Slavery in the United States

What is slavery?

• When a person is owned by another person and is free to come and go as they please

• When a person gets hired by another person and is not paid fair wages

•  when a person is owned by another person and is not free to come and go as they please.

• When a person runs away and is captured

Who was Harriet Tubman?

• Was an escaped enslaved woman that orchestrated Peace Treaties

• Was an escaped enslaved woman that orchestrated the Underground Trailway

• Was an escaped enslaved woman that orchestrated the Emancipation Proclamation

• Was an escaped enslaved woman that orchestrated the Underground Railroad

Which of the following is an example of a job that a slave might have been required to do?

• Brick layers

• Work in the cotton fields

• Work in the kitchens of their masters

• All of these choices

What did Harriet Tubman use to help lead her to safety?

• Her own intuition

• Other slaves

• Constellations

• Her knowledge of the geography of the United States

Why did many slaves wish to escape slave plantations?

• They suffered harsh working conditions

• They were treated poorly and inhumane

• They suffered difficult living conditions

• All of these options are reasons

What year was slavery abolished?

• 1863

• 1865

• 1860

• 1862

Who was the President of the United States during slavery?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Herbert Hoover

• George Washington

• John Adams

What is the name of the place where slaves conducted their labors?

• Barns

• Plantations

• Farms

• colonies

Besides the stars, what is another way slaves communicated with one another to travel to safety?

• Secret letters

• Telephone

• Songs

• Through blankets, quilts

Slavery was abolished in 1865, but it began in the United States when?