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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?
(a) Free labor and the large supply of blacks.
(b) Free labor and money resulting from it and selling slaves.
(c) Money from selling slaves and stealing from other slave owners.
(d) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.

2. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Ten billion.
(b) Fifty billion.
(c) Fifty million.
(d) Ten million.

3. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.
(b) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.
(c) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.
(d) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.

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. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like a broken branch in the field or a dry leaf in the cotton?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

6. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?
(a) Plymouth Rock.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Maryland.

7. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?
(a) He did not like the idea of whippings so he faked it when he was told to whip a slave by the master.
(b) He was an old driver who faked whippings when the master wasn't around.
(c) Anytime his master wanted a slave whipped, he would be the first to volunteer to administer the punishment.
(d) He did not like whippings so he stood up to the master and the master decided to stop the whippings.

8. How did Frank Cooper realize his Mammy used to be a slave?
(a) He saw the cuts on her legs.
(b) He saw how rough her hands were.
(c) He saw the old scars on her back.
(d) He found her freedom papers.

9. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were eager and willing workers.
(b) They were hard and diligent workers, they did not attempt many escapes, and they did not have to be paid.
(c) They were diligent workers.
(d) There was a never-ending supply.

10. In southern society, a man's status was based upon:
(a) The number of slave women he had.
(b) The amount of money he had.
(c) The amount of money he recieved from selling slaves.
(d) The number of slaves he had.

11. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?
(a) The death of many slaves due to the unconditionally hot weather in the summer.
(b) The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(c) The death of many slave owners due to the plague.
(d) The nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President.

12. With whom did slave owners sometimes try to be gentle with before they bought them?
(a) Young women.
(b) Old women.
(c) Children.
(d) Young men.

13. What percentage of the South owned no slaves?
(a) 60%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 25%.

14. Who said this in their account of slavery: "They never got nary a lick of labor and nary a red penny for any of them babies."?
(a) Ida Hutchinson.
(b) Henry Johnson.
(c) Roberta Manson.
(d) Ella Wilson.

15. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?
(a) West Turner.
(b) Henry Johnson.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) Ida Hutchinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ 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.

2. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."

3. How was slavery in the United States different than slavery in other countries?

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

5. What did the slaves call the slave owner's house?

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