Module 15 Slavery in America

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Fill in the blanks with the correct letter from each list. The I__________, which was one way Africans tried to resist their enslavement, resulted in II__________.

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Stono Rebellion, slave owners making stricter slave codes

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Which of the following correctly describes the slave culture in the Americas?

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Slaves viewed religion as a refuge, which gave them a sense of self-worth and hope for salvation.

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How did the development of a common culture benefit enslaved African Americans?

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It provided slaves an escape from the hardship of daily life.

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Which of the following correctly describes how African Americans participated in the abolition movement? Options: Many former slaves wrote narratives that exposed the cruelties that slaves faced., Many former slaves started a movement to establish colonies of freed slaves in Africa., Some African Americans founded the American Anti-Slavery Society to fight for immediate racial equality., Some African Americans convinced Congress to pass a gag rule forbidding discussion on antislavery petitions.

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Many former slaves wrote narratives that exposed the cruelties that slaves faced.

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Which of the following correctly describes attitudes in the United States on the ending of slavery? A. The federal government supported the end of slavery and enacted a constitutional amendment stopping its expansion. B. Workers in the North opposed the end of slavery because they feared losing their jobs to newly freed African Americans. C. Business owners in the South supported the end of slavery because they believed slavery hurt the economy of the South. D. Abolitionist leaders began to oppose the end of slavery after they were threatened with violence in both the North and South.

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Workers in the North opposed the end of slavery because they feared losing their jobs to newly freed African Americans.

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During the Mexican-American War, the I_________ spurred a debate that showed growing II_________, or favoring the interests of one region over the interests of the entire country.

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Wilmot Proviso; sectionalism

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Which of these parts of the Compromise of 1850 benefited both the North and the South? A new fugitive slave law was established. California was able to enter the Union as a free state. The slave trade in the District of Columbia was outlawed. The people in the new territories would be able to decide the issue of slavery.

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The people in the new territories would be able to decide the issue of slavery.

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What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on people in the North?

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Many northerners were outraged by the treatment of fugitive slaves and supported the abolitionist cause.