Teaching Hard History: American Slavery Student Quiz 2.0 Question Title * 1. At one time or another prior to the Civil War, slavery was called all of the following by its defenders EXCEPT: The “peculiar institution” A “necessary evil” The “Devil’s necessity” A “positive good” OK Question Title * 2. Frederick Douglass, Henry “Box” Brown, and Harriet Jacobs were all Defenders of slavery Enslaved people who escaped captivity Leaders of slave revolts Conductors on the Underground Railroad OK Question Title * 3. Which was NOT a reason for the mass relocation of enslaved people from the upper to the lower South in the first half of the 19th century? Decline of tobacco in Virginia Invention of the cotton gin Laws passed in Virginia and the Carolinas to gradually end slavery Military defeats of Choctaw and Creek nations led them to cede fertile territory to the United States OK Question Title * 4. What is the Black Belt? A southern extension of the Underground Railroad A Deep South region known for its rich, dark fertile soil Something every enslaved person had to wear to identify themselves Site of a slave rebellion that sparked the Civil War OK Question Title * 5. What has been called the Second Middle Passage? The domestic U.S. slave trade The trip from the West Indies to the British North American colonies The time it took for an enslaved African to adjust to plantation labor The migration of black people out of the South in the 20th century OK Question Title * 6. Which colony became the first to legalize slavery, in 1641? Massachusetts New York Virginia North Carolina OK Question Title * 7. What was the impact of the Three-Fifths Compromise in the U.S. Constitution? It meant that slave states had fewer seats in the House of Representatives. It decreased the Electoral votes assigned to slave states. It ensured that slave states had disproportionate influence on the presidency, the speakership of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court. It had no political effect on the nation. OK Question Title * 8. In what British colonial city did enslaved men revolt in 1712, setting a fire to signal others and starting a riot that killed nine people? New York Baltimore Richmond Charleston OK Question Title * 9. Enslaved people across the British colonies maintained aspects of their African culture in all of the following ways EXCEPT: Maintaining burial traditions, such as including ritual objects in the grave. Continuing to communicate with each other in their home language. Crafting musical instruments using gourds, skins and other objects. Cooking with rice, yams, okra and black-eyed peas. OK Question Title * 10. Approximately what percentage of southern households owned enslaved people in 1860? 10 percent 25 percent 33 percent 50 percent OK Question Title * 11. What grade are you in? (optional) 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 12. What state do you live in? (optional) State -- select state -- AL AlabamaAK AlaskaAS American SamoaAZ ArizonaAR ArkansasCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareDC District of ColumbiaFM Federated States of MicronesiaFL FloridaGA GeorgiaGU GuamHI HawaiiID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaIA IowaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaME MaineMH Marshall IslandsMD MarylandMA MassachusettsMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMS MississippiMO MissouriMT MontanaNE NebraskaNV NevadaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNY New YorkNC North CarolinaND North DakotaMP Northern Mariana IslandsOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPW PalauPA PennsylvaniaPR Puerto RicoRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVT VermontVI Virgin IslandsVA VirginiaWA WashingtonWV West VirginiaWI WisconsinWY Wyoming OK DONE
