Slavery in the Americas

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Europeans exchanged manufactured goods with which continent to acquire slaves?

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Africa

Front

Which of the following was the most basic reason that slavery spread throughout the Americas?
rise of industry,
need for cheap labor,
rebellion by indentured servants,
death of native populations

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need for cheap labor

Front

What role did slavery play in the mercantile system?

Back

Slave labor enabled European countries to earn huge profits on crops grown in the Americas.

Front

_________was a system that was economically motivated and promoted the general perspective that Africans were inferior and uncivilized.

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Race-based slavery

Front

What distinguishes chattel slavery from other forms of forced labor?

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It implies the outright ownership of the slave by a master.

Front

The flow of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas was known as the Triangular Trade. Europeans sent manufactured goods to Africa in exchange for slaves. Americans purchased slaves which they used to produce cash crops which they sold back to Europe. Which conclusion can be drawn from this system of trade?

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Economic activities in these places were interdependent.

Front

_________was the forced transportation of slaves on slave ships and a part of an economic system called the Triangular Trade.

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The Middle Passage

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____________ were usually prisoners, criminals or debtors of any race who were forced to work for a period of time.

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Indentured Servants

Front

African customs and traditions have had a great influence and impact on the cultural fabric of the Americas. True or False?

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True

Front

Millions of slaves were brought from Africa to North and South America to perform labor. Which of the following was one of the jobs that many slaves performed in the Americas? They worked as artists, They worked for colonial armies, They worked as merchants, They worked on plantations.

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They worked on plantations.