Antebellum Times Pretest- Slavery
Use what you know to answer the following questions
- 1.The best definition the term Antebellum would be?
- A.
Time period before the Civil War
- B.
Time period of the 1800's
- C.
Manifest Destiny
- D.
Civil War and Reconstruction
- 2.An African American's status (free or slave) was always determined by...?
- A.
Their parents
- B.
Mother
- C.
Father
- D.
Master
- 3.The day in the life of a slave would best be described by which of the following statements?:
- A.
The slave could always earn freedom by hard, loyal work to master
- B.
The slave worked only for one master and then could win freedom
- C.
The slave worked from sunrise to sunset, faced harsh discipline, and had no rights or potential for learning or freedom
- D.
Slavery and Free African Americans are the same thing
- 4.Free African Americans could own slaves.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Abolition means ....
- A.
Slavery
- B.
Working to bring an end to slavery
- C.
Working to end slavery in the Northern states only
- D.
Civil rights
- 6.Which of the following statements would reflect the US in the 1800's.
- A.
The South based economy on agriculture while the North based economy on Industry
- B.
The South and North based economies on agriculture while the west was growing on the frontier
- C.
The South and the west were growing frontiers for industry
- D.
The South and the North were both industrial based economies and slavery was starting to decline
- 7.The cotton gin increased the need for slaves in the South
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Levi Coffin was the President of the Underground Railroad and helped to led many people to freedom
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The Underground RR was an actual network of railroads and tunnels used by runaway slaves to move towards freedom.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The safest place for slaves to escape to was Canada due to the harsh Fugitive Slave Law.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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