Teaching Hard History: American Slavery Student Quiz 1.0

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* 1. How was indentured servitude different from enslavement of Africans in the British North American colonies?

Indentured servants were freed at the end of a set number of years.

Children born during an indentured servant’s term had to serve until adulthood.

Only men could be indentured.

Indentured servants came from the West Indies.

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* 2. Which of the following was NOT true of chattel slavery as it developed in the British colonies?

Enslaved people were considered personal property.

Enslaved people had no human rights.

Enslaved people could be bought, sold or inherited.

Enslaved people inherited the status of their father.

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* 3. Which was NOT a common form of resistance among enslaved people?

Violent armed rebellion

Running away

Feigning illness

Breaking tools and slowing the pace of work

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* 4. In the Declaration of Independence, what percentage of enslaved people were included in the line “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

25%

50%

75%

100%

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* 5. Which was NOT a condition of life for enslaved people?

Hard work, even for women and children

Isolation, subjugation and fear of punishment

The ability to always keep families intact

The ability to hunt, fish and grow gardens to supplement their diets

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* 6. Which formally ended chattel slavery in the United States?

13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Emancipation Proclamation

Treaty ending the Civil War

Civil Rights Act of 1968

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* 7. Which was the reason Southern states seceded from the Union?

To preserve states’ rights

To preserve slavery

To protest taxes on imported goods

To avoid rapid industrialization

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* 8. Communities of enslaved people created music to

Entertain enslavers in the Big House

Pass the time

Express dreams and frustrations

Influence popular culture

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* 9. People enslaved by colonists in North America included all of the following except:

Irish people

Muslims

West Africans

Native Americans

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* 10. Just before the Civil War, what was true of free states in the North?

Most people there opposed slavery.

Northern banks, industries and shipping profited from slavery.

It was separate from the South, with few economic or social ties.

Free black people could vote and had other civil rights there.

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* 11. Why did the number of enslaved people grow in the United States after importation was banned in 1808?

The international slave trade continued unabated despite the law.

A large number of free black people were captured and sold into slavery.

High birth rates (enslavers treated women as “breeders”) led to natural increase in the population.

Enslaved people were smuggled into the country from Canada.

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* 12. Enslaved people had all the following connections to American colleges except:

Their labor built parts of the University of Virginia.

Their sale secured the financial future of Georgetown.

Profits from the slave trade helped fund Harvard, Yale and Brown.

Princeton set aside spaces for men who had escaped slavery beginning in 1845.

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* 13. What grade are you in? (optional)

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th

I am not a student.

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What state do you live in? (optional)

State