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slavery in America?!?!?! PLEASE HELP!!! 10 P's?

1.) In 1808, the US Congress passed a law banning the _______ of slaves. owning importation exportation freeing 2.) What was not a major export crop in the US before the Industrial Revolution? Cotton Tobacco Rice Indigo 3.) Some __________ trade routes were based on selling slaves. Square Triangular Polygonal None of the above 4.) Industrialization of the textile industry caused the number of plantation slaves to ___________. Increase Decrease Remain the same All of the above 5.) Slaves could not own land and could not ________. Vote Move freely Testify in courts All of the above 6.) In the South, many slaves lived __________ with many other slaves. On small farms In beautiful homes On plantations Alone 7.) _________ was the main crop of the plantations of Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. Corn Cotton Tobacco Sugar Cane 8.) Slavery did not take hold in _____________ because of the region's soil and climate didn't favor large scale agriculture. The Deep South North Carolina New England All of the above 9.) At southern slave auctions, a child could be sold to the highest ________ and taken from his/her mother. bidder auctioneer overseer none of the above 10.) In the South, it was typical for ______ to share their cabins with 10-12 people. Plantation owners Plantation overseers Children Slaves 11.) Slavery is sometimes called ________. "The Chain Gang" "The Peculiar Institution" "Uncle Tom's Cabin" "Life of the Lowly" 12.) Who was the leader of the slave rebellion that sent shockwaves throughout the Southern plantations in 1831? Nat Turner Harriet Tubman Bill Hawkins Frederick Douglass 13.) According to the law at that time, when a slave ran away, he/she was _______. crossing state lines legally stealing property from his/her owner deserting his/her spouse and children free to go 14.) Who was Thomas Garrett? a Southern slaveholder a Quaker abolitionist who worked on the Eastern line of the Underground Railroad a runaway slave an abolitionist Congressman who fought to end slavery 15.) Why did the second federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 anger white Northerners? It forced them to participate in recapturing runaway slaves. They were afraid they might be mistaken for fugitive slaves. They believed it made it too easy for fugitive slaves to evade capture None of the above 16.) Slaves, like land or a house, were considered ________. Expendable Free Property People 17.) A person who spoke out against slavery was called a(n) __________. Anti-abolitionist Abolitionist Freedom fighters None of the above 18.) Slaves enabled southern plantation owners to obtain wealth by growing sugar, indigo, and ________. barley wheat corn cotton 19.) Harriet ________ was a heroic figure on the Underground Railroad making 19 missions to free slaves. Douglass Beecher Tubman Garrison 20.) Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book titled ____________ that helped the nation understand the tragedy of slavery. A biography of the life of Frederick Douglass Liberator Uncle Tom's Cabin An Appeal in Four Articles

Public Comments

1. this is just slavery in the united states, not in america... there is nothing in these questions about latin america. plus you should do your own homework