Slavery

Slaves were captured from _____.

• England
• Europe
• Africa
• France

Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.

• plantations
• villages

Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the 

• slave auction
• overseer
• slave trade
• Middle Passage

Most slaves in history have been taken from this continent:

• Europe

• North America

• Africa

• Asia

If a mother was a slave, her child was:

• Free for life

• A slave for life

• A slave for a short time

• Free for a short time

Slaves were put on _______ and brought to Carolina.

• trains
• ships
• planes
• wagons

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

• citizen
• property
• dependents
• immigrants

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.

A complete end to slavery

• abolition
• abolitionist
• emancipation
• dehumanization