WorksheetsChapter 16 Group: Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
As a result of the cotton gin:
fewer slaves were needed on the plantation
short-staple cotton lost popularity
slavery was reinvigorated
Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery
The African slave trade was legalized
Most southern slaveowners held...
fewer than 10 slaves
no slaves
20+ slaves
100+ slaves
Which of the following was not a result of the southern economy?
spoiled land
over speculation
monopolies
union of the south and north
The only group of white southerners who hated both slaveowners and blacks were...
mulattoes
Appalachian mountain whites
lowly farmers
immigrants
Which of the following was NOT an example of how free blacks were discriminated?
They were barred from education
They were restricted the right to vote in some states
They could not testify against whites in southern courts
By law, they were not allowed to own property
What was the largest contributing factor to the increasing slave population?
Cotton Production
Illegal slave importation
Natural Reproduction
Freed blacks being enslaved
What other culture/belief was the African slave culture greatly influenced by?
Christianity
Calvinism
Transcendentalism
Puritan Ideals
Which of the following statements is TRUE about slave rebellions/nature?
Slaves were peaceful and never showed any rebellious nature
Slaves took part in rebellions, but none were majorly successful
Shay's Rebellion was one of the most popular slave rebellions in the mid 1800s
Slaves were content with their life and saw no reason to oppose their masters
Why were freed blacks refusing to be sent to Liberia?
Because Africa was dangerous and full of disease at the time
They did not want to be sent to a strange land and leave America and their African American heritage and culture
They were unable to provide enough money to pay for the long journey across the Atlantic
They were afraid of being sold back into slavery in Liberia
Who is responsible for the creation of the Anti-Slavery Society?
William Lloyd Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Proslavery whites used which of the following to justify and defend the practice of slavery? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
Savior Mentality
The Bible
Philosophical Teachings
Propaganda
What was the biggest reason the North did not want the Union to dissolve?
Patriotism
Abolitionism
Manifest Destiny
Money
