African Americans in the New Nation

What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 for African Americans?

• It had almost no effect, because huge numbers of slaves continued to live under slavery until the Civil War.

• The ordinance set a legal and geographical precedent for limiting where slavery could and could not exist.

• It demonstrated that the Articles of Confederation government had significant amounts of power in many areas.

• It banned the slave trade, but not slavery, from the territory.

Which of the following was true of early antislavery societies?

• They were dominated by free black people.

• They called for the punishment of slaveholders.

• They generally called for gradual, compensated emancipation.

• They were strictly secular organizations.

Which of the following was a result of the Three-Fifths Clause in the Constitution?

• It allowed three-fifths of free black people to vote in urban areas.

• It pushed for three-fifths of all American taxes to come from foreign sources.

• It increased the South’s political power in the House of Representatives.

• Three-fifths of the slaves in the North were freed by 1787.

The U.S. Constitution (a)   .

• prevented Congress from abolishing the slave trade until 1808

• uses the word slave more than 20 times

• had no provisions regarding runaway slaves

• weakened slavery in the Deep South

Increased (a)   cultivation in the late eighteenth century strengthened slavery in the United States.

• cotton

• wheat

• sugar

• corn

How did mutual aid societies evolve over time?

• They were patterned after Native American institutions.

• They were always blind to color difference, especially within black society.

• They were similar to insurance companies in providing death and sick benefits.

• They perpetuated racial discrimination in the insurance industry.

Who organized a slave uprising near Richmond, Virginia, in 1800?

• Gabriel

• Charles Deslondes

• Denmark Vesey

• John Brown

During the War of 1812, the British threat to (a)   prompted government officials to call on black men for aid.

• New York and Philadelphia

• Boston and Hartford

• Richmond and Charleston

• Savannah and New Orleans

Under the terms of the Missouri Compromise, (a)   entered the Union as a slave state.

• Vermont

• Texas

• Missouri

• Maine

By the early nineteenth century, (a)   were leading figures in free black communities.

• pastors
• merchants

• lawyers

• doctors