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Ethnic Studies: African American Studies 1492 - 1919
 
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Ethnic Studies: African American Studies 1492 - 1919

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
How did some slave traders use Christianity to justify slavery?
a.
They pointed out passages in the Bible that they claimed supported slavery.
b.
They argued that Africans could not read the Bible, and should therefore become slaves.
c.
They claimed that the Bible stated that Europeans were superior to all other peoples.
d.
They stated that Africans could never become Christians, and so deserved to be slaves.
 

 2. 
How did the Thirteenth Amendment affect American society?
a.
It created economic opportunities for African Americans.
b.
It allowed only slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation to remain free.
c.
It guaranteed the end of slavery in the United States.
d.
It aided the South in rebuilding after the war.
 

 3. 
What was one result of the arrival of Europeans in Africa?
a.
Egypt became a major world power.
b.
The slave trade began.
c.
African art and culture disappeared.
d.
Everyone in Africa became Muslim.
 

 4. 
What was the purpose of the Tuskegee Institute?
a.
to promote the integration of education in the South
b.
to prepare African Americans to hold political office
c.
to teach poor African Americans a trade
d.
to provide health care to poor blacks
 

 5. 
Which abolitionist wrote a famous slave narrative?
a.
Elizabeth Jennings
c.
Frederick Douglass
b.
David Walker
d.
William Lloyd Garrison
 

 6. 
What effect did Gabriel Prosser’s uprising have on the South?
a.
It led many masters to emancipate their slaves.
b.
It made slave owners suspicious of revolts.
c.
It led to hundreds of other rebellions.
d.
It had no impact on the South.
 

 7. 
Why did W. E. B. Du Bois reject the Atlanta Compromise?
a.
He argued that discrimination should be opposed rather than accepted.
b.
He believed that Washington did not understand the realities of black life in the southern states.
c.
He believed that integration was an impossible goal.
d.
He claimed that African Americans did not have the skills necessary to seek economic opportunity.
 

 8. 
What was the primary use for slaves in most societies?
a.
to perform manual labor
c.
to work as government officials
b.
to settle conquered territories
d.
to serve as warriors
 

 9. 
Why did few sharecroppers purchase their own farms?
a.
They were banned by the government from purchasing farmland.
b.
They could not afford their own farms.
c.
They did not have the skills to run a farm.
d.
They preferred to rent land rather than own it.
 

 10. 
What was the goal of the abolition movement?
a.
to increase the rights of slaves
b.
to end slavery throughout the United States
c.
to force African Americans to migrate to Africa
d.
to protect slavery in states where it was legal
 

 11. 
Where was the cotton belt located?
a.
in the central United States
c.
in the southwestern United States
b.
in the northeastern United States
d.
across the southern United States
 

 12. 
What was the purpose of a grandfather clause?
a.
to allow poor whites to vote while denying the right to poor blacks
b.
to increase voting participation among elderly Americans
c.
to increase the number of black voters in southern states
d.
to deny the vote to all poor southerners, black and white
 

 13. 
What contribution did Phillis Wheatley make to American culture?
a.
She was an accomplished musician.
b.
She was a talented minister.
c.
She was a gifted painter.
d.
She was the first published African American author.
 

 14. 
Which of the following was NOT a usual method southern slaves used to gain their freedom?
a.
winning lotteries
c.
fighting in wars
b.
running away
d.
purchasing their freedom
 

 15. 
Which African American made over a million dollars marketing cosmetics?
a.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
c.
Monroe Trotter
b.
Madame C.J. Walker
d.
Elijah McCoy
 

 16. 
Where did most race riots take place?
a.
in rural areas
b.
in cities
c.
in states that had not yet passed Jim Crow laws
d.
in the North
 

 17. 
Why did so many people die on the Middle Passage?
a.
successful rebellions on board ship took many lives
b.
slave traders usually purchased unhealthy individuals
c.
disease and malnutrition were common
d.
overloaded ships often sank
 

 18. 
What was the Underground Railroad?
a.
an organization that helped slaves escape their owners
b.
a subway linking cities in the South
c.
a charity dedicated to helping free blacks survive
d.
a group that hunted down escaped slaves
 

 19. 
On which continent did the first ancestors of modern human beings appear?
a.
North America
c.
Australia
b.
Asia
d.
Africa
 

 20. 
What was the Middle Passage?
a.
the largest slave trading ship ever built
b.
a road across the Sahara
c.
the route by which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
d.
a route along the African coast to the Indian Ocean
 

 21. 
What group was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois and other young black intellectuals to fight for full rights for African Americans?
a.
Niagara Movement
c.
Springfield Associates
b.
Buffalo Exchange
d.
Erie Consortium
 

 22. 
What black sailor was killed in the Boston Massacre?
a.
Peter Salem
c.
Paul Cuffe
b.
Crispus Attucks
d.
Richard Allen
 

 23. 
From what region were the vast majority of slaves shipped to the Americas?
a.
West Africa
c.
East Africa
b.
northern Africa
d.
southern Europe
 

 24. 
What was the goal of the Black Codes?
a.
to place African Americans in slavelike conditions
b.
to protect the rights of the freedpeople
c.
to prevent white southerners from enslaving freedpeople
d.
to increase the number of black voters in the South
 

 25. 
Which southern state was home to a large population of escaped slaves?
a.
Texas
c.
Alabama
b.
Florida
d.
Georgia
 

 26. 
On which slave ship did slaves stage a successful mutiny?
a.
Horton
c.
Amistad
b.
Beckwourth
d.
Vesey
 

 27. 
What role did black fraternities and sororities play at colleges?
a.
They were purely social organizations.
b.
They did very little on most college campuses.
c.
They prevented black students from participating in most activities at colleges.
d.
They served as a support system for black students.
 

 28. 
Why did some slave owners oppose the practice of African customs?
a.
They believed the practice of African customs would lead slaves to fight for their freedom.
b.
They feared that slaves would spend too much practicing African customs and not complete their work.
c.
They wanted their slaves to be loyal to the United States.
d.
They believed that slaves who practiced African customs would not want to learn new skills.
 

 29. 
What right did the Fifteenth Amendment protect?
a.
the right to free speech
c.
the right to own property
b.
the right to vote
d.
the right to hold public office
 

 30. 
What role did free blacks play in the Seminole Indians’ war against the United States?
a.
They served as soldiers in the U.S. Army.
b.
They helped the Seminoles fight the U.S. Army
c.
They helped capture runaway slaves who tried to join the Seminoles.
d.
They purchased the slaves who lived with the Seminoles.
 

 31. 
Who or what was Jim Crow?
a.
a U.S. Supreme Court case
b.
laws and customs used to discriminate against blacks
c.
the practice of allowing whites and blacks to attend schools together
d.
the governor of Mississippi
 

 32. 
How did Harriet Tubman support the Union war effort?
a.
She nursed wounded soldiers back to health.
b.
She was as a public speaker who built support for the war.
c.
She was a Union spy.
d.
She was a member of Congress.
 

 33. 
What advice did Booker T. Washington offer African Americans in his Atlanta Compromise?
a.
seek vocational education
b.
migrate to a northern state
c.
protest against segregation at every opportunity
d.
run for political office
 

 34. 
Which of the following was NOT a hardship faced by slaves on southern plantations?
a.
overeating
c.
overcrowding
b.
cruel overseers
d.
long hours
 

 35. 
What was the reaction of Union Army recruiters when African Americans first tried to enlist?
a.
They sent black volunteers to the Confederacy.
b.
They turned away black volunteers.
c.
They accepted all volunteers.
d.
They arrested black volunteers.
 


 
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