The Slave System

1. Which of the characteristics correctly describes slaves who worked in the field?

• These slaves worked on the same task at the same time.

• These slaves earned enough money to buy their freedom.

• these slaves were able to sell their services to other people

• These slaves had to serve the planter's family 24 hours a day.

2. Slaves who _________________ were sometimes able to ear enough money to buy their freedom from slave owners.

• worked manual labor

• worked at skilled jobs

• worked in the slaveowners house

3. Which of these statements correctly describes the living conditions enslaved people endured?

• Slave families were rarely separated from each other.

• Most slaves enjoyed a wide variety of food and large rations

• Most slaves lived in small dirt-floor cabins with few furnishings.

• Most slaves lived in nice cabins with plenty of beds and furniture.

4. Many states passed _______________, or strict laws intended to control slaves' actions, including prohibiting the education of slaves.

• slave laws

• slave codes

• punishment codes

• clemency laws

5. Which of these behaviors did enslaved people use to rebel against the system?

• Slaves ran away for a few days in order to avoid an angry slaveholder.

• Slaves carried out their orders perfectly in order to receive rewards from the slaveholders.

• Slaves worked as quickly as possible in order to complete their work and gain more free time.

• Slaves blended their religious beliefs with those of the slaveholders in order to gain the planters' trust.

6. Slaves often told folktales in order to teach lessons about how to __________________?

• survive under slavery

• preserve their native history

• aggravate slaveowners

7. Which of these was an outcome of Nat Turner's Rebellion?

• The rebellion ended peacefully with no loss of life.

• States adopted new slave codes that were more strict.

• Nat Turner escaped to the North and became a free man.

• The rebels were allowed to return to their plantations unpunished.

8. Some slaves sang ________________, emotional Christian songs that blended African and European music, to express their deeply held religious beliefs.

• chants

• spirituals

• jazz music

9. Most enslaved African Americans lived in ______________, where they worked on farms and plantations.

• cities

• suburbs

• rural areas

• mountain area

10. Family was the most important aspect of slave communities, and many slaves feared separation more than they feared ________________.

• brutal working conditions

• punishment

• death