WorksheetsAtlantic Slave Trade
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In what year the Britain abolish the slavery throughout its empire?
1803
1833
1865
1886
Who led the abolitionist movement in the British Parliament?
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Newton
William Wilberforce
Why was it harder for slavery to be abolished in the US than in Britain?
The US was gaining more wealth from their slaves
Britain had a stronger abolitionist movement
Slaves in the US lived among the general population giving it a permanent racial focus
The US government was seeking for ways to make slavery permanent
Which two nations helped begin the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Britain
Spain
United States
Portugal
Holland
Which ex-slaver converted to Christianity and went on to serve in the abolitionist movement and write the hymn "Amazing Grace"?
John Newton
Charles Wesley
Harriet Beech Stowe
William Wilberforce
Which religious group fought against slavery almost from its inception?
Quakers
Anglicans
Puritans
Muslims
Lutherans
What tactics did abolitionists use to fight against slavery?
published anti-slavery pamphlets and the personal memoirs of ex-slaves
supported claims of African inferiority
restricted the capturing and trading of new slaves
purchased land in West Africa to settle free slaves
refused to led the British navy capture slave ships
Which nation is the first to outlaw slavery?
Britain
France
United States
Brazil
Holland
What allowed the US to abolish slavery?
Declaration of Independence
US Constitution
publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Civil War
In what year did the US abolish slavery?
1803
1776
1833
1865
1888
What allowed slavery to survive in the US when many Americans thought it would die out?
racism
cotton gin
plantation system
tobacco farming
What slave-related legislation did the US pass in 1808?
slavery in the US
the Atlantic slave trade
expansion of slavery into the new territories
3/5's compromise
Which helped bring the injustice of slavery into the American public consciousness?
Civil War
Emancipation Proclomation
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishing Uncle Tom's Cabin
William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper The Liberator
invention of the cotton gin
Where was slavery concentrated in the US?
north
south
east coast
midwest
west coast
Why didn't the US ban slavery from its beginning?
they didn't believe it was wrong
slaves were not believed to be fully human
it would've prevented the unification of the north and south into a single country
slavery was the country's most profitable industry
