Results of the Revolution - Slavery

The American Revolution did not have an effect on the lives of African Americans and the continuation of slavery.

• True

• False

All slaves were promised freedom after the war, but not everyone kept their promises.

• True

• False

The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made southerners more dependent on slave labor and continued to use slavery.

• True

• False

African Americans, including slaves, like Crispus Attucks and Peter Salem, and free men, like Salem Poor, fought on both sides of the war.

• True

• False

The Declaration of Independence said that “all men are created equal.”

• The South freed their slaves and the North did not.

• Both sides freed their slaves.

• Both sides did not free their slaves.

• The North freed their slaves and the South did not.