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A Young People's History of the US Week 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two reasons does Zinn say made American slavery the most cruel slavery in history?

a)

Driven by a frenzy for limitless profit and based on racial hatred

b)

Because people were taken far from home and had to work very hard

c)

Because people were taken far from home and forced to work on farms

d)

Because people had to work very hard and were not allowed to visit their families

2.

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

The road that connected the colonies

b)

The trip across the ocean from Africa to America that enslaved people were forced to make

c)

The center rows in the tobacco fields

d)

The center part of the Declaration of Independence

3.

Who was on the same side in Bacon's Rebellion?

a)

Indentured Servants and American Indians

b)

Enslaved People and American Indians

c)

The Governor and Enslaved People

d)

Indentured Servants and Enslaved People

4.

Who had the most power in the colonies?

a)

Enslaved People

b)

White men with money

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Women

5.

The French and Indian War was also called what?

a)

The Seven Years' War

b)

The Revolutionary War

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Pequot War

6.

Hate and discrimination based on race is __________.

a)

Racism

b)

Heritage

c)

Rebellion

d)

Dignity

7.

Something that is passed down from generations that came before is ________________.

a)

Racism

b)

Heritage

c)

Rebellion

d)

Dignity

8.

A disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C is ___________.

a)

Scurvy

b)

Discriminate

c)

Vulgar

d)

Indenture

9.

To treat someone differently because of their class, race, sex or other category without considering them as an individual is to _____________.

a)

Scurvy

b)

Discriminate

c)

Vulgar

d)

Indenture

10.

To heavily weigh someone down in mind or body, unjustly, is _____________.

a)

Tumult

b)

Patriotism

c)

Tyranny

d)

Oppression