iCivics - Slavery: No Freedom, No Rights

Because they were human beings, people who were enslaved had rights.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Enslaved people had no legal rights, and many people did not view them as human beings.

Enslaved people were considered citizens of the United States.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Enslaved people were considered property not citizens

Enslaved people were always paid a small wage for their work.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Slaveholders were not required to pay any enslaved person working for them

Some enslaved people risked their lives trying to gain freedom.

• True

• False

Many people thought slavery was something we had to have even though we didn’t like it.

• True

• False

There were abolitionists in both the North and the South.

• True

• False

The Constitution allowed slavery because all early Americans approved of slavery

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Many called for the abolition of slavery, but in order to get delegates and states to agree to the Constitution, the Framers allowed it.

Slavery developed mainly in the North, where enslaved people worked large plantations.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Most plantations were in the South, which is where slavery continued to spread and grow

Thanks to Dred Scott, The Supreme Court said all African Americans were citizens

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott and decided that African Americans were NOT citizens.)

Slave rebellions caused even harsher restrictions against black people.

• True

• False