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Question 1

Slave communities provided all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  A) the possibility of building a family.
  B) access to African values and attitudes.
  C) their own form of religion.
  D) the opportunity to choose where families would live.

Question 2

One reason for the persistence of slavery in the South was that:
 
  A) a child born of a slave was legally a slave.
  B) the international slave trade grew rapidly after 1808.
  C) free blacks were seized and enslaved.
  D) Indian slaves replaced black slaves after 1808.

Question 3

One of the most noteworthy features of the slave community in the American South was:
 
  A) its acceptance of white paternalism within its own social structure.
  B) its refusal to incorporate Christian religious practices.
  C) its animosity toward free African Americans.
  D) the expanded kinship network that developed within it.

Question 4

A common defense of the institution of slavery by slave owners was that:
 
  A) slaves were treated better than northern industrial workers.
  B) they were becoming Christianized and thus their souls would be saved.
  C) slave children played with white children.
  D) slaves lived better on southern plantations than the natives in Africa.

Question 5

What percentage of all slaves worked as field hands?
 
  A) 35
  B) 50
  C) 60
  D) 75



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Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: A

Answer 3

Answer: D

Answer 4

Answer: A

Answer 5

Answer: D




rl

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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