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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Resistance to Slavery - 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?
(a) Indians.
(b) Poor whites, prisoners, and debtors.
(c) Rich whites.
(d) Africans.

2. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders started fights with Africans, making bets that if the Africans lost, they would have to become slaves.
(b) The slave traders lied to the Africans, telling them they would be indentured servants instead of slaves.
(c) The slave traders made pacts with African tribal chiefs to trade slaves for goods.
(d) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.

3. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.
(a) Slave-breeding.
(b) Slave-collecting.
(c) Slave-selling.
(d) Slave-auctioning.

4. If a slave did not have the correct weigh-in amount, what was the consequence?
(a) Being thrown in a buck.
(b) Lashes.
(c) No food for a week.
(d) All clothing taken away.

5. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Abraham

Short Answer Questions

1. The slave trading was much like today's ____________________.

2. To whom did the "Uncle Toms" refer to?

3. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?

4. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like standing idle in the field?

5. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?

(see the answer key)

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