Author Question: The best explanation for the greater reliance on slavery in the British North American South is ... (Read 68 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following best describes Africans transported to the Americas?

A) men greatly outnumbered women
B) women greatly outnumbered men
C) men and women were transported in roughly equal numbers
D) most slaves were older than 30

Question 2

In the 18th century, the greatest concentration of slave populations was found in:

A) New England.
B) the Caribbean.
C) the Upper South.
D) the Middle Colonies.

Question 3

The best explanation for the greater reliance on slavery in the British North American South is that:

A) Southerners were lazier than Northerners.
B) slavery was more profitable in plantation economies.
C) most Northerners were morally opposed to slavery.
D) slave traders refused to sell slaves in the North.