Slavery Develops in the US

Most historians date slavery in America to which year when 20 enslaved Africans were brought to the English colony in Jamestown, Virginia?

• 1440

• 1600

• 1619

• 1746

What was the name given to the exchange of humans as part of a three-part system that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

• Indian Removal Act

• African Diaspora

• Atlantic Slave Trade

• Triangular Trade

During the Atlantic Slave Trade, what leg of the journey was known as the “Middle Passage”?

• The part of the journey where slaves traveled from Africa to the Americas.

• The part of the journey where manufactured goods were taken from Europe to Africa.

• The part of the journey where slaves traveled from Africa to Europe.

• The part of the journey where crops were taken from the Americas to Europe.

The removal of native Africans from their homeland to the Americas is known as ____________.

• Indian Removal Act

• African Diaspora

• Atlantic Slave Trade

• Triangular Trade

Dahomie and Ashanti became powerful kingdoms due to their involvement in the slave trade. In which part of the African continent were these two kingdoms located?

• West Africa

• East Africa

• North Africa

• South Africa

TRUE? or FALSE?: "Slavery was unique to the English colonies and the early United States."

• TRUE; slavery was a uniquely English practice and transitioned to the states after the revolution.

• FALSE; slavery, even “chattel slavery”, had been practiced by empires throughout history.

According to the “slave importation clause”, in what YEAR was the international slave trade BANNED in all the states in the United States?

• 1776

• 1808

• 1865

• 1900

Which of these did defenders of slavery use as examples to support their pro-slavery sentiments in the early-19th century? Please circle ALL correct answers.

• economics

• religion

• abolitionism

• world history

How did slave owners justify the institution of slavery, despite the harsh treatment of their slaves?

• Slaveowners justified slavery by claiming that their slaves could not be left to care for themselves.

• Slaveowners explained that slaves were only treated harshly for infractions, such as theft.

• Slaveowners claimed that they were “civilizing” their slaves through the spread of religion.

• Slaveowners did not feel that they needed to justify slavery. It was a necessity to agrarian South.

Approximately what PERCENTAGE of citizens in the southern United States owned slaves during the Antebellum Era?

• 5% of southern citizens owned enslaved people

• 10% of southern citizens owned enslaved people

• 25% of southern citizens owned enslaved people

• 50% of southern citizens owned enslaved people