African Americans in the 1800's

Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?

• They preferred living only with African Americans.

• They lived side by side with white Americans.

• They faced discrimination and racism.

What was the legal status of people who were enslaved in the United States?

• property

• citizen

• immigrants

What was the purpose of the National Council of Colored People?

• to protest the treatment of African Americans

• to provide jobs for freed enslaved people

• to encourage immigration from African nations

What was an effect of segregation policies in the North?

• People were forced to live with different races.

• People were separated by race in public places.

• People were not allowed to practice their religion.

Why did Southerners who did not own enslaved people support slavery?

• They knew that the Southern economy depended on the labor of people who were enslaved.

• They feared the power of the enslavers.

• They believed they would be able to own enslaved people someday.

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

• in government jobs

• on plantations

• in low-paying jobs

How did the cotton gin affect people who were enslaved?

• It decreased the need for labor from enslaved people.

• It made their lives easier.

• It increased the demand for people who were enslaved.

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

• As a freed person who was enslaved, she led others to take a stand against enslavers.

• As a fugitive from slavery, she guided people who were enslaved from the South to freedom.

• As a freed person who was enslaved, she bought enslaved people and then gave them their freedom

Who was Denmark Vesey?

• an enslaved person who escaped to Canada

• a free African American who lead a revolt of enslaved people

• a person who punished enslaved people

Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?

• people who secretly helped enslaved people escape to the North

• a series of tunnels used to move enslaved people to free states

• a transportation system that moved enslaved people to freedom at night