1.
All of the following were commonly part of a slave's diet with the EXCEPTION of
A
clams.
B
molasses.
C
salt pork.
2.
Based on the context of the reading, it is logical that the plantation mistress
A
regularly had an affair with the overseers.
B
was the mate of the plantation owner.
C
always refused to provide medical care to slaves.
3.
The international slave trade became illegal for Americans in
A
1808.
B
1824.
C
1860.
4.
The lower population of slaves in the early 1800's had been linked to
A
higher death rates among African Americans.
B
the large numbers of African Americans escaping to Canada.
C
long term decisions among African Americans to put off having children.
5.
The unsusual, eventual growth of the slave population in the United States is consequential in comparison to
A
working conditions on Caribbean & South American sugar plantations being more harsh.
B
the American international slave trade ending.
C
the direct aftermath of the passage of the Missouri Compromise with Clay's assistance in 1820.
6.
The 1918 "American Negro Slavery" text
A
unrealistically downplayed the cruelties connected with the practice.
B
realistically decpicted slavery as it was practiced in the 19th century.
C
pointed out the cruel and dehumanizing aspects of the "peculiar institution."
7.
This text emphasized that slave women had the immense task of serving as laborers but also fulfilling the responsibility of being the bedrock of African American families. This book was
A
Within the Plantation Household
B
The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom
C
The Peculiar Institution
8.
When many plantation mistresses learned of sexual abuse being carried out by their husbands (upon female slaves), they usually
A
directly confronted the men and quickely brought the inappropriate behavior to an end.
B
completely ignored the behavior while trying to establish a plantation alliance with the victims.
C
punished or tormented the victims with beatings and verbal abuse.
9.
Before the Civil War, most free African Americans within SLAVE states lived in
A
Georgia and North Carolina.
B
Virginia and Maryland.
C
Mississippi and Alabama.
10.
After the American ban on the internatiional slave trade,
A
all such practices stopped immediately.
B
some invovlement in the practice continued until the 1810's.
C
smuggling of slaves from Africa continued as late as the 1850's.
