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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?
(a) The Virginia General Assembly.
(b) The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America.
(c) The United Daughters of the Confederacy.
(d) The Progressive National Baptist Convention.

2. What was the term used for workers who were bound to their employer until they paid off a debt?
(a) Bond slaves.
(b) Domestic servants.
(c) Indentured servants.
(d) Chattel slaves.

3. How does Tisby categorize his book, The Color of Compromise?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Historical nonfiction.
(c) Historical survey.
(d) Biography.

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

5. Where did transatlantic ships carrying enslaved persons usually make port?
(a) Eastern Canada.
(b) The East Indies.
(c) Western Europe.
(d) The Caribbean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was John Newton?

2. What was the term used for the process of preparing slaves for their new life of bondage?

3. How many enslaved people were transported from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade?

4. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?

5. How many people perished during the Middle Passage?

(see the answer key)

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