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Slavery Unit Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was the economic system used to make a profit on slavery? Also known was the Atlantic Slave Trade.

a)

The Euro-African Trade Pact

b)

The Middle Passage

c)

The Triangular Trade

d)

The New World Slavery Treaty

2.

The Triangular Trade began with slave traders going from...

a)

Africa to Americas

b)

Europe to Africa

c)

Americas to Europe

3.

From which part of Africa were most Africans kidnapped for the slave trade?

a)

Northern Coast

b)

Western Coast

c)

Southern Coast

d)

Eastern Coast

4.

Rival African tribes would sell kidnapped Africans and prisoners of war to European slave traders.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which of the following did Europeans bring to Africa to trade for enslaved Africans?

a)

Manufactured goods like guns & textiles

b)

Cash crops like cotton & tobacco

c)

Artisan crafts like silks & sculpture

d)

European currency

6.

The part of Triangular Trade when captured Africans were taken to the Americas was...

a)

The Cruel Passage

b)

The Slave Passage

c)

The Middle Passage

d)

The Profit Passage

7.

Which statement is NOT true about conditions on slave ships?

a)

Enslaved people were chained & tightly packed into a ship's hold

b)

Enslaved people would sometimes revolt and take control of the ships

c)

Many died due to disease & starvation

d)

Enslaved people were well fed to appear healthy

8.

The picture shows a slave auction that would happen when slave ships arrived in _____ during Triangular Trade?

a)

Africa

b)

America

c)

Europe

9.

When slave ships arrived in the Americas across the Middle Passage, they traded enslaved Africans for...

a)

Fine luxury goods like silks & spices

b)

Cash crops like cotton & tobacco

c)

Expensive manufactured goods like guns

d)

Valuable manufactured goods like textiles

10.

In the Americas, large ______ used slave labor to grow/produce cash crops (cotton, tobacco, etc.) for profit.

a)

Ranches

b)

Plantations

c)

Estates

d)

Farmsteads

11.

The following picture shows cash crops like cotton and tobacco that would have been traded from...

a)

Europe to Africa

b)

Africa to Americas

c)

Americas to Europe

12.

Triangular Trade shows that ______ was a major reason why slavery existed as long as it did?

a)

Profit

b)

Religion

c)

Politics

d)

Labor

13.

From the animated map, slavery ________ as the United States expanded westward over time.

a)

Decreased in the South

b)

Increased in the South

c)

Increased in the North

d)

Decreased overall

14.

From the animated map, states north of the Ohio River would eventually _____ slavery while states south would_____ it.

a)

End; expand.

b)

Expand; end.

c)

Discourage; expand.

d)

Expand; discourage.

15.

Which of the following would NOT be evidence that profit was the main reason why slavery existed for so long?

a)

Slave Auctions

b)

Runaway Slave Ads

c)

Plantations

d)

Abolitionists

16.

Which of the following was NOT true about children of enslaved families?

a)

Children viewed as property of the slave owner.

b)

Many slave owners didn’t want children to learn to read .

c)

Mothers worked up until birth.

d)

Most children didn't start working in the fields until the age of 18.

17.

The _______ was the white man who supervised enslaved people on the plantation.

a)

Owner

b)

Overseer

c)

Conductor

d)

Abolitionist

18.

Which of the following was NOT true about Field Work?

a)

Work would go on no matter how late until command was given by overseer.

b)

Regular working day was from before sunrise to after sunset.

c)

Enslaved people would be beaten if they didn't meet daily quotas of crops harvested.

d)

The slowest was put the in front row when harvesting crops so others could keep up.

19.

For what reasons would a slave be flogged (whipped/beaten)?

a)

Not working hard/fast enough

b)

Trying to escape

c)

Refusing to work

d)

Simply because his/her master felt like it

20.

Which of the following was NOT true about Domestic Work?

a)

Domestic work meant anything done inside the house.

b)

House slaves would do the cooking, cleaning and caring for the slave-owners children.

c)

Slaves would have work to do in their own quarters as well as owners house.

d)

Slaves were taught that domestic work was less honorable than field work.

21.

Day to day resistance to slavery would've included the following EXCEPT:

a)

Refusing to work

b)

Acting injured

c)

Leading an uprising against slave owners

d)

Pretending not to understand a task

22.

Resistance included hundreds of slave uprisings/rebellions that happened in the U.S. The largest was led by a man named _______ in 1831.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Fredrick Douglas

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Olaudah Equiano

23.

After the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, the surest way for those who escaped slavery to gain freedom was to...

a)

Make it to Canada.

b)

Join maroon communities of runaways.

c)

Join Native American tribes.

d)

Make it to free states in the North.

24.

Those escaping slavery would follow the ______ to freedom.

a)

Mississippi River

b)

North Star

c)

East Coast

d)

Western Star

25.

People who took action to end/get rid of slavery were known as...

a)

Overseers

b)

Abolitionists

c)

Canadians

d)

Christians

26.

The American Anti-Slavery Society was founded in ____ by abolitionists to help end slavery.

a)

1807

b)

1833

c)

1842

d)

1855

27.

Which of the following was NOT true about the Underground Railroad?

a)

It was a network of people/hideouts to help slaves escape to freedom.

b)

Conductors would risk their lives to help people escape slavery.

c)

Slave catchers would try to track down escaped slaves.

d)

Most runaways would escape to freedom.