WorksheetsUnit 7 Part 1 Quiz A
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The southern colonial economic structure was based on which of these industries?
Agriculture
Mining
Railroads
Textiles
What caused plantation owners to need an alternative labor force?
Native laborers demanded higher wages
Native laborers died from European diseases
Native laborers fled to northern states
Native laborers moved to cities to take factory jobs
What was the Middle Passage?
The journey from the Caribbean Islands to Mexico
The march from inland Africa to the coastal slave forts
The voyage of slaves from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean
The walkway between the slaves' quarters and the fields
Which of the following statements correctly describes the living conditions of most enslaved people?
Slave families were rarely separated from each other
Slaveholders provided slaves with fancy, expensive clothing
They lived in dirt-floor cabins with few furnishings
They received large amounts of food to make them more energetic workers
What were slave codes?
Secret messages the slaves used to communicate with each other
Strict laws intended to control slaves' behavior
The code of conduct all slaves were expected to follow during work hours
The songs that slaves would sing while working in the fields
Which of the following correctly describes slave culture in the Americas?
Since they were broken apart so much, family life was unimportant to slaves
Slaves had no opportunity to express themselves through art, dance or music
Slaves shared a common language and religion from Africa
Slaves viewed religion as a refuge, which gave them hope and self-worth
How did the development of a common culture benefit enslaved African Americans?
It gave slaves a method to learn how to read and write
It helped slaves accept that freedom was impossible
It provided slaves an escape from the hardships of daily life
It taught slaves how to be more efficient in their work
Which of the following behaviors did slaves use to rebel against the system?
Slaves adopted the slaveowner's religious beliefs to blend in easier
Slaves carried out their orders perfectly to receive rewards
Slaves ran away for a few days to avoid an angry slaveholder
Slaves worked as quickly as possible to gain free time
Which of these was an outcome of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
Nat Turner escaped to the North and became a prominent abolitionist
States adopted new slave codes that were far stricter than before
The rebel slaves were allowed to return to their plantations unpunished
The rebellion ended peacefully with no loss of life
Why did Harriet Tubman first become involved with the Underground Railroad?
She came from a slaveholding family but disagreed with slavery
She claimed to have received a vision from God
She escaped from slavery but vowed to return and free her family
She was the daughter of a minister who taught her how to resist slavery
Which of the following actions did Congress take concerning slavery between 1836 and 1844?
Declared the Underground Railroad unconstitutional
Passed a constitutional amendment outlawing slavery in the North
Used a gag rule to block discussion of antislavery petitions
Voted to allow slave states to leave the Union
Which of the following became the key question when the U.S. gained new land after the Mexican-American War?
How many senators would represent each state
What the new states would be named
Who would lead the new states
Would the new states ban or allow slavery
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 benefitted southern states?
A new fugitive slave law was established
California entered the union as a free state
Texas gave up its land claims in New Mexico
The slave trade was outlawed in Washington, D.C.
Which of the following correctly describes the impact of antislavery novels such as Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Most people saw them as wildly exaggerated
The authors had no firsthand knowledge of slavery
They informed and educated people on the evils of slavery
They lowered tensions about slavery, especially in the South
Which of the following correctly describes how former slaves participated in the abolitionist movement?
Many former slaves started a movement to relocate freed slaves to Africa
Many former slaves wrote narratives that exposed the cruelty of slavery
Some former slaves became elected to Congress
Some slaves moved to Mexico and published antislavery newspapers from there
What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 have on people in the North?
Many northerners became violent against the abolitionist movement
Many northerners stopped helping runaway slaves out of fear
Many northerners were angered and began talking of seceding from the Union
Many northerners were outraged by the treatment of fugitive slaves
