Slavery

How long were indentured servants typically required to work to pay off their debt?

• a. Six months
• b. Two years
• c. Seven years
• d. Ten years
• e. 25 years

Why did people become indentured servants?

• a. To pay off debts
• b. To earn passage to America
• c. To pay for crimes
• d. All of the above
• e. None of the above

The first Africans arrived in what British colony in 1619?

• a. Virginia
• b. Massachusetts
• c. Georgia
• d. Connecticut
• e. New York

What were the laws called that first gave legal rights to slave owners?

• a. Servant laws
• b. Slave codes
• c. Jim Crow laws
• d. Constitution
• e. Indentured codes

Which of the following statements is not true about the slaves’ clothes?

• a. The slaves were only given one set of clothes to last them for the year.
• b. The clothes were similar to what the colonial farmer of the time wore.
• c. There was no difference in what the slaves who worked inside or outside the house wore.
• d. The women typically wore long dresses, while the men wore pants and shirts.

Which of the following is not true about the living conditions for the slaves?

• a. The enslaved had no rights and were under the orders of their enslavers 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• b. They could be bought or sold at any time and were seldom able to live together for long as a family
• c. Children were often sold as soon as they could work, never to see their parents again.
• d. Slaves could eventually buy their freedom, but only if they saved enough money to appease the slave owners.

What percentage of people in the South were slaves by the mid-1700s?

• a. 8
• b. 20
• c. 40
• d. 50
• e. 90

Which of the following statements is true?

• a. All of the Africans living in the American colonies were slaves.
• b. People who owned slaves were looked down on as being “poor farmers.”
• c. Slavery was originally illegal in Georgia when it was first founded.
• d. Slave owners had to wait until a child turned 15 before they could him/her as a slave.

What type of jobs did slaves have?

• a. Field hands
• b. Picking tobacco
• c. House servants
• d. Assistants to Tradesmen
• e. All of the above

Which event ended slavery in the United States?

• American Revolution
• Civil War
• World War I
• World War II