Week 20: Free African Americans in the North and South

Which of the following is true?

• There were more free African Americans in the North than in the South.

• There were no free African Americans in the South but there were many in the North.

• There were more free African Americans in the South than in the North.

• There were the same amount of free African Americans in the North and South.

If a free African American wanted to go see a concert before the Civil War, which of the following is most likely to occur?

• They would have to pay double the price of admission.

• They would be treated the same as whites.

• They would be taken and put into slavery.

• They would not be allowed into the concert hall.

There were over __________ free Africans Americans in the South.

• 300,000

• 500,000

• 200,000

• 400,000

What situation made it difficult for poor Southern whites to find work?

• poor Southern whites didn't like to travel

• enslaved people did all the work

• white Northerners took all the jobs

• poor Southern whites didn't want to work

Which pastime would most likely be engaged in by a rich plantation owner?

• digging ditches

• mining

• leaving their families to find work

• hunting for fun

Which of the following people groups would have had a valid reason to resent enslaved laborers?

• poor Southern whites

• rich Southern whites

• shipbuilders

• members of the upper class in the South

Why did abolitionists dislike the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?

• They worried that the slave catchers would kidnap free African Americans in the North.

• It didn't provide free African Americans a right to a trial by law.

• They felt the fine for hiding an escaped slave was too high.

• It did not protect the free African Americans in the North or South.

What can we infer from the fact that some of the North did not enforce the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• It showed that the North and South believed in protecting one another's property.

• It showed that the South had more power than the North.

• It showed that the North was making all the laws for the entire country.

• It showed how deep the division was between the North and the South.

Which law allowed for slave owners and their "agents" to search for escaped slaves, even in free territory?

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1893

• Tom's Act of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

• Northern Slave Act of 1793

Why did Northup have to hide the fact that he could read or write?

• Southerners did not like enslaved people who could read or write.

• Southerners would make him write all day every day.

• Southerners would have given him the worst job on the farm.

• Southerners would have turned him into a teacher.