Slavery in America 2025

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Because of the Cotton Gin:

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The demand for slaves went up

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People who wanted to end slavery immediately were known as:

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abolitionists

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Which of the following best describes The Middle Passage? Voyage to America on a slave ship, Route taken to freedom on the Underground Railroad, The trade with Europe that involved goods produced by slaves, The sale of Southern Cotton to Northern Factories

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Voyage to America on a slave ship

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Harriet Tubman is known for

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being a conductor on the Underground Railroad

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The majority of slaves in the United States produced: Sugar, Cotton, Corn, Wheat

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Cotton

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What were the "slave codes"?

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Laws that restricted the rights of slaves

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Who published a newspaper called the Liberator and helped to found the American Anti-Slavery Society?

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Which of the following best describe the reaction northerners had to the Fugitive Slave Act? Many were outraged by the treatment of fugitive slaves and supported the abolitionist cause, Many stopped helping runaway slaves, Many approved of the new law and became violent against the abolitionist movement, Many were angered and began to consider seceding from the Union

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

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System of transportation of slaves to freedom in the North

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Underground Railroad

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What were some jobs that the enslaved not perform? Options: doctors, lawyers, presidents, bricklayers, cooks, mechanics, gravediggers, chefs, and butchers, babysitters, shoemakers, homebuilders

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doctors, lawyers, presidents