History of Slavery in America Quiz

What was the triangular trade system?

• A trade route between Asia, Africa, and Europe

• A trade route between Africa, the Americas, and Europe

What was the Middle Passage?

• The journey of enslaved people from Europe to the Americas

• The journey of enslaved people from Africa to the Americas

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A declaration that all enslaved people in the Americas were now free

• A declaration that all enslaved people in Confederate states were now free

When did the U.S. fight a civil war over slavery?

• 1808

• 1860

• 1850s

What did the 13th amendment to the constitution do?

• Officially outlawed slavery

• Legalized slavery

What was crop(s) were grown on plantations in the southern colonies?

• Sugar

• Indigo

• Cotton

What was the civil rights movement of the fifties and sixties about?

• Fighting for the rights of white Americans

• Fighting for the rights of African-Americans