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How much do you know about Slavery in America? | Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by valerie0186. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
valerie0186

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
94,604

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. When were the first Black indentured servants brought to any of the English-speaking colonies in what is now the U.S.? Hint

1629

1619

1635

The date is unknown

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where had the first slaves sold to English settlers been kidnapped? Hint

South America

Asia

They were already living in the English colonies

The Caribbean

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Question 3 of 10

3. Slavery had existed in West Africa prior to the coming of the Europeans.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the definition of overseer? Hint

the master's wife that watched the slave in the kitchen

a slave that watched over the master's children

a plantation supervisor who watched over and directed the work of others

a plantation supervisor that watched for traffic

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Question 5 of 10

5. How did artisan slaves differ from those who were field laborers? Hint

artisan slaves had considerable independence and mobility and field laborers did not.

field labors worked the field, artisan slaves worked on paintings.

field laborers had considerable independence and mobility and artisan slaves did not.

artisan slaves were half black and half white, field laborers were black.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why did the English pick Africans for slaves instead of Native Americans (Indians)? Hint

For all of these reasons

The Indians had far better knowledge of the fields and forests than the English did.

Captive Indians had friends and relatives still living nearby.

The Indians could slip away easily.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Some African rulers and merchants ____ slaves to European slave traders.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. In South Carolina the slaves were concentrated in the low coastal country, where they outnumbered whites heavily.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Did Thomas Jefferson own slaves?

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. The people of West Africa belonged to only one kind of ethnic group. They only spoke one distinct language.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When were the first Black indentured servants brought to any of the English-speaking colonies in what is now the U.S.?

Answer: 1619

A number of African people were kidnapped, then transported to transported to Virginia 1619. They were sold as indentured servants to the English settlers. Soon their status as virtual slaves turned into legal slavery.

2. Where had the first slaves sold to English settlers been kidnapped?

Answer: The Caribbean

Of course, the slaves ultimately came from various parts of West Africa and this was the main source of the slave trade.

3. Slavery had existed in West Africa prior to the coming of the Europeans.

Answer: True

In Africa, some Africans did have slaves. In African societies, however, slavery was quite different from that in colonial America. For example, some slaves in Africa served as governors of regions.

4. What is the definition of overseer?

Answer: a plantation supervisor who watched over and directed the work of others

The overseer beat the slaves when they did not understand his orders or pretended not to. They were almost completely isolated.

5. How did artisan slaves differ from those who were field laborers?

Answer: artisan slaves had considerable independence and mobility and field laborers did not.

For example, a carpenter might be sent more than twenty miles away to build a cabin or an outhouse on one of the planter's smaller parcels of land.

6. Why did the English pick Africans for slaves instead of Native Americans (Indians)?

Answer: For all of these reasons

English slaveowners knew about these difficulties, so they shipped Native American slaves to the West Indies where they were exchanged for African slaves.

7. Some African rulers and merchants ____ slaves to European slave traders.

Answer: sold

When slavery became a growing business, some African chieftains began to create large pools of slaves. New crimes were invented as an excuse for selling people into slavery.

8. In South Carolina the slaves were concentrated in the low coastal country, where they outnumbered whites heavily.

Answer: True

This was rice country, and rice planters were among the wealthiest men in the colonies.

9. Did Thomas Jefferson own slaves?

Answer: Yes

Thomas Jefferson, the key author of the Declaration of Independence, continued to own slaves for his entire life.

10. The people of West Africa belonged to only one kind of ethnic group. They only spoke one distinct language.

Answer: False

The people of West Africa belonged to many different ethnic groups. They spoke more than one hundred distinct languages. Each group had its own system of government and religion, and each was aware of being a distinct people.

Source: Author valerie0186

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