African American History Vocab Unit 2

What was the purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• It abolished slavery.

• It counted three-fifths of the slave population for representation purposes.

What is the Fugitive Slave Act?

• It described the period before the Civil War.

• It was a law that required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

What did the term "Antebellum" refer to?

• An amendment that abolished slavery.

• The period before the Civil War.

What is the Thirteenth Amendment?

• Abolished slavery.

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

What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?

• Required the return of runaway slaves to their owners.

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

A word that means getting rid of slavery

• Maron

• Abolition of slavery

"Jumping the broom" is a traditional act in some wedding ceremonies for Black people to "sweep" away troubles.

• True

• False

Many Southerners referred to slavery as:

• Madness

• The peculiar institution

Slaves sometimes fled to remote areas and created their own culture.

• False

• True

Slave laws were the laws that protected slaves in buying and selling.

• True

• False