Chapter 8 Section 2 Quiz

T/F: William C.C. Claiborne was appointed governor of Louisiana by President Thomas Jefferson

• True

• False

A combat between two persons, especially one fought with weapons in front of witnesses

• filibustering

• dueling

• manumission

A form of adventuring

• filibustering

• manumission

• dueling

Why was Claiborne's decision to allow in Haitian refugees a controversial one?

• Many of the refugees were enslaved people

• The international slave trade had been outlawed 5 years before

• People from Louisiana feared new refugees from Haiti would bring violence/revolts

• People were prejudiced against the Haitian refugees

How did Claiborne's 1806 slave code differ from previous colonial codes?

• allowed manumission

• allowed self-purchase

• outlawed manumission

• outlawed self-purchase

What is manumission?

• auctioning enslaved people

• masters setting enslaved people free

• allowing enslaved people to buy their freedom

• escaping on the Underground Railroad

What group in Louisiana presented Claiborne with an unfamiliar situation when he became governor?

• Cajuns

• Creoles

• Cuban refugees

• Free men of color

T/F: Under Claiborne, no militia groups were allowed to be comprised of free people of color.

• True

• False

T/F: The area known as Spanish West Florida revolted against Spain in 1810 in a desire to join America

• True

• False

What conclusion can be drawn about Claiborne's unfamiliarity with New Orleans' large population of freedmen?

• There were no freedmen in the US

• He was unfamiliar with the European practice of manumission

• The majority of the African American population in the US was enslaved

• He had never been to northern states where freedmen comprised a large portion of the total population