Slavery Unit Review

Front

What is slavery?

Back

The act of forcefully owning/controlling another person

Front

True or False: The United States was the first civilization to practice slavery.

Back

False

Front

Through what trade system were most African slaves taken and transported to the America's?

Back

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Front

Which side of the Revolutionary War did slaves fight for with the promise of their freedom after the war ended?

Back

Both the British and the American colonists

Front

Why was the south so dependent on slavery?

Back

It provided the southern agricultural economy with a free source of human labor.

Front

What invention caused cotton to become the dominant industry in the southern United States?

Back

The Cotton Gin

Front

True or False: Missouri applied to enter the United States as a free state.

Back

False

Front

Which of these was NOT a part of the Missouri Compromise?
- Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state
- Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state
- No future slave states would be allowed north of the 36'30 line

Back

Slavery would not be allowed in any future state in the Union

Front

What was the abolition movement?

Back

The movement to end slavery in the United States

Front

What is a conductor in relation to slavery?

Back

A person that lead slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.