WorksheetsSocial Classes Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Owned 20 or more slaves
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
2.
Sold and split up from their families
a)
Free African Americans
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Lower Class
3.
Tradesmen, merchants, shopkeepers, doctors, lawyers
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
4.
White people who were unskilled and uneducated
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
5.
Worked side by side with few slaves they did own
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
6.
Had to pay a special tax and carry freedom papers
a)
Free African Americans
b)
Enslaved African Americans
7.
Thought to be property of their white masters
a)
Free African Americans
b)
Enslaved African Americans
8.
Did not work for wealthy people because wealthy people hired slaves instead
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
9.
Plantation owners who sold cash crops
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
10.
It was illegal for them to learn to read or write
a)
Enslaved African Americans
b)
Free African Americans
11.
Most lived in Charleston and worked to earn money to buy freedom for their wives and children
a)
Enslaved African Americans
b)
Free African Americans
12.
Farmed on someone else's land and grew just enough crops to live
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
13.
Educated by private tutors or in private schools
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
14.
Many chose a job like their fathers
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
15.
Had been given freedom by their masters
a)
Free African Americans
b)
Enslaved African Americans
16.
Hoped to become members of the elite as they bought more slaves and grew more cash crops on their land
a)
Middle Class
b)
Lower Class
c)
Independent Farmers
17.
Most lived in cities and towns and only had some political and social influence
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
18.
Most of the farming in the state, especially the Upcountry was done by these people
a)
Elite
b)
Middle Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Independent Farmers
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