of the following helps to explain how the rise in cotton as a cash crop drove the growth of the domestic slave trade in the United States? Options: The rise in cotton led directly to more enslaved people being transported from Africa; After the legal end of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, plantation owners had to purchase slaves domestically; After the cost of importing enslaved Africans increased, plantation owners decided to purchase less expensive domestic labor; The difficulty of harvesting cotton led to southern plantation owners switching to sugar cane which required more laborers.

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After the legal end of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, plantation owners had to purchase slaves domestically.

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Who was the free Black man who was the first known African to arrive in North America (when he explored present-day Florida in 1513)?

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Juan Garrido