Chapter 16

Arrange the following in chronological order: the founding of the (A) American Colonization Society, (B) American Anti-Slavery Society, (C) Liberty party. A)A, B, C B)C, A, B C)B, C, A D)A, C, B E)C, B, A

A

Slaves fought the system of slavery in all of the following ways except by A)slowing down the work pace. B)refusing to get an education. C)sabotaging expensive equipment. D)pilfering goods that their labor had produced. E)running away when possible.

B

By the mid-nineteenth century, A) most southerners owned slaves. B) the smaller slaveholders owned a majority of the slaves. C) most slaves lived on large plantations. D) slavery was a dying institution. E) southerners were growing defensive about slavery

C

Forced separation of spouses, parents, and children was most common A) in the Deep South. B) on the large plantations. C) on small plantations and in the upper South. D) in the decade before the Civil War. E) as a punishment for running away.

C

Which one of the following has least in common with the other four? A)Nat Turner B)David Walker C)John Quincy Adams D)Denmark Vesey E)Gabriel

C

18. Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of A) the prohibition of the Atlantic slave trade after 1807. B) purchase by northern abolitionists. C) fleeing to mountain hideaways. D) purchasing their way out of slavery. E) the objection to slaveholding by some white women.

D