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Atlantic Slave Trade

Quiz by Caren Fahey

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  • Q1
    The colonists in America couldn't use the Native Americans for labor purposes because
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    the Native Americans died by the millions from disease
    The Native Americans refused to work without pay
    The Native Americans only had skills in accounting and law
    The Native American already had good jobs
    30s
  • Q2
    The Middle Passage is also known as
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    Underground Railroad
    Triangular Shirt Factory Fire
    The Atlantic Slave Trade
    Breeze Way Travel
    30s
  • Q3
    The ocean that separated Europe from North America
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    Arctic
    Indian
    Pacific
    Atlantic
    30s
  • Q4
    Example of cash crops that could be grown on plantations
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    wheat, corn, barley
    tomatoes, corn, squash
    cotton, tobacco, indigo, sugar
    potatoes, acorns, wheat
    30s
  • Q5
    Indentured servants differ from slaves by the fact that
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    they can earn their freedom
    they must be at least 21 years of age
    they can marry women
    they can pray at churches
    30s
  • Q6
    During the Middle Passage the kidnapped slaves were housed
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    on deck with the crew
    in the first class cabins
    in the steerage section only
    in the hull of the ship like sardines
    30s
  • Q7
    Once the slaves reached North America they were
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    showered and allowed to return to Africa
    sold off as slaves and separated from their families
    given reparations and money
    reunited with their American relatives
    30s
  • Q8
    Many slaves chose to __________________ rather than endure the voyage across the ocean
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    write letters to complain to officials
    sing and dance to pass time
    jump overboard to a sure death
    kill the captain of the ship upon arrival
    30s
  • Q9
    ______ out of our first _______ presidents owned slaves
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    Three, ten
    Ten, Twelve
    Six, twelve
    Two, ten
    30s
  • Q10
    After slavery was abolished many African Americans still suffered through
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    Jim Crow Laws, Lack of Civil Rights, Redlining and Mass Incarceration
    Overcrowding in Private Schools
    The Great Recession
    WWI and WWII
    30s

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