US History 4.8

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Normally, just a few Africans died on the slave ships before they reached America. True False
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false
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Most slaves were field-workers. True False
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true
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The major purpose of slave codes was to regulate the owners' treatment of the slave. True False
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false
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Most blacks deported from the United States settled in Sierra Leone. True False
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false
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Less than 10,000 slaves escaped by the Underground Railroad between 1830 and 1860. True False
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false
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The abolitionist movement that ended with the emancipation of the slaves started in: the Pacific coast states the Northeast the West the South
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the Northeast
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Louisiana slave owners were able to legally work a slave: forever for 24 hours a day for 21 hours a day for only 16 hours a day
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for 21 hours a day
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The first cotton-spinning mill in the United States was built by: Eli Whitney James Tallmadge Henry Clay Samuel Slater
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Samuel Slater
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In addition to being field-workers and domestic workers, plantation slaves also served as
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craftsmen
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Besides revolts, three forms of resistance used by slaves were: refusing to work self-mutilation acting sick sleeping late running away
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self-mutilation acting sick running away
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The abolition movement that ended with the emancipation of the slaves started in: the Pacific coast states the Northeast region Canada the South
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the Northeast region