Week 12: Slavery in America Quiz

1. When did Congress pass the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves?

• 1802
• 1808
• 1812
• 1863

2. How was the Gullah Geechee culture created?

• Several African tribal cultures were blended.
• It is a form of Christianity practiced by Europeans.
• American Indian Tribes taught them new customs.
• Ancient writings were adopted by enslaved people.

3. Read the passage: "We children had no supper, and only a little piece of bread or something of the kind in the morning." - Annie L. Burton, Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days, 1909. What is the most likely reason children did not receive much food?

• Children were fed lunch at school.
• No one remembered to feed them.
• That was all the children could steal.
• They did not have to work as hard as the adults.

What was the title of Solomon Northup's book?

• Free at Last
• My Enslaved Life
• Twenty Years a Slave
• Twelve Years a Slave

5. What did Douglass say would happen to slavery?

• "Emancipation is yet to come."
• "The fate of slavery is uncertain."
• "The doom of slavery is certain."
• "The men will rise from the ashes."

6. Read the passage: "When there no partitions each family would fit up its own part as it could; ...when they could not get boards they hung up old clothes ... The two families had to use one fireplace." - Jacob Stroyer, My Life in the South, 1898. What can be inferred from this passage?

• Home were built for each family.
• Families had to share meals together.
• Enslaved families enjoyed some privacy.
• Homes had separate rooms for each family.

7. The children of enslaved people were freed at age 25.

• True
• False

8. What was Sojourner Truth's name when she was enslaved?

• Isabella Truth
• Sojourner Truth
• Isabella Baumfree
• Sojourner Baumfree

9. What did the lady of the house teach Douglass?

• basic math
• the alphabet
• cook dinner
• clean fireplaces

10. What was the trip from Africa to America called?

• The Trail of Tears
• The Triangle Trade
• The Freedom Route
• The Middle Passage