Lesson 20 Quiz

By 1850, the great majority of African Americans in the United States

• lived in cities.

• had some legal rights.

• lived in slavery.

• lived in the North.

How were the lives of enslaved African Americans similar to the lives of free African Americans?

• They both had some rights under the law.

• They both experienced racism and discrimination.

• They both owed wages to their owners.

• They both were regarded as property under the law.

Which of the following is an example of discrimination against blacks?

• African Americans could only work for wealthy planters.

• African Americans could travel freely around the country.

• African Americans were not allowed to live in the North.

• African Americans were denied the right to vote.

What was the impact of the cotton gin on slavery?

• Its failure led Southerners to plant wheat.

• It decreased the production of cotton.

• It decreased the demand for slave labor.

• It increased the profitability of cotton.

Who said "I never know what it is to rest"?

• a free African American searching for a job in the city

• an enslaved African American working in the fields

• an African American preacher giving a sermon in church

• an enslaved African American escaping from slavery

Most slaves began working at an early age and

• retired when they reached old age.

• became free when they became adults.

• continued working until they died.

• worked fewer than eight hours each day.

What was the main responsibility of an overseer?

• making sure slaves received humane treatment

• teaching slaves to read and write

• supervising slaves on large plantations

• helping slaves escape to freedom

Although slaves were poorly clothed and housed compared to most white Southerners, they were more likely to receive

• an education.

• legal rights.

• a salary.

• medical care.

How did slaves resist slavery?

• passive acts of resistance

• open defiance

• escaping to freedom

• all of the above

Harriet Tubman is known for

• guiding slaves to freedom.

• leading slave rebellions.

• founding a black church.

• making clothing for slaves.