African Americans in the Mid-1800s

Which is 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.

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

• Citizens

• Dependents

• Immigrants

• Property

The belief that one race is superior to another.

• Racism

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Oppression

Unequal treatment based on a person’s race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic.

• Racism

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Oppression

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

• They feared the power of the enslavers.

• They believed they would be able to enslave people someday.

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

• They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.

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.

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

• As a freed African American, she led others to take a stand against enslavers.

• As a freed African American, she bought enslaved people and then gave them their freedom.

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

• As a fugitive from slavery, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.

Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?

• A series of tunnels used to move enslaved people to free states.

• People who secretly helped enslaved people escape to the North.

• A transportation system that moved enslaved people to freedom at night.

• People who caught fugitives from slavery and returned them to enslavers.

Which of these best describes the way enslaved people PASSIVELY resisted slavery?

• By killing their enslavers.

• By escaping to the North.

• By organizing uprisings.

• By finding ways to quietly rebel.

What is the difference between an active form of resistance and a passive form of resistance to slavery?

• Passive resistance was done quietly without the master knowing and active was not

• Active resistance was done quietly without the master knowing and passive was not

• There is no difference