TCI Lesson 20: African-Americans in the Mid 1800s

1. Which was 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.

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

• citizen
• property
• dependents
• immigrants

3. 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

4. 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.

5. Why did white Southerners who were not enslavers support slavery?

• They feared the power of the enslavers.
• They believed wanted to enslave people someday.
• They knew the Southern economy depended on enslaved workers.
• They accepted that the Cons'tu'on allowed slavery in the South.

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

• on planta'ons
• in low-paying jobs
• in government jobs
• on land they owned

7. 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.

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

• She led others to take a stand against enslavers.
• She bought enslaved people and then gave them their freedom.
• She guided enslaved people from the South to freedom.
• She opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.

9. Who was Denmark Vesey?

• a fugitive from slavery who escaped to Canada
• a Northern African American abolitionist
• a conductor for the Underground Railroad
• a free African American who led a revolt

10. Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?

• a series of tunnels used to move fugitives from slavery to free states
• people who secretly helped fugitives from slavery escape to the North
• a transporta'on system that moved fugitives from slavery to freedom at night
• people who caught fugitives from slavery and returned them to enslavers