Week 20: Free African Americans in the North and South

Week 20: Free African Americans in the North and South

8th Grade

23 Qs

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Week 20: Free African Americans in the North and South

Week 20: Free African Americans in the North and South

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Crystal Davis

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23 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is true?

There were more free African Americans in the North than in the South.

There were no free African Americans in the South but there were many in the North.

There were more free African Americans in the South than in the North.

There were the same amount of free African Americans in the North and South.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a free African American wanted to go see a concert before the Civil War, which of the following is most likely to occur?

They would have to pay double the price of admission.

They would be treated the same as whites.

They would be taken and put into slavery.

They would not be allowed into the concert hall.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There were over __________ free Africans Americans in the South.

300,000

500,000

200,000

400,000

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What situation made it difficult for poor Southern whites to find work?

poor Southern whites didn't like to travel

enslaved people did all the work

white Northerners took all the jobs

poor Southern whites didn't want to work

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt


Which pastime would most likely be engaged in by a rich plantation owner?

digging ditches

mining

leaving their families to find work

hunting for fun

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following people groups would have had a valid reason to resent enslaved laborers?

poor Southern whites

rich Southern whites

shipbuilders

members of the upper class in the South

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did abolitionists dislike the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?

They worried that the slave catchers would kidnap free African Americans in the North.

It didn't provide free African Americans a right to a trial by law.

They felt the fine for hiding an escaped slave was too high.

It did not protect the free African Americans in the North or South.

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