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importance of negro spirituals

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Negro spirituals were used to_______ and_________

a)

Show emotion

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

express freedom

d)

let the slave owner know that they were leaving

2.

What song did Harriet Tubman use to let slaves know that she was there

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Go Down Moses

c)

Swing low sweet chariot

d)

Steal away to Jesus

3.

What is a Negro Spiritual?

a)

A random song about food.

b)

A type of ritual performed at a funeral

c)

A song slaves sang

d)

Harriet Tubman

4.

According to the video slave owners forced their slaves to

a)

attend church

b)

stop singing

c)

keep singing

d)

Harriet Tubman

5.

In Negro spiritual songs a body of water meant

a)

heaven

b)

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c)

running away

d)

crossing water

6.

Most Negro Spirituals had

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

raps

c)

hidden messages

d)

instruments

e)

people to dance along

7.

How do Negro Spirituals have to do with Hip Hop,Jazz and blues music?

a)

They have nothing to do with each other

b)

They all express emotion in someway.

c)

They raise the morale of slaves

d)

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8.

How did Negro Spirituals originate?( multiple answers)

a)

They were made to express feelings.

b)

Straight up from the mother land

c)

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d)

based on what slaves learned in church.

9.

Slaves had to use________ instead of drums

a)

their hands

b)

a basket

c)

mayonnaise

d)

Harriet Tubman