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WorksheetsAP AAS Slavery and American Law
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 55mins
What were Slave Codes?
Laws that regulated the treatment of enslaved individuals.
Laws that defined the status and rights of enslaved individuals
Laws that granted freedom to enslaved individuals.
Laws that prohibited the ownership of enslaved individuals.
Which Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of slavery?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
Who was Elizabeth Key?
A European settler who established a successful colony in Virginia.
A Native American leader who fought against European colonization in Virginia.
An African-American woman who was enslaved in the colony of Virginia.
An African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom in the colony of Virginia
What were some common provisions in Slave Codes?
Equal access to education and resources
Restrictions on movement, education, assembly, property ownership, testifying, and marriage without permission.
Freedom to move and travel without restrictions
Ability to own property and accumulate wealth without limitations
Which of the following statements about the Dred Scott Decision is true?
The Dred Scott Decision granted citizenship to African Americans.
The Dred Scott Decision was overturned by the Supreme Court.
The Dred Scott Decision only applied to free African Americans.
The Dred Scott Decision declared that African Americans were not citizens of the United States.
What impact did the Dred Scott Decision have on the abolitionist movement?
Neutral impact
Positive impact
Negative impact
No impact
What was the significance of Elizabeth Key's case?
It resulted in the expansion of slavery to new territories.
It established the legal precedent for enslaved individuals to sue for their freedom.
It led to the abolition of slavery in the United States.
It established the legal precedent for the inheritance of slavery status from enslaved mothers to their children.
Which of the following statements about Slave Codes is true?
Slave Codes were laws that were only enforced in the northern states of the United States.
Slave Codes were laws that regulated the institution of slavery in the United States.
Slave Codes were laws that protected the rights of enslaved people in the United States.
Slave Codes were laws that abolished slavery in the United States.
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?
The Dred Scott Decision was overturned by the Supreme Court.
African Americans were granted full citizenship rights.
African Americans were not considered citizens and could not sue in federal court.
African Americans were given the right to vote.
What role did Elizabeth Key play in the fight against slavery?
She successfully sued for her freedom and her son's freedom in 1655, establishing the legal precedent for the inheritance of enslaved status.
She organized underground railroad networks to help enslaved people escape.
She wrote a book advocating for the abolition of slavery.
She led a rebellion against slave owners in Virginia.
In ________, Congress banned the importation or trade of enslaved Africans in the United States.
1808
1810
1863
1865
Because of slave rebellions against slaveholders in the South, many southern states passed a series of laws known as _______ _________ which defined slaves as property of slaveholders and limited black freedoms.
escape codes
slave codes
rebellion codes
abolition codes
Enslaved people resisted in both seen and unseen ways. These forms of resistance included which of the following? You can check more than one box/answer, mark every way enslaved people resisted their enslavement.
Destroyed crops.
Took their cases to court to fight for their freedom.
Escaped on the Underground Railroad.
Started armed rebellions.
Learned to read and write in secret.
Why did the Gullah language develop along the coast of South Carolina?
There was limited access and interaction with outsiders and a large isolated concentration of Africans there
The coast was the only places slaves were located in South Carolina
The auction blocks where slaves were sold was located along the coast
The government did not have money to educate the slaves
How were slaves able to preserve their African culture?
African slaves used their agricultural knowledge to grow corn.
African slaves completed wood carvings, used folk medicine and basket weaving.
African slaves used their background knowledge to grow cotton in the Backcountry.
African slaves used their democratic principles to help establish colonial governments.
Read the quote below."...That no person whatsoever shall permit or suffer any slave under his care or management...to go out of the limits of said town...or...to go out of the plantation to which the slave belongs...without a letter superscribed and directed, or a ticket..."The slave code referenced above controlled which of the following aspects of slavery?
the ability to obtain medical attention
the ability to possess a weapon
the ability to read or write
the ability to travel off the plantation
Provide 3 ways slaves lives were limited with the passage of the Slave Codes. Choose 3 answers.
Prohibited slaves from being sold to other plantations.
Prohibited slaves from gathering without white supervision.
Prohibited slaves from reading and writing.
Prohibited slaves from dressing above the condition of slaves.
In the ___each slave would count for 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation purposes.
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
The Slave Code 1740 (Negro Act of 1740) was a direct response to “___________”.
The increased number of free blacks
The Stono Rebellion
The American Civil war
Desegregation
What was the third component of the Supreme Court decision?
Congress Would Decide The Slave Issue In The Territories
The President Would Decide The Slave Issue In The Territories
The President Could Not Ban Slavery In The Territories
Congress Could Not Ban Slavery In The Territories
What was the second component of the Supreme Court Decision?
Free African-Americans Were Not Citizens
Free African-Americans Were Citizens
Only Some Free African-Americans Were Citizens
All Free African-Americans Would Now Be Considered Slaves
What was the first component of the Supreme Court Decision?
Dred Scott Is Free & A Citizen
Dred Scott Is A Slave But A Citizen
Dred Scott Is A Slave & Not A Citizen
Dred Scott Is Free But Not A Citizen
