The Slave System Module 15 Lesson 2

1. Which of the characteristics correctly describes slaves who worked in the field?

• These slaves worked on the same task at the same time.
• These slaves earned enough money to buy their freedom.
• these slaves were able to sell their services to other people
• These slaves had to serve the planter's family 24 hours a day.

2. Slaves who _________________ were sometimes able to ear enough money to buy their freedom from slave owners.

• worked manual labor
• worked at skilled jobs
• worked in the slaveowners house

3. Which of these statements correctly describes the living conditions enslaved people endured?

• Slaveholders provided slaves with fancy, expensive clothing.
• Most slaves enjoyed a wide variety of food and large rations
• Most slaves lived in small dirt-floor cabins with few furnishings.

4. Many states passed _______________, or strict laws intended to control slaves' actions, including prohibiting the education of slaves.

• slave laws
• slave codes
• punishment codes

5. Which of these behaviors did enslaved people use to rebel against the system?

• Slaves ran away for a few days in order to avoid an angry slaveholder.
• Slaves carried out their orders perfectly in order to receive rewards from the slaveholders.
• Slaves worked as quickly as possible in order to complete their work and gain more free time.
• Slaves blended their religious beliefs with those of the slaveholders in order to gain the planters' trust.

6. Slaves often told folktales in order to teach lessons about how to __________________?

• survive under slavery
• preserve their native history
• aggravate slaveowners

7. Which of these was an outcome of Nat Turner's Rebellion?

• The rebellion ended peacefully with no loss of life.
• States adopted new slave codes that were more strict.
• Nat Turner escaped to the North and became a free man.
• The rebels were allowed to return to their plantations unpunished.

8. Some slaves sang ________________, emotional Christian songs that blended African and European music, to express their deeply held religious beliefs.

• chants
• spirituals
• jazz music

9. Most enslaved African Americans lived in ______________, where they worked on farms and plantations.

• cities
• suburbs
• rural areas

10. Family was the most important aspect of slave communities, and many slaves feared separation more than they feared ________________.

• brutal working conditions
• punishment
• death