Stamped Unit 2 Quiz

Did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence?

• Yes

• No

Who is Phillis Wheatley?

• Slave Owner

• Abolitionist

• The first African American Poet published

• The first freed slave

What is "The Great Compromise"?

• Two Senators per state

• Allowing African-Americans to vote

• Ending Slavery

• House of Representatives based on population of state

The Three-Fifths Compromise allowed 3 out of 5 African-Americans to vote?

• True

• False

What country are the only people to win a war against their colonizers?

• Cuba

• Nigeria

• Haiti

• Philippines

In August 1791, close to half a million enslaved Africans in Haiti rose up against who?

• The British

• Portugal

• The French

• Spain

Abolitionist said if black people behaved "admirably," they could prove all stereotypes about them were wrong. Basically, live like white people. What was this strategy called?

• Uplift Suasion

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Segregation Strategy

Thomas Jefferson said he wanted to end slavery, but he continued to have slaves. Due to this Jason Reynolds(Author) gave hime a middle name of what?

• Slave-Owner

• Racist

• Contradiction

"Colonization within the country, which was like Black People being banished to the __________ of the house they'd built under the premise that it was better than sleeping in the street."

Thomas Jefferson created "Colonization" to send African-American where?

• Africa

• Europe

• Louisiana Territory

• California