Slavery & The Underground Railroad

(page417) The machine created in 1793 that made cotton easier to produce.

• the cotton gin

• the spinning jenny

• farming

• the cotton spinner

(pg417) The number of enslaved people in the South in 1790 versus the number of slaves in the South by 1860.

• 700,000 to 800,000

• 4 million to 20 million

• 700,000 to 4 million

• 700,000 (no growth, the number stayed the same)

(pg417) Nat Turner was a slave in Virginia in 1831. What did Turner do during this time to rebel against slavery?

• He escaped his plantation and fled to Canada.

• He killed 59 land owners, starting a rebellion.

• He killed his landowner and was arrested.

(pg417) Why did the South think slavery was important?

(pg425) There was many free African Americans in America in the 1860s. 500,000 to be exact. Where did these people live?

• half in the North half in the South

• all in the North

• all in the South

• more in the North than the South

(pg424) Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist during this movement. What is an abolitionist?

(pg425) African Americans in the North did face discrimination, but they had many more rights. Which of the following were things they were able to do in the Free States? (SELECT THREE)

• They could travel freely.

• They could organize groups against slavery.

• They could vote.

• They could publish articles in newspapers.

True/ False: The Underground Railroad was an abandoned railroad underground that people traveled through.

• True

• False

(pg426) The perfect time for a slave to escape was _____ in the ______.

(pg427) "Stations" were safe places for slaves to stay during their escape. What kinds of things did "Station" houses do for the slaves? (SELECT THREE)

• gave the slaves food

• gave them clothing

• hid them

• turned them in for reward money

• drove them to the next safe place