African American History Vocab Unit 2

What was the purpose of the Three-Fifths Clause?

• It was a law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.

• It was a compromise where three-fifths of the slave population was counted for representation purposes.

• It was an amendment that abolished slavery.

• It was a term used to describe the period before the Civil War.

What did the Fugitive Slave Act entail?

• It was a law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.

• It was a compromise where three-fifths of the slave population was counted for representation purposes.

• It was an amendment that abolished slavery.

• It was a term used to describe the period before the Civil War.

What did the term "Antebellum" refer to?

• It was a law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.

• It was a compromise where three-fifths of the slave population was counted for representation purposes.

• It was an amendment that abolished slavery.

• It was a term used to describe the period before the Civil War.

What was the 13th amendment about?

• It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

• It was a law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.

• It was an amendment that abolished slavery.

• It was a term used to describe the period before the Civil War.

What was the 14th amendment designed to do?

• It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

• It was a law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.

• It was an amendment that abolished slavery.

• It was a term used to describe the period before the Civil War.

Word that means to get rid of (in this case, slavery)

• chattel

• abolition

• emancipate

• maroon

Traditional act performed at some Black weddings; meant to "sweep away" all the troubles is known as "Jumping the broom"

• True

• False

Many Southerners referred to slavery as this:

• Chattel

• craziness

• peculiar institution

• maroons

One way slaves resisted was to flee to the safety of remote areas, where they developed a unique culture to this day

• False

• True

Slave codes were laws that protected slaves in the buying/selling by plantation owners

• True

• False