Chapter 3 African American History Test

Chapter 3 African American History Test



Multiple Choice

1. In what region of the English colonies did slavery take hold most firmly?

• The Southern Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

• The New England Colonies

• The Far West

Multiple Choice

How did the lives of New England slaves differ from the lives of slaves in other English colonies?

• They had to work longer

• They had more rights.

• They rarely worked in jobs other than farming

• They were set free after 10 years

Multiple Choice

How did Jefferson change the Declaration of Independence between his original and final drafts?

• He added a passage opposing slavery.

• He added a passage in support of slavery.

• He removed a passage opposing slavery.

• He removed a passage in support of slavery.

Multiple Choice

Who formed the first antislavery societies in the United States?

• southern slaves

• Quakers

• northern free Blacks

• Loyalists

Multiple Choice

What were the terms of the three-fifths compromise?

• Every five slaves in a state would count as three people when determining congressional representation.

• Three-fifths of White Americans would be allowed to own slaves.

• Three slaves could be imported for every five already in the United States.

• Slavery would be legal in three of every five states.

Multiple Choice

How did some slave traders use Christianity to justify slavery?

• They argued that Africans could not read the Bible, and therefore should become slaves.

• They pointed out passages in the Bible that they claimed supported slavery.

• They claimed that the Bible stated that the Europeans were superior to all other people.

Multiple Choice

young slave woman who became the first African American poet to be published

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Phillis Wheatley

Multiple Choice

greatest Black scientist of the colonial period

• John Jay

• Richard Allen

• Anthony Benezet

• Benjamin Banneker

Multiple Choice

the fight for independence from Great Britain

• Boston Massacre

• The French and Indian War

• The Revolutionary War

• The Navigation Acts

Multiple Choice

Black sailor who was killed in the Boston Massacre

• Paul Cuffe

• Benjamin Banneker

• Crispus Attucks

Multiple Choice

founder of what eventually became the African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Richard Allen

• Anthony Benezet

• Benjamin Banneker

• Crispus Attucks

Multiple Choice

Boston shipper who wanted to help free Blacks return to Africa

• Richard Allen

• Paul Cuffe

• Anthony Benezet

Fill in the Blank

a mixed language _____________

Multiple Choice

Laws that require goods to the colonies to be transported on British ships.

• The Black codes

• The Navigation Acts

Multiple Choice

Protestant leader from Pennsylvania who opposed slavery

• Anthony Benezet

• Paul Cuffe

Multiple Choice

War between the French and British in North America from 1754 to 1763

• The Revolutionary War

• The French and Indian War

Multiple Select

Most slaves could not leave the plantation without written permission from the owner

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Slaves who worked on small farms were usually treated better than those who worked on large plantations.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Congress banned African Americans from serving in the military throughout the Revolutionary War

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Slavery gradually disappeared in the North after the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

African Americans were not allowed to establish their own churches.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

African Americans had free access to education in the United States.

• True

• False