African Americans in the Mid-1800s

Which was true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?

• They faced discrimination and racism

• They lived side by side with white Americans

• They had the same rights as everyone else

• They preferred living only with African Americans

What was the legal status of enslaved people in the United States?

• citizen

• property

• dependents

• immigrants

What was the purpose of the National Council of Colored People?

• to provide jobs for freed African Americans

• to encourage immigration from African nations

• to protest the treatment of African Americans

• to teach African Americans how to blend into white society

What was an effect of segregation policies in the North?

• People shared their culture with others

• People were separated by race in public places

• People frequently interacted with people of different races

• People were not allowed to practice their religion

Why did white Southerners who were not enslavers support slavery?

• They feared the power of the enslavers

• They wanted to enslave people someday

• They knew the Southern economy depended on enslaved workers

• They accepted that the Constitution allowed slavery in the South

Where did free African Americans in the South most often find work?

• on plantations

• in low-paying jobs

• in government jobs

• on land they owned

How did the cotton gin affect enslaved people?

• it made lives easier

• it increased the demand for enslaved people

• It decreased the need for the labor of enslaved people

• It was the first step toward abolishing slavery

What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?

• She led others to take a stand against enslavers

• She brought enslaved people and then gave them their freedom

• She guided enslaved people from the South to freedom

• She opened a school for those who traveled to Canada

Who was Denmark Vesey?

• a fugitive from slavery who escaped to Canada

• a Northern African American abolitionist

• a conductor for the Underground Railroad

• a free African American who led a revolt

Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?

• a series of tunnels used to move fugitives from slave to free states

• people who secretly helped fugitives from slavery escape to the North

• a transportation system that moved fugitives from slavery to freedom at night

• people who caught fugitives from slavery and returned them to enslavers