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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?
(a) The mother's slave status.
(b) The father's religion.
(c) The father's slave status.
(d) The mother's religion.

2. What year were was the Gardener Springs Resolutions introduced?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1861.

3. What punishment was imposed on free citizens who failed to assist the authorities in capturing a runaway slave?
(a) They were stripped of U.S. citizenship.
(b) They were fined $1,000.
(c) They were executed.
(d) They were imprisoned.

4. How did Columbus view the native inhabitants of the Americas?
(a) As skilled laborers.
(b) As fellow citizens.
(c) As potential slaves.
(d) As spiritual equals.

5. Which white man married Metoaka, also known as Pocahontas?
(a) George Washington.
(b) John Rolfe.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Presbyterians oppose the Gardener Springs Resolutions?

2. During the early colonization of the Americas, which crop was most profitable?

3. Which Black preacher helped found the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

4. Which war allowed Britain to expand their territory in North America in the mid-1700s?

5. What was the result of Plessy vs. Ferguson?

(see the answer key)

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