Module 15 Test Review

The southern colonial economic structure was based primarily on which of these industries?

• Mining
• Railroads
• Textiles
• Agriculture

What was the Middle Passage?

• the voyage from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean
• the march from inland Africa to the coastal slave forts
• the walkway between the slaves’ quarters and the fields
• the journey from the Caribbean islands to the Mexican mainland

Which of these statements correctly describes family life for slaves in the Americas?

• Slave owners respected families and rarely split them apart.
• Families were considered an unimportant part of slave culture.
• The size of the slave population made it easy to form stable families.
• Families provided a part of life not fully under the control of slaveholders.

Which of these characteristics correctly describes slaves who worked in the field?

• These slaves worked on the same task at the same time.
• These slaves earned enough money to buy their freedom.
• These slaves were able to sell their services to other people.
• These slaves had to serve the planter’s family 24 hours a day.

Which of these statements correctly describes the living conditions enslaved people endured?

• Slave families were rarely separated from each other.
• Slaveholders provided slaves with fancy, expensive clothing.
• Most slaves enjoyed a wide variety of food and large rations.
• Most slaves lived in small dirt-floor cabins with few furnishings.

Which of these behaviors did enslaved people use to rebel against the system?

• Slaves ran away for a few days in order to avoid an angry slaveholder.
• Slaves carried out their orders perfectly in order to receive rewards from the slaveholders.
• Slaves worked as quickly as possible in order to complete their work and gain more free time.
• Slaves blended their religious beliefs with those of the slaveholders in order to gain the planter’s trust.

Which of these was an outcome of Nat Turner’s Rebellion?

• The rebellion ended peacefully with no loss of life.
• States adopted new slave codes that were more strict.
• Nat Turner escaped to the North and became a free man.
• The rebels were allowed to return to their plantations unpunished.

Which of these is a contribution William Lloyd Garrison made to the abolition movement?

• He wrote narratives that exposed the cruel experiences he faced as a former slave.
• He founded an organization dedicated to establishing colonies of freed slaves in Africa.
• He traveled through the U.S. to preach the truth about slavery and women’s rights.
• He led a group that wanted immediate emancipation and racial equality for African Americans.

Why did Harriet Tubman first become involved with the Underground Railroad?

• She had successfully escaped slavery and she vowed to return to help free her family.
• She came from a slaveholding family but she disagreed with her parents’ support of slavery.
• She was the daughter of a Quaker minister who taught her to be devoted to the abolitionist cause.
• She claimed that God had called her to travel through the U.S. and preach the truth about slavery.

Which of these actions did Congress take concerning slavery between 1836 and 1844?

• voted to allow southern states to leave the Union
• passed a constitutional amendment that eliminated slavery
• declared the use of the Underground Railroad to be unconstitutional
• used a gag rule to block members from discussing antislavery petitions