The Growth of Slavery — Quiz

Question 1

During the 1700s, enslaved people who tried to escape slavery

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fled to where slavery was outlawed.

Question 2

What type of work did most enslaved people in Maryland and the southern colonies perform?

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labor in fields and on plantations

Question 3

Which of these is the best comparison of slavery in the middle colonies and the southern colonies in the 1600s?

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Enslaved people tended to work on large farms in both the middle and southern colonies.

Question 4

Slave codes were laws that

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defined the status of enslaved persons and the rights of enslavers.

Question 5

Typically, southern colonial plantation owners

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feared revolts as the number of enslaved persons grew.

Question 6

When their periods of service ended, indentured servants

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caused a need for more laborers on plantations.

Question 7

During the colonial era in America, slave codes

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gave enslavers more power over enslaved persons.

Question 8

Why was the petition written by Pennsylvania German Quakers in 1688 significant?

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It was the first public statement to protest slavery in America.

Question 9

While slave codes were in effect,

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enslaved people’s activities were restricted.

Question 10

Laws were established to create an official system of slavery in the American colonies beginning in the

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mid-1600s.

The Growth of Slavery — Quiz Answers