Quiz on African American History

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

Segregation is

• unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic

• the social separation of groups of people, especially by race

• the feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force

• the belief that one race is superior to another

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 believed wanted to enslave people someday.

• They knew the Southern economy depended on enslaved workers.

• They accepted that the Constitution allowed slavery in the South.

Oppression is

• unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic

• easily seen or understood

• the feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force

• the belief that one race is superior to another

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 their 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 bought 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.