AAS Fall 2023 Semester Review

During the colonial period, what was one difference between slave labor in the North and slave labor in the South?

• More slaves in the North worked as craftsmen on plantations. 

• More slaves in the North worked in cash-crop production. 

• More slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs. 

• More slaves in the North worked in gold mines. 

An American Abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, she made 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people while working in the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War she served as a scout and spy for the Union Army.

What is the Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854?

• created the Nebraska territory that permitted slavery

• created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed them to vote on whether to permit slavery or not

• started the Civil War

• created the Kansas territory that forbade slavery

True or False:

According to the illustrated map, labor demands for the plantation system increased the slave trade.

• True

• False

This Abolitionist was a prominent leader in the American Abolitionist Movement in the decades before the Civil War.  He led the fight in Kansas in what became known as Bleeding Kansas. He also led a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia and incited a slave revolt there.  He was captured, tried, and executed in 1859.

Both enslaved people and free Blacks experienced ___________ the antebellum period (pre-the-Civil War)

• both groups were called for jury duty

• both groups were allowed to vote

• both were forced to pay taxes

• both groups were denied citizenship rights

This man led the deadliest slave revolt in American history.

What was the significance of the 3/5ths Compromise?

• created a bicameral government

• abolished the American slave trade

• settled the debate about counting enslaved people in the population for government representation

• established federalism

The 14th Amendment __________

• granted full citizenship to people born on American soil and/or naturalized

• gave citizenship to only white females

• granted full citizenship to only the handicapped

He was an African American who was a social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman.  He escaped slavery in Maryland and became a staunch supporter in the Abolitionist Movement.