The Growth of Slavery

Question 1

Which of the following best describes how southern economies exploited the enslaved?

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Plantation owners maximized profits by using the enslaved for free labor.

Question 2

Review the document at right. Based on the information you see, who placed this advertisement?

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a slaveholder

Question 3

The poster suggests that Mr. Young

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wants to recover his property.

Question 4

Why were the slave codes created?

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to keep enslaved Africans powerless and frightened

Question 5

In general, enslaved people

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had no meaningful legal rights or protections.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of slavery in New England?

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Slavery was not widespread.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of slavery in the middle colonies?

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Pennsylvania produced the first public declaration of human rights.

Question 8

Region where slavery was commonly opposed by Quakers

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orange

Question 9

Region that contained the first state to legally recognize slavery

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blue

Question 10

Region where slavery was most common

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yellow

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