12-3 The Slave System

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?

• Slave families were rarely separated from each other.

• Most slaves enjoyed a wide variety of food and large rations

• Most slaves lived in small dirt-floor cabins with few furnishings.

• Most slaves lived in nice cabins with plenty of beds and furniture.

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

• slave laws

• slave codes

• punishment codes

• clemency laws

Slaves often told folktales 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

Approximately what percent of Southerners DID NOT practice or own enslaved workers?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

These men owned or rented small farms in the south, the did not own enslaved workers.

• Planters

• Suatters

• Yeoman

• Fieldhands

Which of the following enslaved worker would not have worked in the Plantation home?

• Butler

• Nanny

• Cook

• Fieldhand

Which of the following is FALSE?

• Most enslaved families were separated at auctions

• Enslaved workers were seen as property

• Sometimes free African Americans were kidnapped and sold into slavery

• Enslaved families were not separated, they were sold as a group.