Slavery

Question 1

What year did the United States Constitution take effect, which included compromises regarding slavery?

Answer 1

1789

Question 2

True or False: The Constitution explicitly prohibited slavery.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What was the three-fifths compromise?

Answer 3

A provision in the Constitution that counted enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes.

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The __________ Act of 1793 allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people.

Answer 4

Fugitive Slave

Question 5

What was the primary cash crop that fueled the demand for slave labor in the South?

Answer 5

Cotton

Question 6

Multiple Choice: Which of the following states was the first to legally abolish slavery? A) Virginia B) Pennsylvania C) Georgia D) New York

Answer 6

B) Pennsylvania

Question 7

What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Answer 7

It maintained the balance of power between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Question 8

True or False: The Compromise of 1850 included stricter provisions for the Fugitive Slave Act.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

Answer 9

To help enslaved people escape to freedom in the North or Canada.

Question 10

Fill in the blank: The __________ was a famous abolitionist newspaper founded by Frederick Douglass.

Answer 10

North Star

Question 11

What event is considered the turning point that led to the Civil War concerning slavery?

Answer 11

The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852.

Question 12

Multiple Choice: Which Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans could not be American citizens? A) Dred Scott v. Sandford B) Plessy v. Ferguson C) Brown v. Board of Education D) Marbury v. Madison

Answer 12

A) Dred Scott v. Sandford

Question 13

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

Answer 13

To end slavery in the United States.

Question 14

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people in the United States.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What year did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect?

Answer 15

1863

Question 16

Fill in the blank: The __________ Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States.

Answer 16

13th

Question 17

What were Black Codes?

Answer 17

Laws passed in the South after the Civil War to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.

Question 18

Multiple Choice: Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote? A) 13th B) 14th C) 15th D) 19th

Answer 18

C) 15th

Question 19

What is sharecropping?

Answer 19

A system where landowners allowed tenants to use the land in exchange for a share of the crops produced.

Question 20

True or False: The Reconstruction Era fully integrated African Americans into society as equals.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

What was the primary purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Answer 21

To assist formerly enslaved people in transitioning to freedom and provide education and resources.

Question 22

Fill in the blank: The __________ Act of 1866 aimed to protect the civil rights of African Americans.

Answer 22

Civil Rights

Question 23

What year marked the end of Reconstruction?

Answer 23

1877

Question 24

Multiple Choice: Which of the following was a significant outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson case? A) Desegregation B) Separate but equal doctrine C) Abolition of slavery D) Voting rights for women

Answer 24

B) Separate but equal doctrine

Question 25

What was the overall impact of Jim Crow laws?

Answer 25

They enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans in the South.