Unit 7, Lesson 22: African Americans in the Mid-1800s

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.

What was the legal status of enslaved people in the United States?

• citizen

• property

• dependents

• immigrants

What was the purpose of the National Council of Colored People?

• to provide jobs for freed African Americans

• to encourage immigration from African nations

• to protest the treatment of African Americans

• to teach African Americans how to blend into white society

What was an effect of segregation policies in the North?

• People shared their culture with others.

• People were separated by race in public places.

• People frequently interacted with people of different races.

• People were not allowed to practice their religion.

Why did Southerners who did not own enslaved people support slavery?

• They feared the power of the enslavers.

• They believed they would be able to enslave people someday.

• They knew that the Southern economy depended on the labor of enslaved people.

• They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.

Where did free African Americans in the South most often find work?

• on plantations

• in low-paying jobs

• in government jobs

• on land they owned

How did the cotton gin affect enslaved people?

• It made their lives easier.

• It increased the demand for enslaved people.

• It decreased the need for the labor of enslaved people.

• It was the first step toward abolishing slavery.

What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?

• As a freed African American, she led others to take a stand against enslavers.

• As a freed African American, she bought enslaved people and then gave them their freedom.

• As a fugitive from slavery, she guided enslaved people from the South to freedom.

• As a fugitive from slavery, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.

Who was Denmark Vesey?

• an enslaved person who escaped to Canada

• a Northern African American abolitionist

• a conductor for the Underground Railroad

• a free African American who led a revolt

Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?

• a series of tunnels used to move enslaved people to free states

• people who secretly helped enslaved people escape to the North

• a transportation system that moved enslaved people to freedom at night

• people who caught fugitives from slavery and returned them to enslavers