African American History: Chapter 7 Test
The works of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper reflected her __________.
antislavery activities
Most free black people living in rural areas of the Upper South were __________.
tenant farmers
Which of the following had the smallest free black population in 1860?
the Deep South
The Free Soil Party opposed __________.
the expansion of slavery into new territories
Which northeastern states tended to be the most aggressive in disfranchising black men?
those with larger African-American populations
During the antebellum period, most free African Americans in the North worked as __________.
unskilled laborers
In the antebellum period most white northerners __________.
wanted nothing to do with black people and held racist ideas similar to those of southerners
The typical African-American boarder in the antebellum period was a(n) __________.
young, single man
Which of the following was true of the election of 1824?
All four candidates ran as Republicans.
Which of the following was true of the free black population of the United States in 1860?
Almost half of all free African Americans lived in cities.
Why did property qualifications for voting disproportionately affect African Americans?
As a group, African Americans were poorer than white people.
__________ recounted the military service of African Americans in The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution.
William C. Nell
Stephen Smith and William Whipper first grew wealthy in the __________ industry.
lumber
Most African Americans who went west were __________.
men
Which of the following was true of northern white churches in the antebellum period?
Most required black members to sit in separate sections.
The black section of __________ Five Points was one of the worst urban slums in early nineteenth-century America.
New York City's
Which of the following is true about the lives of free black people in the Deep South as compared to those in the Upper South?
A sophisticated caste system developed in the Deep South.
The Industrial Revolution began in __________.
Britain
In the first half of the nineteenth century, __________ was one of the few northern cities that did not show patterns of residential segregation.
Cleveland
The Whig Party arose in opposition to the _______ Party.
Democratic
Immigration from __________ undermined the economic position of northern African Americans.
Europe
Some free black people living in the Deep South had ancestors who had fled __________ in the 1790s.
Haiti
What was Frederick Douglass's opinion of black churches?
He thought they reinforced segregation and racism.
How did New York deal with voting requirements for African Americans?
It eliminated property requirements for white men but continued them for black men.
Which of the following was true of African-American physicians in the nineteenth century?
Many practiced medicine without a degree.
In which of the following states did black men have voting rights in the antebellum period?
Massachusetts
Public school systems began in _________ and then spread to other northern states.
Massachusetts
Which of the following statements about segregation is true?
Northern hotels refused to rent rooms to African Americans.
Black laws were most prominent in the __________.
Old Northwest
The AME Mother Bethel Church in __________ attracted 2,000 to 3,000 people each Sunday.
Philadelphia
Which city had the largest black urban population in the first half of the nineteenth century?
Philadelphia
Which is true of African Americans living in the Upper South?
They were assumed to be slaves unless they could prove otherwise.
Which of the following was true of the northern black elite in the antebellum period?
They were often professionals who served black communities.
Free black communities in the early nineteenth century were characterized by __________.
active church congregations
Northern white people passed __________ laws in order to limit the rights and freedom of free African Americans.
black
After the market revolution, the northern economy was based, to a significant degree on __________.
commercial farming
Black Californians generally __________.
lived in multicultural communities
The African Dorcas Associations __________.
distributed aid to the poor
John Remond and his wife Nancy Lenox Remond were __________.
entrepreneurs
Up until 1848, public school education in the Old Northwest was _______.
for white children only
Many free black people in the Upper South __________.
had family ties to slaves
Which of the following may help explain increases in the prevalence of single-parent black families in the Northeast during the antebellum period?
high unemployment rates among black men
Which of the following was a key to making industrialization in the United States possible?
improved transportation
Frederick Douglass was a strong advocate of ______.
integrated public education
Black churches were __________.
often used as schools
Maria W. Stewart rose to prominence as a(n) __________.
public speaker
A __________ first used the term "Jim Crow" to describe segregated facilities.
railroad
By 1850, about half of all __________ were African American.
sailors
Edmonia Lewis was best known for her __________.
sculptures
Which of the following helps explain the growth of African-American institutions in the antebellum period?
segregation and racial exclusion
