Quiz Slavery in The United States

Because of the Cotton Gin:

• Slavery was abolished
• Tobacco prices fell
• The demand for slaves went up
• The demand for cotton went down

Which of the following is true of the Underground Railroad?

• They helped Lincoln get elected
• It was a secret network of abolitionists helping slaves escape
• The first subway in the U.S.
•  A group of people who tried to capture runaway slaves

Harriet Tubman is known for 

• being a conductor on the Underground Railroad
• fighting in the Civil War
• leading a slave revolt 
• bringing a case before the Supreme Court

These were put into place to control the lives of the slaves...

• Civil Rights
• African American Laws
• Slave Codes
• Slave Rules and Regulations

Which was NOT a common form of resistance among enslaved people?

• Violent armed rebellion

• Running away

• Feigning illness

• Breaking tools and slowing the pace of work

Which was NOT a condition of life for enslaved people?

• Hard work, even for women and children

• Isolation, subjugation and fear of punishment

• The ability to always keep families intact

• The ability to hunt, fish and grow gardens to supplement their diets

The boss of slaves working in the plantation fields was the ___________.

• Undertaker
• Overseer
• Overlord
• Undertower

Slaves were viewed and treated as...

(Pick the 2 that apply)

• equals

• animals

• humans

• property

A machine that separates cotton from its seeds.

• Cotton Gin

• Plantation

• Abolitionist

• Cash crop

What is the definition of enslaved?

• to do a lot of work

• to not get paid enough for your work

• to be owned by someone else

• to not work for yourself