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14.1&3 Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following actions were legal for free African Americans living in the South?

a)

traveling freely

b)

voting in local elections

c)

working as skilled artisans

d)

conducting business transactions

2.

lived on small plots of land, hunting,fishing, raising small gardens, anddoing odd jobs?

a)

poor white families

b)

overseers

c)

planters

d)

yeoman farmers

3.

Who lived on an average of 100 acres of land, owning few or no slaves?

a)

poor white families

b)

overseers

c)

planters

d)

yeoman farmers

4.

Who lived on vast estates, growing cash crops and owning many slaves?

a)

poor white families

b)

overseers

c)

planters

d)

yeoman farmers

5.

What was the role of the planter’s wife on a plantation?

a)

growing crops for her children and tending to the animals

b)

raising her children and supervising household slaves

c)

cooking meals and working alongside slaves in the fields

d)

raising cash crops and supervising field hands

6.

  How were folktales used in slave culture?   

a)

to teach a moral

b)

to instruct religious beliefs

c)

to teach reading lessons

d)

to communicate planned escapes

7.

What did Nat Turner do in Virginia in 1831?

a)

led slaves to the North

b)

led a slave rebellion

c)

converted slaves to Christianity

d)

established a new church

8.

Emotional Christian songs sung by enslaved people in the sound that mixed African and European elements and usually expressed slaves’ religious beliefs.

a)

Spirituals

b)

Folklore

c)

Blues music

9.

Passing down stories, poems, and songs, by word of mouth.

a)

Horror Stories

b)

Oral Traditions

c)

Witness Account

10.

  How did most southern states respond to Nat Turner’s rebellion?  

a)

by proposing laws to return slaves and free African Americans to Africa

b)

by passing strict laws limiting the freedoms of slaves and free African Americans

c)

by passing laws granting more freedoms for slaves and free African Americans

d)

by proposing laws to restrict the movement of slaves and free African Americans to the South