Slavery in America

Which territory WAS NOT open to popular sovereignty?

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• New Mexico

• Oregon

• Utah

Which of the following WAS NOT a goal of the African Colonization Society?

• To eventually end slavery

• To send freed slaves to Africa

• To permanently separate whites and African-Americans

• To set up multi-cultural communities

What river was unofficially a part of the Mason-Dixon Line?

• Delaware

• Ohio

• Mississippi

• Missouri

The voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to the West Indies and American continents.

• triangular trade

• slave trade

• Middle Passage

• slave auction

The exchange of slaves and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Middle Passage

• slave trade

• slave auction

• triangular trade

A type of religious song that developed among enslaved Africans and that expressed deep emotions.

• spiritual

• melody

• anthem

• tune

enslaver

• someone who sleeps all day

• someone who captures or holds another person for purposes of slavery, such as a plantation owner

• someone who lets people free

• a place where enslaved people lived

overseer

• person who watched enslaved children while their parents worked

• person who saw enslaved people leave plantations

• a person who was in charge of the work of enslaved people and who could punish them for disobeying him

• a person who paid enslaved people for their work

triangular trade

• A trade route connecting Asia and Europe

• A type of trade involving only two countries

• the exchange of people who were enslaved and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean

• A trade system focused on exchanging luxury goods

Middle Passage

• The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade.

• The Middle Passage was a voluntary journey undertaken by Africans seeking better opportunities.

• The Middle Passage was a term used for the final leg of the triangular trade route.

• The Middle Passage was a peaceful voyage for Africans to explore the New World.