Slavery Unit Review

Slavery was __________________.

• only found in America.

• found in many places around the world.

• never used in ancient Greece.

• only found in Africa.

Choose TWO correct answers:  In the colonial South, slaves ______________.

• were important to the economy.

• were well taken care of.

• worked on plantations.

• were expensive to take care of.

How long did a person have to be a slave?

• Being a slave usually lasted a person's entire life.

• Buying and maintaining slaves required a minimal amount of money.

• Slaves became the cheapest and most efficient form of labor.

• As a result, many plantation owners became very wealthy.

• Even children born to slaves were enslaved.

Choose TWO correct answers:  While on slave ships _______________.

• slaves were allowed freedom to do whatever they wanted to do.

• disease often killed slaves.

• slaves were kept chained in place.

• slaves were given plenty of food and water.

Choose TWO correct answers:  What did the U.S. Constitution first say about slavery?

• Slavery was wrong.

• The government couldn't ban importing slaves for 20 years.

• Slavery was legal and was allowed in the United States.

• Presidents were not allowed to own slaves.

Why did the number of slaves increase even after importing slaves was banned?

• Even after slaves were no longer being imported, the number of slaves in the United States increased.

• This happened because an enslaved woman's children were also considered slaves.

• People kept importing them anyway.

• People started capturing Native Americans to use as slaves.

Choose TWO correct answers:  Slaves could be separated from their family because ________________.

• they misbehaved.

• they fought with their siblings.

• they were given away as gifts.

• the owner wanted slaves to be happy.

Choose TWO correct answers:  SOUTHERNERS _______________.

• felt that each state should decide for itself whether slavery was allowed.

• depended on slavery to support their economy.

• wanted to emancipate (or free) the slaves.

• felt that there should be an equal number of slave and free states.

Choose TWO correct answers:  The fugitive slave law ________________.

• freed all male slaves.

• made it illegal to own slaves.

• required anyone who found a runaway slave to return them to their owners.

• was a law passed by Congress in 1850.

What did southern states fear that Abraham Lincoln would do as president?

• They feared that he would move to the South.

• They feared that he would buy all the slaves for himself.

• They feared that he would end slavery.

• The feared he would name himself dictator.