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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

US History - Out of Many Ch 4

The size of the slave labor force in the Chesapeake in the 1700s
Grew larger after the 1730s because of the natural increase of "country-born."

The African-American culture and community
Was based on music and dance, which provided a unity across tribal and ethnic lines.

The effect of the slave trade on Africa was 
The destabilization, depopulation, and corruption of society for short-term profits.

The sale of the enslaved at the end of the Middle Passage usually
Revealed that the enslaved were considered to be mere property.

Sugar production with African slavery
Made the sugar-producing colonies more valuable.

Slave labor contributed to the economic development of Britain in all of the following ways EXCEPT
It brought the greatest return on investment and was called "the mainspring."

Once slavery became identified with skin color,
All white colonists themselves became roughly equal based on skin color.

For family life, African Americans did all of the following EXCEPT
Surrender all control of the children to women because men were often absent.

The slaves who worked the rice plantations
Created a culture and community of their own with a strong sense of their oppression.

South Carolina between 1670 and 1730
Engaged in an Indian slave trade using Indian tribes to capture other Indians.

The status of blacks in the Chesapeake before 1650
Was unclear because some blacks gained freedom and held slaves themselves.

The horrors of the Middle Passage included all of the following EXCEPT
The practice of punishing rebellious captives called "dancing the slaves."

The map of the slave trade shows that the largest percentage of Africans came from
West Central Africa.

The reasons the Chesapeake changed from a society with slaves to a slave society included all of the following EXCEPT
The indentured servants had proven to be model citizens upon ending their service.

The Virginians passed a series of laws defining slavery in the late 1600s
To give slavery a legal basis because there were no English legal precedents for it.

All of the following were characteristics of West Africans' societies and influenced their lives in the Americas EXCEPT
They had political systems that rarely went beyond tribal chiefdoms.

The mercantilist controls on the colonial economy did all of the following EXCEPT
Disrupt the colonists' primary trading routes.

The mercantilists sought to acquire gold and silver by all of the following methods EXCEPT
Free trade.

All of the following are true of the Atlantic slave trade EXCEPT
The largest proportion of the Africans went to North America.

All of the following were slave revolts EXCEPT
The Maroon uprising of 1699.

Family and community life among slaves
Was built partly by using titles such as "uncle" and "auntie" for unrelated older blacks.

All of the following were characteristics of West Africans' societies and influenced their lives in the Americas EXCEPT
Indicates how authorities often were unable to enforce rules on the colonies.

Slavery in the Spanish colonies
Was criticized by the church and the crown but continued.

The Stono Rebellion of 1739 began in
South Carolina.

Enslavement
Usually occurred as a result of warfare among Africans.

African Americans became Christians in large numbers
Only after the Great Awakening swept the South.

Slave revolts in North America
Were more rare than elsewhere.

Slavery in the northern colonies
Was generally seen as normal and acceptable and was widespread in port cities.

The extreme conditions suffered on the Middle Passage
Were a product of the desire for profits by the traders.

Prior to the Atlantic slave trade, there were active slave trade routes to Europe along all of the following routes EXCEPT
From the Middle East to the Mediterranean.

The Europeans imported African slaves especially
To work on sugar plantations, at first in the Mediterranean and then in the Americas.

Signs of how whites came to share black cultural attributes include all of the following EXCEPT
The use of African names for white children.

The Anglo-French wars for empire before 1750
Were fought over slaves in the southern colonies and Indians in the northern.

The correct chronological order of the following events is
Virginia makes slavery hereditary, Spain makes Florida a slave refuge, Virginia establishes Slave Code, Georgia officially opened to slavery.

Slaves most often ran away and revolted because
Slavery was a brutal system, and they wanted freedom as human beings.

The Quakers' protests against slavery became widespread and effective
In the 1770s with the Revolution from Britain.

The map of the percentage of Africans in the population shows that those colonies with the largest percent of Africans were
Hispaniola and Jamaica.

The conditions favoring slave revolts included all of the following EXCEPT
A chance to develop a sense of community and shared oppression.

The society which grew up with slavery in the South
Was one of great wealth for a few and landless poverty for about 40 percent.

For the colonists, the mercantilist regulations
Brought benefits and, in general, were a profitable arrangement.

The correct chronological order of the Anglo-French wars for empire is
King William's War, Queen Anne's War, War of Jenkins' Ear, King George's War.

Enumerated goods included
Tobacco.

The benefits of the mercantilist system for the colonists included all of the following EXCEPT
The trade of food stuffs for sugar in Spanish, French, and Dutch colonies.

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