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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Resistance to Slavery - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was a second way slaves escaped from slavery?
(a) They drugged their masters.
(b) They started rebellions and destroyed the plantations.
(c) They ran away and lived the rest of their lives in the forest.
(d) They ran away and established their own settlements.

2. What year did the slave insurrection that is mentioned in Chapter 5 take place?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1821.

3. What did the slaves call the slave owner's house?
(a) The Big House.
(b) Master's House.
(c) The House.
(d) Master's Row.

4. What was the typical work hours for a slave who worked in the field?
(a) Sunrise to midnight.
(b) Sunrise to sunset.
(c) Sunrise to nighttime.
(d) Mid-morning to midnight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Slave traders chained slaves together in a line in what was called a _________________.

2. What term was used for noted places of refuge for runaways?

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?

4. In southern society, a man's status was based upon:

5. What exactly happened at the occasion of a young slave woman named Eliza?

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