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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historical period coincided with the decline of slavery in Britain?
(a) The Late Middle Ages.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The Renaissance.

2. In the 1800s, the global demand for which product helped fuel the north American slave trade?
(a) Steel.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Oil.
(d) Wool.

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

4. What was the practice of blockbusting?
(a) Local organization banded together to harass Black residents who tried to move in.
(b) Salespeople charged lower prices when selling homes to Black buyers.
(c) Local residents in white communities refused to sell their homes to Black buyers.
(d) Salespeople used racial fears to persuade white buyers to sell their homes at a loss.

5. What was the term for the system of laws and customs used to control Black people after the Civil War?
(a) Jim Crow laws.
(b) Chattel laws.
(c) Freedom acts.
(d) Slave codes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Linda Browns parents originally want to send her to an all-white school?

2. What did Dr. George Edmund Hayes blame for the Red Summer violence?

3. Who was the first Black Catholic priest in the United States?

4. What was an octoroon?

5. What term was used the describe the mixing of different races?

(see the answer key)

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