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Slavery in the Americas

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Of the 10 to 16 Million Africans who survived the voyage to the New World one-third landed in ____________.

a)

U.S.

b)

Caribbean Islands

c)

Brazil

d)

India

2.

60 to 70% of the 10-16 million enslaved Africa worked on

a)

Sugar plantations in the Caribbean.

b)

Sugar Plantations in the U.S.

c)

Sugar Plantations in Brazil and the Caribbean

d)

Sugar plantations in Brazil

3.

By 1860 two thirds of all New World Slaves were living in

a)

Cuba

b)

Brazil and the Caribbean

c)

Haiti

d)

The American South

4.

Death rates among slave were highest in ______________because slaves were expected to find their own food during their free time.

a)

Amierican South

b)

West Indies

c)

Brazil

d)

Brazil and the Caribbean.

5.

In the _______________slaves reproduced naturally at higher rates because they had more female slaves and higher birthrates

a)

American South

b)

Brazil

c)

West Indies

d)

Caribbean Islands

6.

Compared to the ________ and the French the Spanish and the ____________were much more tolerant of racial mixing.

a)

Germans & Italians

b)

Spanish & French

c)

Portuguese & British

d)

British & Portuguese

7.

In __________ and __________America, an intricate system of racial classification emerged.

a)

Spanish & Portuguese

b)

French & Portuguese

c)

British and Spanish

d)

American South

8.

The ___________________ adopted a two-category system of race in which any person with a black mother was automatically considered black.

a)

Spanish

b)

Portuguese

c)

British

d)

American South

9.

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.

a)

American South

b)

Brazil

c)

West Indies

d)

South America

10.

The first Africans taken to the Americas came directly from:

a)

Africa

b)

Spain & Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

11.

Sugar plantations first developed in

a)

American South

b)

West Indies

c)

Cuba

d)

Brazil

12.

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)

a)

Indigo

b)

Coconuts

c)

Rice

d)

Rice

e)

None are correct

13.

Why did European planters stop using free and indentured labor on plantations and started using just slave labor?

a)

Slave labor was the most expensive

b)

Slave labor was the hardest to get

c)

Slaves were more likely to run away

d)

All are correct

e)

None are correct

14.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Only about 6% of all Africans shipped to the Americas were sent to:

a)

North America

b)

Brazil

c)

West Indies

d)

None are correct

16.

Where sugar dominated enslaved Africans tended to increase only from the importation of Africans. This meant that they were

a)

They had more men than women

b)

Being worked to death

c)

Enduring high levels of sickness

d)

All are correct

e)

None are correct

17.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Enslaved Africans were only used for unskilled labor like field laborers.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

As the slave colonies developed into complex social and economic communities, slavery spilled out into most walks of life.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

All of the following products were mentioned as being harvested by slaves by name ...except...

a)

Tea

b)

Rice

c)

Tobacco

d)

Coffee

e)

Bananas

21.

Which of these is an alternate name for Bacon's Rebellion?

a)

Bacon's Revolution of 1676

b)

Bacons Revolution

c)

Virginia Rebellion of

1676

d)

None are correct

22.

All of these were causes of Bacon's Rebellion...except...

a)

Economic problems, such as declining tobacco prices,

b)

growing commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas,

c)

Bacon asked the governor for help to fight the Indians but the governor refused.

d)

Former indentured servants both Black and White felt like they were not being treated well

e)

Rich landowners started a fight because the western parts of the colonies had the best land

23.

Bacon's Rebellion Ended When

a)

Bacon overthrew the Governor

b)

Bacon Died

c)

Bacon surrendered

d)

None are correct

24.

What begin to happen at the end of Bacon's Rebellion

a)

Laws were created that drew a clean line between black and white

b)

Farmers and planters stopped using white indentured servants

c)

Farmers and planters started relying more on African Slaves

d)

Laws were created to make sure poor whites looked down on blacks and they did not see them as equal.

e)

All are true

25.

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.

a)

all men are created equal

b)

that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights

c)

governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

d)

None are compatible

e)

All are compatible

26.

Where was Harriet Tubman from?

a)

Dorchester, Kentucky

b)

Dorchester County, Maryland

c)

Baltimore, Maryland

d)

None are correct.

27.

Approximately, how far did Harriet Tubman have to go in order to get to freedom?

a)

50 Miles

b)

100 Miles

c)

150 Miles

d)

200 Miles

28.

Arguably, the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was:

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

John Brown

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

George Washington Carver

e)

None are correct

29.

It was particularly dangerous and remarkable that Harriet Tubman was able to lead groups of people to freedom because she

a)

Was blind in one eye and she could not read

b)

She was deaf and could not hear

c)

She was subject to having fainting spells

d)

She was lame.

30.

Harriet Tubman believed that _______spoke to her through __________that guided her on her journeys leading slaves.

a)

Angels & Dreams

b)

God & Voices in her head

c)

Angels & Visions

d)

God & Visions

e)

All are correct

31.

The name that Harriet Tubman was born with was: (Use the BEST answer)

a)

Araminta Ross

b)

Minty Tubman

c)

Harriet Ross

d)

Harriet Rossman

e)

None are correct

32.

This act that passed in 1850 allowed slave owners to go to free states and get slaves who had run away states.

a)

The Runaway Slave Law

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act

c)

The Fugitive Slave Law

d)

None are correct

33.

After the fugitive slave act passed, slaves had to go to:

a)

Canada, which was made it easier because it was closer

b)

Canada, which made it harder because it was farther away

c)

Mexico, which was bad because it was farther away

d)

None are correct

34.

An African- American spiritual was a religious song that was only used to praise and worship God.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

All of the following were true about African-American spirituals. (Select all that are true)

a)

To tell how to get north.

b)

To communicate banned messages without their owners understanding

c)

To express their misery about their pight openly

d)

To tell how to find food and water

e)

To express their worship and adoration for God

36.

Phyllis Wheatley was: (select ALL that are true)

a)

a Writer

b)

African-American

c)

a Brilliant scholar who spoke Latin and Greek

d)

a Poet

e)

so inspirational she once met George Washington

37.

What does pagan mean?

a)

You believe in many gods or a non-Christian God.

b)

You believe in God

c)

None are true

d)

All are true

38.

Benighted means she was anointed by a King or ruler and she is favored.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

In this poem what is Phillis really trying to say? (select ALL that are true)

a)

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.

b)

She is happy she has learned to read and learn about the Christian God, but she is not happy with the circumstances behind it.

c)

Although people think Black people are cursed, they are actually noble and as worthy of savation by God.

d)

None are correct

40.

In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "home"

a)

Heaven

b)

Freedom in a non-slave state

c)

Cabin

d)

None are correct

41.

In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "angels"

a)

slave catchers

b)

heavenly beings to carry them to heaven

c)

People who came to rescue slaves

d)

None

42.

In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "Swing low"

a)

Praying for a conductor on the Underground Railroad to come deep down south to their plantation

b)

That the "cart of heaven" would take them home to Jesus

c)

When swinging a club at a slave that the overseer would "swing low" and miss

d)

All are correct

43.

In the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot what is the hidden meaning of the word "jess tell my friends I'm coming too"

a)

Tell my friends I am coming to church

b)

To let other slaves know to gather for a slave rebellion

c)

Tell free friends and family they will be in freedom some day as well

d)

All are correct

44.

In the African-American spiritual Daniel what is the meaning of the line, "the children that Moses led"

a)

Israelites that Moses led out of Slavery

b)

Hebrews that were in captivity in Babylon with Daniel

c)

American enslaved people

d)

all are correct

45.

Wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that plead for whites to assume their Christian duty and end slavery forever.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

46.

This abolitionist believed literacy was the pathway from slavery to Freedom

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

47.

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.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

48.

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.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

49.

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.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

50.

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.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

51.

 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.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

52.

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.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

53.

in the early 1800s around 20,000 enslaved Africans were landing on this Island each year.

a)

Cuba

b)

Haiti

c)

Babados

d)

Jamaica

54.

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

a)

Shay's Rebellion

b)

Bacons Rebellion

c)

The Fugitive Slave act

d)

None are correct

55.

Enslaved Africans were used to cultivate this addictive product that was made from tobacco.

a)

Stuff

b)

Cigars

c)

Cigarettes

d)

Snuff

56.

This crop, though also used for food, was also harvested by enslaved Africans and it was used to make starch

a)

tobacco

b)

corn

c)

rice

d)

indigo

e)

None are correct

57.

 By the time the British abolished their slave trade in 1807, almost 2 million Africans had been transported to:

a)

The West Indies

b)

Brazil

c)

The United States

d)

All are correct

58.

The greatest concentrations of Africans and their children were to be found at the heart of local economic life:

a)

The factories, as unskilled workers

b)

The homes as domestic workers

c)

The barns and pastures working as cowboys.

d)

The fields, as manual labors

59.

All told, almost 750,000 Africans had were shipped to this island.

a)

Jamaica

b)

West Indies

c)

Barbados

d)

Cuba

60.

The Sugar industry boomed in this location thanks to a decline in British and French sugar production.

a)

Jamaica

b)

West Indies

c)

Brazil

d)

Cuba