Slavery

What is the middle passage?

• the trip from Africa to the Americas

• the trip from England to Africa

• the trip from Africa to England

• the trip from England to the Americas

Why were Africans captured and forced to work in the Americas?

• To spread Christianity

• To give them diseases

• To share riches and wealth with them

• To provide more workers for plantations

Slaves were captured from _____.

• England
• Europe
• Africa
• France

Slaves were put on _______ and brought to Carolina.

• trains
• ships
• planes
• wagons

Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.

• plantations
• villages

Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the 

• slave auction
• overseer
• slave trade
• Middle Passage

What is the definition of a slave?

• A person from Africa
• Someone who is owned by another person
  
• Someone who works on a planation
• A poor person

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.

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

What is racism?

• The belief that one race is superior to another.
• Easily seen or understood.
• Not active.
• The social separation of groups of people especially by race.