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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Plantation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?
(a) The death of many slaves due to the unconditionally hot weather in the summer.
(b) The death of many slave owners due to the plague.
(c) The nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(d) The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

2. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Yams.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Liquor.

3. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were eager to leave Africa for the New World.
(b) They could be bought "for life."
(c) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.
(d) They appreciated the amount of money they would be paid.

4. Which of the following was most likely the outfit a slave wore to work out in the field?
(a) A shirt AND pants.
(b) A shirt, pants, AND hat.
(c) A shirt OR pants.
(d) A shirt, hat, and shoes OR pants.

5. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?
(a) West Turner
(b) Nathan Bedford Forrest
(c) Doc Daniel Dowdy
(d) Moses Grandy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who said this in their account of slavery: "They never got nary a lick of labor and nary a red penny for any of them babies."?

3. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

4. In 1860, less than ______ slave owners owned more than ______ slaves.

5. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?

(see the answer key)

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