Question 1

In the British colonies, slaves generally had the same status as domestic animals. What was the main exception to this rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  White slaves maintained all their legal rights. They were just servants for life. 
B)  Laws forbid masters from killing their slaves through any kind of punishment. 
C)  Slaves were held responsible for any violations of civil or criminal law. 
D)  There were no exceptions to the rule. 
A)  White slaves maintained all their legal rights. They were just servants for life. 
B)  Laws forbid masters from killing their slaves through any kind of punishment. 
C)  Slaves were held responsible for any violations of civil or criminal law. 
D)  There were no exceptions to the rule. C

Question 2

What was the overall result of the New York 1712 rebellion and the 1739 Stono Rebellion among slaveholders, especially in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because the revolts were put down successfully, whites felt satisfied with the example they set. 
B)  The revolts led to many colonies in the North abolishing slavery, since the whites had been so vicious in beginning the riots against blacks. 
C)  The revolts inspired tremendous fear and concern among whites, who attempted to crack down on opportunities for slaves to make any type of resistance. 
D)  Many of the slaves became free, and escaped to the island of Haiti. 
A)  Because the revolts were put down successfully, whites felt satisfied with the example they set. 
B)  The revolts led to many colonies in the North abolishing slavery, since the whites had been so vicious in beginning the riots against blacks. 
C)  The revolts inspired tremendous fear and concern among whites, who attempted to crack down on opportunities for slaves to make any type of resistance. 
D)  Many of the slaves became free, and escaped to the island of Haiti. C

Question 3

Which of the following is not true about indentured servitude in British North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black people were often considered and treated as indentured servants. 
B)  Masters were often very brutal and controlling over their servants. 
C)  Indentured servants could become free once their term of service to their master was complete. 
D)  Indentured servitude was completely race-based among the British. Only whites could be indentured servants. 
A)  Black people were often considered and treated as indentured servants. 
B)  Masters were often very brutal and controlling over their servants. 
C)  Indentured servants could become free once their term of service to their master was complete. 
D)  Indentured servitude was completely race-based among the British. Only whites could be indentured servants. D

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the Spanish Empire in America?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Spanish came in large numbers, and were able to maintain a rigid system of slavery. 
B)  The Spanish overseers were often much more kind and generous than in other cultures. 
C)  The Spanish, Indian, and African cultures intermingled in these areas. 
D)  Africans only arrived in the Spanish colonies after 1600. 
A)  The Spanish came in large numbers, and were able to maintain a rigid system of slavery. 
B)  The Spanish overseers were often much more kind and generous than in other cultures. 
C)  The Spanish, Indian, and African cultures intermingled in these areas. 
D)  Africans only arrived in the Spanish colonies after 1600.

Question 5

How do most historians believe the Native Americans arrived in North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asians moved across a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska. 
B)  Native Americans originated here, just as other types of humans originated on other continents. 
C)  Native Americans originated in present day Peru, and migrated northward with population expansion. 
D)  Native Americans are believed to have originated in Africa, and migrated prior to the movement of the continents. 
A)  Asians moved across a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska. 
B)  Native Americans originated here, just as other types of humans originated on other continents. 
C)  Native Americans originated in present day Peru, and migrated northward with population expansion. 
D)  Native Americans are believed to have originated in Africa, and migrated prior to the movement of the continents.

Question 6

How did slaves influence the choice of cash crop in Carolina?

Accepted Answer

A)  West African slaves had experience with rice cultivation. 
B)  Slaves arriving from Virginia knew more about tobacco cultivation than the British plantation owners from Barbados. 
C)  West Africans had learned how to produce silk from trade with Arabs and the East. 
D)  West African slaves enjoyed foods prepared with corn, and planted this in abundance. 
A)  West African slaves had experience with rice cultivation. 
B)  Slaves arriving from Virginia knew more about tobacco cultivation than the British plantation owners from Barbados. 
C)  West Africans had learned how to produce silk from trade with Arabs and the East. 
D)  West African slaves enjoyed foods prepared with corn, and planted this in abundance.

Question 7

Most slave resistance before the late eighteenth century was generally not part of a coordinated attempt to break down slavery. Why was this so?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ideas of natural human rights and equality of all would not spread until the American Revolution. 
B)  Most slaves could not read or write, and therefore could not communicate with each other. 
C)  Slaves were so psychologically damaged during slavery that they simply failed to resist their masters in any way. 
D)  Slaves really didn't understand the nature of slavery, and therefore could not attempt to break it down in any organized way. 
A)  Ideas of natural human rights and equality of all would not spread until the American Revolution. 
B)  Most slaves could not read or write, and therefore could not communicate with each other. 
C)  Slaves were so psychologically damaged during slavery that they simply failed to resist their masters in any way. 
D)  Slaves really didn't understand the nature of slavery, and therefore could not attempt to break it down in any organized way.

Question 8

What effect did the discovery of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia have on the colony's labor supply?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British immediately began to import African slaves to do the heavy work on the tobacco plantations. 
B)  It really had no effect, since tobacco was not thought of as desirable, so Virginians had to turn to other crops, like cotton, to make a living. 
C)  Early tobacco was a very dangerous product, and quickly killed off the Indians the white settlers had used as slave labor. 
D)  The British needed more labor, although they initially turned to their "undesirables" as a source. 
A)  The British immediately began to import African slaves to do the heavy work on the tobacco plantations. 
B)  It really had no effect, since tobacco was not thought of as desirable, so Virginians had to turn to other crops, like cotton, to make a living. 
C)  Early tobacco was a very dangerous product, and quickly killed off the Indians the white settlers had used as slave labor. 
D)  The British needed more labor, although they initially turned to their "undesirables" as a source.

Question 9

Which group of slaves was the most open in defying their masters?

Accepted Answer

A)  newly arrived Africans 
B)  female slaves, especially those wishing to free their children 
C)  older slaves who had extensive knowledge of the area and its inhabitants 
D)  teenaged slaves 
A)  newly arrived Africans 
B)  female slaves, especially those wishing to free their children 
C)  older slaves who had extensive knowledge of the area and its inhabitants 
D)  teenaged slaves

Question 10

The term chattel means _________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The term chattel means _________________....

Question 11

Interracial sexual contact is also called ___________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Interracial sexual contact is also called ___________________....

Question 12

What can we tell about the early population statistics of blacks in Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because African men and women were imported in equal numbers, the population grew very rapidly. 
B)  Until the mid 1600s, people of African descent remained a very small minority in the British colonies. 
C)  Blacks immediately began to reproduce very successfully in the colony. 
D)  Early blacks quickly intermarried with local British colonists and produced a thriving mulatto population. 
A)  Because African men and women were imported in equal numbers, the population grew very rapidly. 
B)  Until the mid 1600s, people of African descent remained a very small minority in the British colonies. 
C)  Blacks immediately began to reproduce very successfully in the colony. 
D)  Early blacks quickly intermarried with local British colonists and produced a thriving mulatto population.

Question 13

How did slavery differ in the northern British colonies before about 1750?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery never existed in the North. 
B)  Slavery was less extensive in the North, because more white labor was available and it had a more diversified economy. 
C)  Almost no slaves performed agricultural labor, since the North was mostly industrial. 
D)  Slaves had extensive legal rights and obligations in the North that were non-existent in the South. 
A)  Slavery never existed in the North. 
B)  Slavery was less extensive in the North, because more white labor was available and it had a more diversified economy. 
C)  Almost no slaves performed agricultural labor, since the North was mostly industrial. 
D)  Slaves had extensive legal rights and obligations in the North that were non-existent in the South.

Question 14

What status did slaves have during approximately the first 20 years of Georgia's existence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves actually had about equal status to whites early in Georgia. 
B)  Slaves were treated far more harshly in Georgia than anywhere else, primarily because they outnumbered white settlers. 
C)  Slaves had an ambiguous status in Georgia. Historians cannot tell if they were considered slaves or indentured servants. 
D)  Slavery was outlawed in Georgia during the early years of the colony. 
A)  Slaves actually had about equal status to whites early in Georgia. 
B)  Slaves were treated far more harshly in Georgia than anywhere else, primarily because they outnumbered white settlers. 
C)  Slaves had an ambiguous status in Georgia. Historians cannot tell if they were considered slaves or indentured servants. 
D)  Slavery was outlawed in Georgia during the early years of the colony.

Question 15

Which of the following was not a usual type of resistance to slavery among slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  working slowly 
B)  destruction of the masters' property, theft, and lying 
C)  mass violence in the form of rebellions 
D)  performing a job incorrectly or not doing work at all. 
A)  working slowly 
B)  destruction of the masters' property, theft, and lying 
C)  mass violence in the form of rebellions 
D)  performing a job incorrectly or not doing work at all.

Question 16

Although the Great Awakening included elements of equality, some factors pushed blacks to organize their own churches. Which was not one of those factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black members had to sit apart from white members in church services. 
B)  Black men were never allowed to hold leadership roles or become preachers in the church. 
C)  White masters emphasized elements of Christianity "appropriate" to slaves, like obedience, and subservience. 
D)  Black churchgoers wanted to continue some elements of African worship, like dancing, shouting, clapping and singing that some denominations thought inappropriate. 
A)  Black members had to sit apart from white members in church services. 
B)  Black men were never allowed to hold leadership roles or become preachers in the church. 
C)  White masters emphasized elements of Christianity "appropriate" to slaves, like obedience, and subservience. 
D)  Black churchgoers wanted to continue some elements of African worship, like dancing, shouting, clapping and singing that some denominations thought inappropriate.

Question 17

What is not generally a characteristic of chattel slavery, which began to develop in the British colonies in the 1660s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves lost many of their legal rights, although they could still be married in the eyes of the law. 
B)  The condition of the mother dictated the condition of the child. 
C)  Slaves could not own property, vote, or bear arms. 
D)  Being a Christian had no effect on a slave's status. 
A)  Slaves lost many of their legal rights, although they could still be married in the eyes of the law. 
B)  The condition of the mother dictated the condition of the child. 
C)  Slaves could not own property, vote, or bear arms. 
D)  Being a Christian had no effect on a slave's status.

Question 18

The ________________ was a large religious revival in the British colonies in the mid- to late-eighteenth century.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________________ was a large religious revival...

Question 19

Which word or phrase best describes the status of black people in early Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  ambiguous 
B)  completely subordinate 
C)  independent 
D)  set in stone 
A)  ambiguous 
B)  completely subordinate 
C)  independent 
D)  set in stone

Question 20

What types of labor were most common for slave women?

Accepted Answer

A)  field labor, but only in the late seventeenth centuries, when whites began to import more black men 
B)  field labor, often accompanied by white women 
C)  field labor, throughout the history of slavery 
D)  field labor, but only doing very light tasks like bringing water to the men 
A)  field labor, but only in the late seventeenth centuries, when whites began to import more black men 
B)  field labor, often accompanied by white women 
C)  field labor, throughout the history of slavery 
D)  field labor, but only doing very light tasks like bringing water to the men

Exam 3: Black People in Colonial North America

In the British colonies, slaves generally had the same status as domestic animals. What was the main exception to this rule?

What was the overall result of the New York 1712 rebellion and the 1739 Stono Rebellion among slaveholders, especially in the South?

Which of the following is not true about indentured servitude in British North America?

Which of the following is true of the Spanish Empire in America?

How do most historians believe the Native Americans arrived in North America?

How did slaves influence the choice of cash crop in Carolina?

Most slave resistance before the late eighteenth century was generally not part of a coordinated attempt to break down slavery. Why was this so?

What effect did the discovery of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia have on the colony's labor supply?

Which group of slaves was the most open in defying their masters?

The term chattel means _________________.

Interracial sexual contact is also called ___________________.

What can we tell about the early population statistics of blacks in Virginia?

How did slavery differ in the northern British colonies before about 1750?

What status did slaves have during approximately the first 20 years of Georgia's existence?

Which of the following was not a usual type of resistance to slavery among slaves?

Although the Great Awakening included elements of equality, some factors pushed blacks to organize their own churches. Which was not one of those factors?

What is not generally a characteristic of chattel slavery, which began to develop in the British colonies in the 1660s?

The ________________ was a large religious revival in the British colonies in the mid- to late-eighteenth century.

Which word or phrase best describes the status of black people in early Virginia?

What types of labor were most common for slave women?

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