Black History Month

European colonizers first used _____ servants from Europe.

• indentured

• paid

• chained

• native

Slavery had been practiced in Africa since at least _____ BCE.

• 2000

• 200

• 6800

• 680

All of the following were conditions of slavery except _____.

• beatings, torture

• not enough to eat

• no decent homes

• went to school

What were some of the jobs that slaves did?

• housekeepers

• blacksmiths

• field hands

• all of these

Who is an abolitionist?

• A person who is for slavery

• A person who is anti-slavery

• A black person

• A white person

Who was one well-known abolitionist from that time?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Turner

• Frederick Douglass

What secret organization helped people escape slavery?

• The Underground Railroad

• The Chartroose Caboose

• The Santa Fe Railroad

• The Pony Express

In what year did the Civil War start?

• 1861

• 1862

• 1863

• 1864

The ​_____ Proclamation said that all enslaved people in the Confederate states would be free on January 1, 1863, if the Confederacy did not rejoin the Union.

• Emacipation

• Religious Freedom

• Wright Brothers

• Bill of Rights

Which amendment ended slavery in the United States?

• 10th

• 11th

• 12th

• 13th