Thursday, February 9, 2012

Slavery in America?!?!?! PLEASE HELP!!! 10 P's?

1.) In 1808, the US Congress passed a law banning the _______ of slaves.

owning

importation

exportation

freeing



2.) What was not a major export crop in the US before the Industrial Revolution?

Cotton

Tobacco

Rice

Indigo



3.) Some __________ trade routes were based on selling slaves.

Square

Triangular

Polygonal

None of the above



4.) Industrialization of the textile industry caused the number of plantation slaves to ___________.

Increase

Decrease

Remain the same

All of the above



5.) Slaves could not own land and could not ________.

Vote

Move freely

Testify in courts

All of the above



6.) In the South, many slaves lived __________ with many other slaves.

On small farms

In beautiful homes

On plantations

Alone



7.) _________ was the main crop of the plantations of Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland.

Corn

Cotton

Tobacco

Sugar Cane



8.) Slavery did not take hold in _____________ because of the region's soil and climate didn't favor large scale agriculture.

The Deep South

North Carolina

New England

All of the above



9.) At southern slave auctions, a child could be sold to the highest ________ and taken from his/her mother.

bidder

auctioneer

overseer

none of the above



10.) In the South, it was typical for ______ to share their cabins with 10-12 people.

Plantation owners

Plantation overseers

Children

Slaves



11.) Slavery is sometimes called ________.

"The Chain Gang"

"The Peculiar Institution"

"Uncle Tom's Cabin"

"Life of the Lowly"



12.) Who was the leader of the slave rebellion that sent shockwaves throughout the Southern plantations in 1831?

Nat Turner

Harriet Tubman

Bill Hawkins

Frederick Douglass



13.) According to the law at that time, when a slave ran away, he/she was _______.

crossing state lines legally

stealing property from his/her owner

deserting his/her spouse and children

free to go



14.) Who was Thomas Garrett?

a Southern slaveholder

a Quaker abolitionist who worked on the Eastern line of the Underground Railroad

a runaway slave

an abolitionist Congressman who fought to end slavery



15.) Why did the second federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 anger white Northerners?

It forced them to participate in recapturing runaway slaves.

They were afraid they might be mistaken for fugitive slaves.

They believed it made it too easy for fugitive slaves to evade capture

None of the above



16.) Slaves, like land or a house, were considered ________.

Expendable

Free

Property

People



17.) A person who spoke out against slavery was called a(n) __________.

Anti-abolitionist

Abolitionist

Freedom fighters

None of the above



18.) Slaves enabled southern plantation owners to obtain wealth by growing sugar, indigo, and ________.

barley

wheat

corn

cotton



19.) Harriet ________ was a heroic figure on the Underground Railroad making 19 missions to free slaves.

Douglass

Beecher

Tubman

Garrison



20.) Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book titled ____________ that helped the nation understand the tragedy of slavery.

A biography of the life of Frederick Douglass

Liberator

Uncle Tom's Cabin

An Appeal in Four ArticlesSlavery in America?!?!?! PLEASE HELP!!! 10 P's?
this is just slavery in the united states, not in america... there is nothing in these questions about latin america.



plus you should do your own homeworkSlavery in America?!?!?! PLEASE HELP!!! 10 P's?
importation, Cotton, Triangular, All of the above, All of the above, On plantations, Cotton, New England, bidder, Slaves, The Peculiar Institution", Nat Turner, stealing property from his/her owner, an abolitionist Congressman who fought to end slavery, None of the above, Property, Abolitionist, cot

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