Slavery in America

Where did the first ship carrying kidnapped Africans to America arrive in 1619?

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Jamestown, Virginia

The people on the ships were ______, meaning they could eventually buy their freedom.

• political prisoners

• indentured servants

• temporary workers

• military officers

What part of the triangular trade route brought enslaved people from Africa to America?

• The Middle Passage

• The Bermuda Triangle

• The Northeast Passage

• The Circular Route

Before the cotton gin was created, which of the following crops was the main export of labor by enslaved people?

• coconut

• tea

• tobacco

• rubber

Northern businessman _______ southern plantations.

• refused to do business with

• occasionally managed

• purposefully sabotaged

• grew rich off of investments in

True or False: In 1808, Congress banned international slave trading, but did not abolish slavery in the United States.

• True

• False

Before the Civil War, enslaved people made up ______ of the population of the Southern United States.

• one-tenth

• one-fifth

• one-fourth

• one-third

True or False: If an enslaved woman has a child, that child is born free.

• True

• False

Which of the following laws made it illegal for enslave people to learn to read and write?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Negro Act of 1740

• Compromise of 1877

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Which of the following laws made it legal for slave owners to capture their enslaved people who escaped?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Negro Act of 1740

• Compromise of 1877

• Three-Fifths Compromise