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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, After Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were eager to leave Africa for the New World.
(b) They appreciated the amount of money they would be paid.
(c) They could be bought "for life."
(d) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.

2. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?
(a) Only those under Union control.
(b) It did not affect states, only people.
(c) Only the southern states.
(d) All the states.

3. How long did Armacie Adams continue working as a slave before finding out he was free?
(a) Six months.
(b) More than a year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two years.

4. Solomon Northup said which of the following?
(a) "You can sell me, last me, or kill me. I ain't caring which, but you can't make me work no more."
(b) "But some of them would rather be shot than took, sir."
(c) "Can I stay here tonight?"
(d) "Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground with struggle for it. At that moment it was dear to me, enslaved and treated as I was."

5. Slave traders chained slaves together in a line in what was called a _________________.
(a) Slave coffle.
(b) Slave line-up.
(c) Slave chain.
(d) Slave auction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This former President furnished his slave homes in the more typical fashion:

3. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?

4. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."

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

(see the answer key)

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