Slavery

Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?

• They faced discrimination and racism.
• They lived side by side with white Americans.
• They had the same rights as everyone else.
• They preferred living only with African Americans.

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What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?

• citizen
• property
• dependents
• immigrants

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Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?

• They feared the power of the slaveholders.
• They believed they would be able to own slaves someday.
• They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
• They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.

What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?

• As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.
• As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.
• As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.
• As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.

Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?

• Nat Turner
• Edward Covey
• Sojourner Truth
• Frederick Douglass

How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?

• They gave slaves some freedom.
• They began to understand that slavery was wrong.
• They passed even stricter slave codes.
• They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.

What did slaves most fear?

• being sent back to Africa
• B. being forced to learn new skills
• being sold away from their families
• being disrespectful to their owners

How did the “invisible church” benefit slaves?

• It helped keep African languages alive.
• It provided a place for slaves to plot escape.
• It provided a means for slaves to comfort each other.
• It helped teach children the value of silence.

Which of these was the most common way slaves resisted slavery?

• by killing their owners
• by escaping to the North
• by organizing slave uprisings
• by finding ways to quietly rebel

Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?

• a series of tunnels used to move slaves to free states
• people who secretly helped slaves escape to the North
• transportation system that moved slaves to freedom at night
• people who caught fugitive slaves and returned them to owners