WorksheetsKC2 Quiz Roots of Slavery & Challengers
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
After the 16th century, and still today, the term RACE began to be defined as
one's family tree or ancestor chart
a group of people that share physical characteristics such as skin color, eye shape, hair texture, etc.
a set of behaviors that are assigned to each gender
a group of people that share the same ethnicity and heritage, and share a language
The change in the meaning of the word race is tied to the beginnings of the
agricultural changes in America.
the thirteen colonies in America.
development of the new government under the U.S. Constitution.
the enslavement of Africans and/or Native Americans in European colonies.
Prior to European exploration and European colonization in the 1500s, the term 'race' was used mainly to refer to
one's financial history
one's predetermined beliefs about others
one's kinship, or ancestors
one's physical characteristics and features
Because some began to question the use of enslaving people the term race was used to categorize people based physical characteristics and assign behavioral characteristics to them in order to ____________________ slavery.
increase
end
organize
justify
In what year do most historians believe the first enslaved Africans came to Virginia?
1619
1776
1781
1861
All of the following are ways the U.S. recommitted to slavery when the U.S. Constitution were written EXCEPT:
the 3/5 Compromise
the Slave Trade Clause
the 13th Amendment
Which of following was the MAIN cash crop of the south that depended on slave labor?
cotton
sugar
wheat
hemp
All of the following can be used as evidence that COTTON made America wealthy EXCEPT:
by the Civil War 3/5 of America's exports were cotton.
the cotton industry was worth more than all the railroads and factories combined.
the U.S. was providing 3/4 of the world's cotton by 1860.
the 3/5th Compromise allowed Southern states to count 3/5 of enslaved persons for representation
Due to the invention of the ___________________ in 1793 the demand for slavery increased.
interchangeable parts
steam engine
cotton gin
steel plow
All of the following gave the U.S. an advantage in cotton production EXCEPT
abundance of land
inventions
slave labor
military leadership
Northern states depended on raw cotton picked by slave labor for which feature of their economy?
steam engines
railroads
textile mills
wheat
Which of the following IS NOT true about the cotton economy of the U.S. prior to the Civil War?
as the demand for cotton grew, so did the demand for slave labor in the south.
3/4ths of the world's raw cotton came from the U.S.
the United States chief export by the Civil War was cotton.
banks refused to consider slaves as assets to back mortgages or loans.
There were 3 types of resistance to slavery. Which of the following is NOT a form of resistance?
covert action
overt action
maintaining human dignity
helping oversee enslaved workers
Examples of covert, or day to day resistance to slavery include
faking illness, breaking equipment, faking incompetence, working slower.
arson, murder, running away, any type of violence.
writing books, making speeches, distributing pamphlets, printing newspapers.
arson, murder, running away, any type of violence.
Harriet Tubman was the most famous 'conductor' of what became known as ___________________, a series of secret routes and hiding places to help slaves escape.
the Fugitive Slave Route
the Underground Railroad
the Liberator
John Brown's Raid
David Walker, Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison used what method to challenge slavery?
They used the power of the pen- they were writers that challenged slavery.
They all organized armed slave rebellions.
They all used the power of the legislatures to pass laws against slavery.
The Stono Rebellion, Denmark Vesey's Plot and Nat Turner's Rebellion are all examples of
overt actions, or openly defiant acts against slavery.
covert actions, or silent day to day challenges to slavery.
examples of ways enslaved persons held on to a sense of human dignity against their oppressors.
Between 1780 to 1864 there were ______________ of documented slave rebellions.
several
hundreds
thousands
All of the following are TRUE of Nat Turner's rebellion EXCEPT:
whites retaliated by killing black persons that weren't even involved while they were searching for Nat Turner
Nat Turner and his followers killed over 50 white plantation owners, including their children.
whites retaliated by passing even more strict Slave Codes and punishments.
many owners began freeing their slaves out of fear of another uprising.
All of the following are TRUE about John Brown's raid in 1859, EXCEPT:
no slaves joined in the rebellion and he was caught and hanged.
it increased fears in the South that there may be others like John Brown with similar plans.
he believed that he was called upon by God to rid the country of the sin of slavery, through bloodshed.
BOTH northerners and southerners agreed he was a bad person that was dividing the country.
Establishing religion and churches, starting families, passing on customs, learning to read and write, are all BEST described as examples of which of the following forms of resistance to slavery?
covert, secret day to day sabotage
overt, open defiance against slavery
maintaining human dignity, rejecting the idea of being just property.
An abolitionist is someone that wants to abolish
slavery.
government.
the plantation system.
All of the following are examples of Slave Codes EXCEPT:
slaves had to have passes to leave the plantation.
slaves were not allowed to own firearms.
slave owners could strike, beat or kill slaves without punishment, but not the other way around.
slaves were allowed to learn to read and write.
Which could be used as EVIDENCE that slavery was economically motivated?
cotton was major part of colonial economy.
after the cotton gin the demand for cotton and slaves increased
3/5 of the nation's exports were cotton
on the eve of the Civil War, the U.S. was providing 3/4 of the world's raw cotton.
all of the above
What could be used as EVIDENCE that slavery was racially motivated?
the term race wasn't used to categorize people by physical appearance until global capitalism, or Europeans making money off of colonies.
the world market for cotton determined the price of slaves
slavery was slowly abolished in many northern states after the way and later in the northwest territories.
Which of the following would NOT be considered a person or group that challenged slavery?
runaway slaves
abolitionist writers/authors
an enslaved person that learned to read, write, follow religion or start a family.
rebellion leaders such as Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner
Congressmen that placed a gag order on discussing bills pertaining to slavery
Which of the following SENTENCE STEMS/STARTERS could you use to begin an argument after evidence?
As a result,....
Therefore,....
This proves/demonstrates,....
Because of this....
All of the above
