Slavery Unit Quizizz Game

Who was the inventor of the 1793 Cotton Gin invention that sped up the growth of slavery in America?

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

• Cyrus McCormick

• Alexander Graham Bell

How many slaves were in the United States in 1787 (the year of the signing of the Constitution)?

• 750,000

• 1 Million

• 2 Million

• 4 Million

How many slaves were in the United States in 1860 (the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected)?

• 750,000

• 1 Million

• 2 Million

• 4 Million

What types of Northern factories or mills made tremendous amounts of profit off of slavery?

• Iron Mills

• Lumberyards

• Clothing Mills

• Wheat Mills

What percentage of the entire U.S. overall exports did Cotton make up in 1860?

• 33%

• 42%

• 48%

• 58%

What would African tribes sell enemy African tribesman to European slave traders in exchange for?

• Copper kettles and other metal goods

• Tobacco

• Guns

• Silk and Indigo

What would some European slave traders use to trick African people onto the ships?

• Beads, jewelry, and colorful items

• Gold and Silver

• Fine silks and dyes

• Tobacco, Rum, and Glassware

How many square feet of space were the slaves required to have on a British Slave Ship?

• 4 square feet

• 6 square feet

• 10 square feet

• 12 square feet

What was the average death rate of slaves on the European slave trading ships?

• 2%

• 5%

• 10%

• 14%

What was the biggest slave trading city in the United States?

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Savannah, Georgia

• Baltimore, Maryland

• Richmond, Virginia