Chapters 5-8 African American History (Book Self Test Answers)

The acquisition of this territory was, according to the authors of the text, "the high-water mark in the effort of the South to absorb all the lands into which the cotton kingdom could be extended":

Texas

Blacks served in the Navy during the War of 1812. Approximately what percentage of the crews of the Upper Lakes were black?

10%

The revolution in St. Domingue occurred in:

1791

The United States purchased Louisiana in:

1803

The slave trade in Washington, D.C. ended in:

1850

The most profitable agricultural unit in the South consisted of the labor of between:

30 and 60 slaves

2 The slave population in 1860 was approximately:

4 million

In 1850 how many slaves lived in towns and cities?

40,000

Of the 300,000 who fought for independence, approximately how many were black?

5,000

The number of blacks in the United States in 1790 was approximately:

750,000

"It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have." This statement was written by:

Abigail Adams

Phyllis Wheatley was born in:

Africa

Even though the African slave trade was closed by federal legislation in 1808:

American ships, sailors, and capital continued an extensive slave trade between Africa and the New World

All of the following supported the slave trade in some manner EXCEPT:

Benjamin Lundy

Slaves could anticipate which of the following as periods of recreation and relaxation?

Christmas

The majority of slaves labored on plantations that produced:

Cotton

Which of the following was a talented artist?

Edmonia Lewis

This military officer admitted that the policy of the United States in barring blacks from serving their country in the military was a mistake:

General Andrew Jackson

In "A Summary View of the Rights of British America," Thomas Jefferson argued that primary blame for the continuation of slavery in the colonies belonged to:

Great Britain, who had blocked the colonists' efforts to end the slave trade

This man was considered the first physician of African descent in the United States:

James Derham

General Washington reversed his decision on using black soldiers in response to:

Lord Dunmore's declaration

Which state led the nation in cotton production in 1860?

Mississippi

Which sections of the country were especially active in providing for black education?

New England and the middle Atlantic states

What effect did the War for Independence have on the institution of slavery?

Slaves ran away in large numbers

In 1790 the majority of the black population was concentrated in the:

South Atlantic States

All of the colonies allowed black enlistment EXCEPT:

South Carolina and Georgia

The domestic slave trade was encouraged by:

a. profits coming from western agriculture b. the end of the African slave trade c. rising prices for slaves d. all of the above✔︎

States that reported having no slaves at all in 1790:

Vermont and Massachusetts

The Southern state with the largest slave population in 1850 was:

Virginia

The state with the largest black population in 1790 was

Virginia

The "very seat and center of the slave trade" was:

Washington, D.C.

Which of the following does NOT belong in this grouping?

William Pearce

Who argued to reopen the Atlantic slave trade by stating "if it is right to buy slaves in Virginia and carry them to New Orleans, why is it not right to buy them in Cuba, Brazil, or Africa and carry them there?"

William Yancey

Providing the necessities of life for a slave population was a major task. Which of the following statements is true?

Women often made their own garments from homespun cloth.

The slave who accompanied Lewis and Clarke on their expedition to the west was:

York

A slave chosen and empowered to supervise other slaves was called

a driver

Often after a slave revolt or a failed conspiracy was uncovered, the following happened:

a. Slave Codes were strengthened b. slaves were branded c. slaves were executed d. all of the above✔︎

Which of the following statements concerning slave breeding is true?

a. spreading their economic investment over a long period of time b. to escape the stigma associated with being known as a slave seller c. for the prestige that came with being a slave owner all of the above✔︎

Some of the reasons why slaveowners might hire out their slaves instead of selling them include:

a. spreading their economic investment over a long period of time b. to escape the stigma associated with being known as a slave seller c. for the prestige that came with being a slave owner d. all of the above✔︎

Paul Cuffe

a. transported free blacks to Africa at his own expense b. was an early colonizationist c. sought economic independence d. all of the above✔︎

Blacks who served in the military during the War for Independence:

a.came mainly from the North b. served in every phase of the war c. sometimes served as substitutes for white draftees d. all of the above✔︎

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

allowed owners to pursue slaves across state lines to seize their "property" wherever found

Slaves were invited to white churches

as a method to keep surveillance on the slaves

In the decade before the Civil War southern white churches

became agencies for the perpetuation of slavery

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

blacks strongly resisted separating from white churches

The three-fifths compromise was directed towards:

determining representation in the national government and taxation

The "task system" of slave labor

gave slaves specific assignments each day

Which of the following statements about Olaudah Equiano/Gustavus Vassa is correct?

he was born in Benin

All of the following statements about Benjamin Banneker are correct EXCEPT:

his almanacs were strongly criticized by Jefferson

The slave revolt led by Nat Turner took place:

in Virginia in 1831

The vast majority of black soldiers fought:

in integrated units

All of the following can be said about the idea of Manifest Destiny EXCEPT:

it inspired Southern expansionists to extend democracy

After George Washington assumed command of the Continental Army in 1775:

it was decided that the services of blacks were not needed

On the question of black soldiers, the Committee of Safety decided to use:

just freemen, no slaves

According to the authors, which of the following had the most impact on slavery in the years after 1800?

landed expansion to the West

Slaves resisted their condition in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

miscegenation

What percentage of white southerners were slaveholders?

one-quarter

All of the following made the cotton kingdom one of the most dynamic areas of economic and social activity during the first half of the 19th century EXCEPT

poor white labor

In 1820 Alabama and Mississippi had 75,000 blacks. By 1840 the number:

rose to approximately 500,000

The black population in 1790 was primarily

rural

The slave family was

seldom recognized by whites as an institution worthy of respect

The "invisible institution" of the antebellum South was the:

slave religious community

This was the most socially reviled group involved in the domestic slave trade:

slave traders

All of the following statements are true EXCEPT:

slavery was protected by the Northwest Ordinance

Before 1760 the majority of colonists paid little attention to slavery for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

slavery was strictly confined to the south

In "An Address to the Negroes of the State of New York," Jupiter Hammon:

stated that he could bear his condition as a slave patiently, but young blacks should be manumitted

America's response to the Haitian Revolution is best described as:

terrified because importing new slaves might bring uprisings to the United States

For a brief period after 1783 the institution of slavery appeared to be deteriorating. All of the following contributed to its recovery EXCEPT:

the decline in the price of slaves

According to W.E.B. DuBois, Toussaint L 'Ouverture directly influenced all of the following EXCEPT:

the furtherance of Napoleon's ambitions in the western hemisphere

All of the following statements concerning the African slave trade are correct EXCEPT:

the law Congress passed outlawing the African slave trade was strictly enforced

Each of the following statements about slavery is correct EXCEPT:

the popular image of great numbers of slaves working on large plantations accurately reflects how the institution worked

The new impetus for black education in New York occurred as a result of :

the state passed a law requiring slave owners to teach slave children to read scriptures

An overseer was typically used:

there were twenty slaves or more to be supervised

Thomas Jefferson's initial draft of the Declaration of Independence was:

unacceptable to the Southern delegation at the Continental Congress

Crispus Attucks:

was a runaway slave and the first to die in the Boston Massacre

The Slave Codes:

were often disregarded when there was no crisis

Most slave owners:

were small farmers

Laws prohibiting the teaching of slaves

were widely disregarded, despite widespread apprehension

Slave owners showed an interest in maintaining stable slave families

when they became concerned with the slaves' moral and religious lives

Slaves worked the greatest number of hours per day:

while harvesting

James Beckwourth distinguished himself as a(n):

wilderness fighter

Slaves who were skilled workers in trades

worked mainly in towns