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Abolitionist rallies often featured formerly enslaved speakers such as _____.
A. William Lloyd Garrison
B. Sojourner Truth
C. Nat Turner
D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A. William Lloyd Garrison
B. Sojourner Truth
C. Nat Turner
D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
History
Why were the captured Africans aboard the Amistad ultimately released?
A. The Supreme Court ruled they had been captured and held illegally.
B. Spain decided the international slave trade was illegal.
C. The Supreme Court ruled that they had committed no crime since they rebelled in international waters.
D. The Supreme Court determined that they had been kidnapped by British troops.
A. The Supreme Court ruled they had been captured and held illegally.
B. Spain decided the international slave trade was illegal.
C. The Supreme Court ruled that they had committed no crime since they rebelled in international waters.
D. The Supreme Court determined that they had been kidnapped by British troops.
History
Why did so many legal issues occur when enslaved people rebelled at sea?
A. Few survivors ever made it to land to testify.
B. Different nations can apply their laws to vessels at sea.
C. Pirates often seized people and evidence in raids.
D. The Caribbean had a split system of government: half American and half European.
A. Few survivors ever made it to land to testify.
B. Different nations can apply their laws to vessels at sea.
C. Pirates often seized people and evidence in raids.
D. The Caribbean had a split system of government: half American and half European.
History
Which of the following rebellions did NOT take place in or around Virginia?
Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A. Gabriel Prosser's 1800 conspiracy
B. Denmark Vesey's 1822 conspiracy
C. Nat Turner's 1831 rebellion
D. John Brown's 1859 uprising
Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A. Gabriel Prosser's 1800 conspiracy
B. Denmark Vesey's 1822 conspiracy
C. Nat Turner's 1831 rebellion
D. John Brown's 1859 uprising
History
An enslaved person who deliberately breaks a cotton gin is participating in _____.
Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A. covert resistance
B. armed rebellion
C. abolition
D. guerrilla tactics
Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A. covert resistance
B. armed rebellion
C. abolition
D. guerrilla tactics
History
New York is located on the ? Of north america
History
How did folk tales of Br’er Rabbit serve as covert resistance to enslavement?
A. The tales showed that enslaved people could publish novels based on a deep literary tradition.
B. The tales showed a smaller trickster conquering more powerful figures, who represented enslavers.
C. The tales made fun of the traditional European stories in the Mother Goose collection.
D. The tales encoded messages for people using the Underground Railroad.
A. The tales showed that enslaved people could publish novels based on a deep literary tradition.
B. The tales showed a smaller trickster conquering more powerful figures, who represented enslavers.
C. The tales made fun of the traditional European stories in the Mother Goose collection.
D. The tales encoded messages for people using the Underground Railroad.
History
Write two adjectives or descriptive phrases that describe Battle of Bunker Hill
History
according to Frederick Douglass’s 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
1.What words did Douglass use to describe his life as a slave, and why do you think he chose those words? Why do you think he wrote his autobiography?
2.What impact did witnessing violence have upon Douglass? What experiences shaped him most profoundly?
3.What effect did urban life and society have upon the treatment of slaves by the white population in Baltimore? What exceptions to this treatment did Douglass describe? How did the quality of life for urban slaves differ from that of rural slaves?
4.In what way did Sophia Auld differ from other white women whom Douglass knew in Maryland? To what did he attribute the differences?
5.According to Douglass, how did society and the quality of life for all people in Massachusetts different from what he had observed in Maryland? Why did he find this shocking?
6.If you could ask Douglass one question, what would it be and why?
1.What words did Douglass use to describe his life as a slave, and why do you think he chose those words? Why do you think he wrote his autobiography?
2.What impact did witnessing violence have upon Douglass? What experiences shaped him most profoundly?
3.What effect did urban life and society have upon the treatment of slaves by the white population in Baltimore? What exceptions to this treatment did Douglass describe? How did the quality of life for urban slaves differ from that of rural slaves?
4.In what way did Sophia Auld differ from other white women whom Douglass knew in Maryland? To what did he attribute the differences?
5.According to Douglass, how did society and the quality of life for all people in Massachusetts different from what he had observed in Maryland? Why did he find this shocking?
6.If you could ask Douglass one question, what would it be and why?
History
Which of the following did the Seminole Wars reflect?
Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A.
the continued expansion of United States territory
B.
the displacement of American Indians
C.
the attempted expansion of slavery into Florida
D.
All answers are correct.
Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A.
the continued expansion of United States territory
B.
the displacement of American Indians
C.
the attempted expansion of slavery into Florida
D.
All answers are correct.
