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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. The slave trading was much like today's ____________________.
(a) Stock market.
(b) Real estate bids.
(c) Shopping centers.
(d) Car auctions.

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

3. The cotton picking season began when?
(a) Latter part of June.
(b) Latter part of July.
(c) Latter part of August.
(d) Beginning of September.

4. What did some drivers, like Platt, become experienced at?
(a) Whipping the other slaves throughly but not to the point of death.
(b) Handling the whip so well that he could get the whipping done very quickly.
(c) Encouraging the masters to not be present during whippings so that he could fake it instead.
(d) Handling the whip such that when he was ordered to whip a slave, he could make it look real without actually hitting the slave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who describes being thrown in a buck and whipped?

2. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?

3. The slave homes of this former President was a notable exception to the norm in terms of the condition of the homes:

4. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?

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

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