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 people who were enslaved in the United States?

• property

• immigrate

• citizen

• free

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

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

• They feared the power of the enslavers.

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

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

How did the cotton gin affect people who were enslaved?

• It made their lives easier

• It increased the demand for people who were enslaved

• It decreased the need for labor from enslaved people

• It was the first step toward abolishing slavery.

Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?

• Edward Covey

• Sojourner Truth

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

Which of these defines "racism"?

• The belief that one race is superior to another

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

• The felling on being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force

• The social separation of groups of people, especially by race.

What was the name of the enslaved man that tried suing his owner?

• Nat Turner

• Denmark Vessey

• Dred Scott

• Marcus Garvey

What year did Congress make it illegal to bring more people from Africa to be enslaved?

• 1800

• 1818

• 1808

• 1888

Describe a "necessary evil"

Which state passed a law making it illegal to teach enslaved people to read and write?

• Georgia

• Alabama

• California

• Virginia