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Sugar Changed the World Part 3 Freedom

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In What war did the English defeat the French?

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Revolutionary War

c)

The Seven Year's War

2.

What "Act" added 6 cents to every gallon that did not come from England?

a)

Sugar

b)

Stamp

c)

Molasses

3.

Who was the English woman who brought a slave to France in 1714 that changed the history of slaves?

a)

Madame Villeneuve

b)

Pauline

c)

Toussaint

4.

How did the way people view slavery change in 1785?

a)

The pictures that were painted were changed so people saw the real story.

b)

Abolitionists made people see that the blood of slaves created the sugar they craved.

c)

The owners told the truth about what was happening.

5.

Who owned 24 plantations, 2000 slaves, known as Alderman Sugarcane, the Mayor of London and a member of Parliament?

a)

William Wilberforce

b)

Pierre Lemerre

c)

William Beckford

6.

What did King Louis XIV's law say about slaves that were from the French sugar islands?

a)

He made slavery legal in the islands, but if they touched French soil, they were free.

b)

It they were brought to any main land, the slaves would be free.

c)

They would never be free.

7.

Who said, "All Men are Equal"?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Pierre Lemerre

c)

King George III

8.

How did the colonists' feel after all they went through with the taxes?

a)

It would have been better if they stayed in England.

b)

It was taxation without representation

c)

It was worse than being a slave.

9.

Why was the slave, Pauline, so important?

a)

She was the slave that brought about the realization that there was a law about slaves freedom in France.

b)

She was the slave that started the revolution.

c)

She was the slave that started the abolitionists.

10.

What was the Bastille?

a)

A large table to hold meetings.

b)

A hated prison.

c)

A cage to keep prisoners.

11.

What did the National Assembly in France do?

a)

It made the Declaration of Rights and Wrongs.

b)

It made the Declaration of Independence.

c)

It made the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.

12.

The opposition believed if anything changed in the sugar island this would happen?

a)

slave revolts

b)

discipline

c)

population explosion

13.

What country started using the guillotine to execute their own lords and nobles?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

14.

Where was the center of sugar production in the late 1700's?

a)

Jamaica

b)

Brazil

c)

Egypt

15.

Where did commanders meet to plan an uprising against their owners?

a)

Liberty Hills

b)

Yellow Avenue

c)

Alligator Woods

16.

Who was the leader of the uprising?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Toussaint

17.

What was the leader's nickname?

a)

L'Ouverture

b)

Wilberforce

c)

Bonaparte

18.

What are the three principles behind the French Revolution?

a)

Love, Faith, and Brotherhood

b)

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity (Brotherhood)

c)

Peace, Love, and Music

19.

by 1793, France agreed that ___________ had freed themselves and all men were equal.

a)

Napoleon

b)

The Chinese

c)

Toussaint and his armies

20.

England sent troops to re-enslave the people from where?

a)

China

b)

Haiti

c)

Jamaica

21.

What kind of fighters were the soldiers from Haiti?

a)

disciplined and smart

b)

lazy and tired

c)

scared and fearful

22.

The English troops were devastated by what?

a)

covid and the flu

b)

malaria and yellow fever

c)

scarlet fever and the mumps

23.

What were Toussaint's two main foe's?

a)

France and fear

b)

England and France

c)

Spain and flies

24.

In 1799, who was the best general in France that put an end to the revolutionary bloodbath?

a)

William Wilberforce

b)

Toussaint

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

25.

What happened to Toussaint?

a)

He was captured and brought to France where he died in prison in 1803.

b)

He was captured and put to death.

c)

He was captured and then later freed.

26.

After Napoleon invaded, how many soldiers died in 2 years?

a)

5,000

b)

50,000

c)

50

27.

Why was Jefferson of the U.S. watching Haiti?

a)

He wanted his army to look like theirs.

b)

He wanted to take their slaves.

c)

He was afraid that the Haitian revolution would come to the U.S.

28.

When did the U.S. finally have something to do Haiti?

a)

At the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

At the Declaration of Independence

c)

At the Inauguration

29.

Who was an abolitionist that felt that "God could turn the hearts of men"?

a)

William Wilberforce

b)

William Beckford

c)

William Wallace

30.

What king signed a law that banned all English involvement in the slave trade?

a)

King George II

b)

King Henry II

c)

King George III

31.

Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to who for 15 million dollars?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

32.

Where was the worst place in the U.S. to be a slave?

a)

Texas

b)

Mississippi

c)

Louisiana

33.

Why were teen girls chosen as slaves?

a)

to have babies

b)

to cook

c)

to work in fields

34.

What type of music came from Louisiana?

a)

Jazz

b)

Opera

c)

Pop

35.

Who worked in the fields in Hawaii?

a)

American, Africans, and English

b)

French, English, Spanish and Portuguese

c)

Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Koreans, and Portuguese

36.

Why was "sugar... a killer" in Louisiana?

a)

Louisiana slaves were sick.

b)

Everywhere in the U.S. the population of slaves grew except Louisiana due to their brutal treatment.

c)

Slaves in Louisiana couldn't take the heat.

37.

What effect did the introduction of machines have?

a)

People needed to work faster than the weather and to keep pace with machines.

b)

Slaves were excited to have a machine to do their work.

c)

People loved that machines came so now they could sit back and do nothing.

38.

What effect did sugar have on the population of Hawaii?

a)

It made Hawaii the most ethnically diverse place in the world.

b)

It made Hawaii less populated.

c)

It made Hawaii crowded.

39.

What is a person or thing that holds something together?

a)

doctrine

b)

lynchpin

c)

zealous

40.

What is the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city or area?

a)

doctrine

b)

rescind

c)

infrastructure

41.

Who has the responsibility for make laws in England?

a)

Parliament

b)

The Queen

c)

Abolitionist

42.

What does difficult to understand mean?

a)

zealous

b)

obscure

c)

virtuous

43.

What does to revoke or repeal mean?

a)

rescind

b)

regimes

c)

boycotts

44.

Who is a person who wants to stop slavery?

a)

lynchpin

b)

abolitionist

c)

parliament

45.

What is any system of persons or things ranked one above another?

a)

atrocities

b)

testimonials

c)

Hierarchies

46.

What is conforming to moral and ethical principles mean?

a)

obscure

b)

virtuous

c)

zealous

47.

What is to cause a tax, fine or rule mean?

a)

imposed

b)

infrastructure

c)

obscure

48.

What is refusing to buy as a way of protesting?

a)

boycotts

b)

rescind

c)

regimes

49.

What are cruel and terrible acts?

a)

hierarchies

b)

regimes

c)

atrocities

50.

What are written or spoken statements?

a)

testimonials

b)

boycotts

c)

atrocities

51.

What is a particular principle, position, or policy taught by a religion or a government?

a)

Zealous

b)

Virtuous

c)

Doctrine

52.

What does devoted mean?

a)

zealous

b)

imposed

c)

obscure

53.

What is a system of Government?

a)

regimes

b)

atrocities

c)

boycotts