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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. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

2. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?
(a) The "scornful days."
(b) The "hell days."
(c) The "weary days."
(d) The "misery days."

3. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?
(a) It was the time that slave owners preferred to work.
(b) It was the time plantation work was the heaviest so slave owners needed new hardworking slaves.
(c) The weather made it easier to hold auctions.
(d) It was the time that plantation work was the lightest and new slaves could adjust.

4. What was the main plant that was in need of constant care by the slaves?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Rice.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

5. How was slavery in the United States different than slavery in other countries?
(a) Slavery in the United States allowed some slaves to be set free.
(b) Slavery in the United States did not allow slaves to have families.
(c) Slavery in the United States was far more lenient in the way slaves were treated.
(d) Slavery in the United States was far more cruel and culture-destroying than the others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?

2. What item was used to discipline slaves?

3. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

4. ____________ 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.

5. When the slaves went down for bed, what did they fear?

(see the answer key)

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