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WorksheetsSlavery in the Americas
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 33mins
Of the 10 to 16 Million Africans who survived the voyage to the New World one-third landed in ____________.
U.S.
Caribbean Islands
Brazil
India
60 to 70% of the 10-16 million enslaved Africa worked on
Sugar plantations in the Caribbean.
Sugar Plantations in the U.S.
Sugar Plantations in Brazil and the Caribbean
Sugar plantations in Brazil
By 1860 two thirds of all New World Slaves were living in
Cuba
Brazil and the Caribbean
Haiti
The American South
Death rates among slave were highest in ______________because slaves were expected to find their own food during their free time.
Amierican South
West Indies
Brazil
Brazil and the Caribbean.
In the _______________slaves reproduced naturally at higher rates because they had more female slaves and higher birthrates
American South
Brazil
West Indies
Caribbean Islands
Compared to the ________ and the French the Spanish and the ____________were much more tolerant of racial mixing.
Germans & Italians
Spanish & French
Portuguese & British
British & Portuguese
In __________ and __________America, an intricate system of racial classification emerged.
Spanish & Portuguese
French & Portuguese
British and Spanish
American South
The ___________________ adopted a two-category system of race in which any person with a black mother was automatically considered black.
Spanish
Portuguese
British
American South
in the _________, where planters relied heavily on paid managers and on a distinct class of free blacks and mulattos to serve as intermediaries with the slave population.
American South
Brazil
West Indies
South America
The first Africans taken to the Americas came directly from:
Africa
Spain & Portugal
Spain
Portugal
Sugar plantations first developed in
American South
West Indies
Cuba
Brazil
Other valuable crops that were produced in addition to Sugar Cane according to the texts we used in class were; (Select all that are correct)
Indigo
Coconuts
Rice
Rice
None are correct
Why did European planters stop using free and indentured labor on plantations and started using just slave labor?
Slave labor was the most expensive
Slave labor was the hardest to get
Slaves were more likely to run away
All are correct
None are correct
One of the reasons why demand for sugar caused an increase for slaves was because what had formerly been seen as a luxury only for the rich was now viewed as a necessity you could not live without.
True
False
Only about 6% of all Africans shipped to the Americas were sent to:
North America
Brazil
West Indies
None are correct
Where sugar dominated enslaved Africans tended to increase only from the importation of Africans. This meant that they were
They had more men than women
Being worked to death
Enduring high levels of sickness
All are correct
None are correct
In the slavery system, young children, the old, and the handicapped were not expected to work because there was no work for them to do.
True
False
Enslaved Africans were only used for unskilled labor like field laborers.
True
False
As the slave colonies developed into complex social and economic communities, slavery spilled out into most walks of life.
True
False
All of the following products were mentioned as being harvested by slaves by name ...except...
Tea
Rice
Tobacco
Coffee
Bananas
Which of these is an alternate name for Bacon's Rebellion?
Bacon's Revolution of 1676
Bacons Revolution
Virginia Rebellion of
1676
None are correct
All of these were causes of Bacon's Rebellion...except...
Economic problems, such as declining tobacco prices,
growing commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas,
Bacon asked the governor for help to fight the Indians but the governor refused.
Former indentured servants both Black and White felt like they were not being treated well
Rich landowners started a fight because the western parts of the colonies had the best land
Bacon's Rebellion Ended When
Bacon overthrew the Governor
Bacon Died
Bacon surrendered
None are correct
What begin to happen at the end of Bacon's Rebellion
Laws were created that drew a clean line between black and white
Farmers and planters stopped using white indentured servants
Farmers and planters started relying more on African Slaves
Laws were created to make sure poor whites looked down on blacks and they did not see them as equal.
All are true
Identify the parts of the Declaration of Independence that are compatible with owning other people as slaves:
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these (rights) are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
all men are created equal
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights
governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
None are compatible
All are compatible
Where was Harriet Tubman from?
Dorchester, Kentucky
Dorchester County, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
None are correct.
Approximately, how far did Harriet Tubman have to go in order to get to freedom?
50 Miles
100 Miles
150 Miles
200 Miles
Arguably, the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was:
Frederick Douglas
John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison
George Washington Carver
None are correct
It was particularly dangerous and remarkable that Harriet Tubman was able to lead groups of people to freedom because she
Was blind in one eye and she could not read
She was deaf and could not hear
She was subject to having fainting spells
She was lame.
Harriet Tubman believed that _______spoke to her through __________that guided her on her journeys leading slaves.
Angels & Dreams
God & Voices in her head
Angels & Visions
God & Visions
All are correct
The name that Harriet Tubman was born with was: (Use the BEST answer)
Araminta Ross
Minty Tubman
Harriet Ross
Harriet Rossman
None are correct
This act that passed in 1850 allowed slave owners to go to free states and get slaves who had run away states.
The Runaway Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Law
None are correct
After the fugitive slave act passed, slaves had to go to:
Canada, which was made it easier because it was closer
Canada, which made it harder because it was farther away
Mexico, which was bad because it was farther away
None are correct
An African- American spiritual was a religious song that was only used to praise and worship God.
True
False
All of the following were true about African-American spirituals. (Select all that are true)
To tell how to get north.
To communicate banned messages without their owners understanding
To express their misery about their pight openly
To tell how to find food and water
To express their worship and adoration for God
Phyllis Wheatley was: (select ALL that are true)
a Writer
African-American
a Brilliant scholar who spoke Latin and Greek
a Poet
so inspirational she once met George Washington
What does pagan mean?
You believe in many gods or a non-Christian God.
You believe in God
None are true
All are true
Benighted means she was anointed by a King or ruler and she is favored.
True
False
In this poem what is Phillis really trying to say? (select ALL that are true)
She is completely happy about how she was taken from her Godless country and brought to a new world so she could learn about God and be able to read and write.
She is happy she has learned to read and learn about the Christian God, but she is not happy with the circumstances behind it.
Although people think Black people are cursed, they are actually noble and as worthy of savation by God.
None are correct
In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "home"
Heaven
Freedom in a non-slave state
Cabin
None are correct
In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "angels"
slave catchers
heavenly beings to carry them to heaven
People who came to rescue slaves
None
In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "Swing low"
Praying for a conductor on the Underground Railroad to come deep down south to their plantation
That the "cart of heaven" would take them home to Jesus
When swinging a club at a slave that the overseer would "swing low" and miss
All are correct
In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "jess tell my friends I'm coming too"
Tell my friends I am coming to church
To let other slaves know to gather for a slave rebellion
Tell free friends and family they will be in freedom some day as well
All are correct
In the African-American spiritual Daniel what is the meaning of the line, "the children that Moses led"
Israelites that Moses led out of Slavery
Hebrews that were in captivity in Babylon with Daniel
American enslaved people
all are correct
Wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that plead for whites to assume their Christian duty and end slavery forever.
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This abolitionist believed literacy was the pathway from slavery to Freedom
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This abolitionist, the child of one of the wealthiest slave-owning families in Charleston, South Carolina, was deeply religious; believed slavery was a sin, and that God would punish those who owned and enslaved other human beings.
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This abolitionists profound sense of Christian morality led them to become an advocate for the abolitionist cause, and in 1831, with the support of the black abolitionist community, founded the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator.
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This abolitionist was raised by devout Calvinists who believed in treating people of all races fairly. As a child, they witnessed the cruel mistreatment of an enslaved boy. From that time onward, they believed fervently that slavery was evil.
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Shared their father's opposition to slavery in principle, but agreed with him that abolitionist activists were "unfashionable" and "reckless." In 1833, their opinions began to change when they travelled to Kentucky and saw slavery up close for the first time.
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In 1845, they published their autobiography won them national fame -- and brought them to the attention of former owners. To avoid recapture, They fled to the United Kingdom, where they spent two years lecturing. As their book became a bestseller, they were treated by British hosts not just as an equal, but as a celebrity.
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In 1859, he and a small army raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He was captured and hanged in the aftermath, becoming a martyr for the abolitionist cause.
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
in the early 1800s around 20,000 enslaved Africans were landing on this Island each year.
Cuba
Haiti
Babados
Jamaica
What event ended indentured servitude in North America and led to the increased importation of, and reliance upon, enslaved Africans to do both manual and skilled labor
Shay's Rebellion
Bacons Rebellion
The Fugitive Slave act
None are correct
Enslaved Africans were used to cultivate this addictive product that was made from tobacco.
Stuff
Cigars
Cigarettes
Snuff
This crop, though also used for food, was also harvested by enslaved Africans and it was used to make starch
tobacco
corn
rice
indigo
None are correct
By the time the British abolished their slave trade in 1807, almost 2 million Africans had been transported to:
The West Indies
Brazil
The United States
All are correct
The greatest concentrations of Africans and their children were to be found at the heart of local economic life:
The factories, as unskilled workers
The homes as domestic workers
The barns and pastures working as cowboys.
The fields, as manual labors
All told, almost 750,000 Africans had were shipped to this island.
Jamaica
West Indies
Barbados
Cuba
The Sugar industry boomed in this location thanks to a decline in British and French sugar production.
Jamaica
West Indies
Brazil
Cuba
