Wo Mingbai
What was a key characteristic of the work performed by enslaved people?
A. It was exclusively agricultural.
B. It was limited to unskilled labor.
C. It included domestic, agricultural, and skilled labor.
D. It was only performed by adult men
Answer: C. It included domestic, agricultural, and skilled labor.
The case of the Jesuits selling 272 enslaved people to pay off the debts of Georgetown University is an example of enslaved people being bound to a:
A. Church.
B. Factory.
C. College.
D. Plantation
Answer: A. Church.
In the gang system, enslaved laborers typically worked:
A. Individually until a daily quota was met.
B. Only on the cultivation of rice and indigo. C. In groups from sunup to sundown. D. Without any direct supervision.
Answer: C. In groups from sunup to sundown.
The Middle Colonies contributed to the slave-based economy by:
A. Providing the financing for slave purchases.
B. Manufacturing all the textiles for the South.
C. Supplying food crops that fed the South.
D. Leading the African slave trade.
Answer: C. Supplying food crops that fed the South.
After failed uprisings, enslavers and legislators often responded by:
A. Making slave codes stricter. B. Granting more freedoms to skilled laborers..
C. Encouraging manumission.
D. Improving working conditions.
Answer: A. Making slave codes stricter.
The first enslaved people arriving in the Chesapeake in 1619 initially served as:
A. Artisans in urban workshops.
B. Servants to Jamestown officials and planters.
C. Laborers on rice plantations.
D. Workers in church-owned factories.
Answer: B. Servants to Jamestown officials and planters.
Which of the following skills were specifically mentioned as being brought by enslaved Africans to the Americas?
A. Painting and tailoring.
B. Blacksmithing and basket weaving.
C. Carpentry and musical performance.
D. Pottery and shoemaking.
Answer: B. Blacksmithing and basket weaving.
Work songs with syncopated rhythms were primarily created by enslaved people working in the gang system to:
A. Entertain the plantation owner.
B. Keep the pace of work.
C. Communicate secret messages.
D. Practice their English language skills
Answer: B. Keep the pace of work.
What percentage of the U.S. economy was estimated to be tied to enslaved labor before the Civil War?
A. 5%
B. 50%
C. 33%
D. 13%
Answer: D. 13%
The presentation mentions that in some states, what practice was eventually limited?
A. The gang system.
B. The domestic slave trade.
C. Manumission (the freeing of enslaved people).
D. The use of enslaved people as collateral.
Answer: C. Manumission (the freeing of enslaved people).
In Northern urban areas, enslaved people were commonly employed as all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Artisans and shopkeepers.
B. Dockworkers and messengers.
C. Domestic servants and weavers.
D. Large-scale cotton planters.
Answer: D. Large-scale cotton planters.
How did enslavers exploit the specialized skills of the people they enslaved?
A. They allowed them to keep all wages earned.
B. They sent them back to Africa to teach others.
C. They freed them as a reward for their skills. D. They hired them out to others for income.
Answer: D. They hired them out to others for income.
The task system, which involved working individually to meet a daily quota, was commonly used for which crops?
A. Cotton and sugar.
B. Tobacco and wheat.
C. Rice and indigo.
D. Corn and potatoes.
Answer: C. Rice and indigo.
Enslaved labor was responsible for producing what fraction of U.S. exports in the 19th century?
A. One-quarter
B. One-third
C. Two-thirds
D. One-Half
Answer: C. Two-thirds
What was a key difference between the gang and task systems?
A. The gang system was only used in the North.
B. The task system required less direct supervision.
C. The gang system allowed for more cultural preservation.
D. The task system was considered more humane by enslavers.
Answer: B. The task system required less direct supervision.
For what reason could enslaved people could be reallocated to different types of labor based on the:
A. Laws of the state.
B. Preferences of their enslaver.
C. Decisions of the local church.
D. Requests of the enslaved community.
Answer: B. Preferences of their enslaver.
Enslaved people used their specialized skills for all of the following purposes EXCEPT:
A. To survive and build community.
B. To create and maintain their culture.
C. To sometimes save money to buy their freedom.
D. To purchase land for their families.
Answer: D. To purchase land for their families.
A key cultural effect of the task system, with its relative lack of oversight, was that it allowed enslaved people to:
A. Organize large-scale revolts more easily.
B. Maintain linguistic practices like the Gullah language.
C. Adopt the cultural practices of the enslavers more fully.
D. Focus on developing industrial skills.
Answer: B. Maintain linguistic practices like the Gullah language
A major reason enslaved people were alienated from the wealth they produced was that:
A. They were paid in goods instead of money.
B. Their wages were kept by their enslavers when they were hired out.
C. They refused to accept payment for their labor.
D. The wealth was invested in European banks.
Answer: B. Their wages were kept by their enslavers when they were hired out
The creation of a creole language like Gullah in the Carolina lowcountry is an example of how enslaved people:
A. Fully assimilated into European American culture.
B. Were unable to develop complex linguistic systems.
C. Used their skills to build community and culture.
D. Refused to learn any English.
Answer: C. Used their skills to build community and culture.
Which of the following was listed as an institution that could own enslaved people?
A. The Federal Government
B. International Trading Companies. C. The British Crown
D. Factories and Colleges
Answer: D. Factories and Colleges
The two primary slave labor systems described in the presentation are the:
A. Indentured and Apprentice systems.
B. Gang and Task systems.
C. Domestic and Agricultural systems.
D. Urban and Rural systems.
Answer: B. Gang and Task systems.
How did the Northern economy benefit from slavery, according to the presentation?
A. Northern banks financed the purchase of enslaved people. B. Northern states directly controlled Southern plantations. C. The North did not benefit from the slave economy.
D. The North's primary export was enslaved people.
Answer: A. Northern banks financed the purchase of enslaved people.
The entrenched wealth disparities in America are partly attributed to the fact that enslaved people had:
A. No legal right to accumulate property to pass down. B. High taxes taken from their wages.
C. No desire to accumulate material wealth.
D. Limited skills that were valuable in the market.
Answer: A. No legal right to accumulate property to pass down.
What was the economic interdependence between the North and South was based on:
A. A shared opposition to the international slave trade.
B. Mutual benefits derived from the system of slavery.
C. Competitive industrial markets.
D. Independent economic systems.
Answer: B. Mutual benefits derived from the system of slavery