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ReillyChapter20
African American life
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did African Americans living in both the North and South have in common? | They experienced discrimination and racism |
| How did the cotton gin affect the South and slavery? | It increased the need for cotton and therefore increased the need for more slaves. |
| How did southerners react to Nat Turner's and other slave rebellions? | It created fear and caused them to pass stricter and harsher slave codes governing slave behavior. |
| Legally how were slaves viewed in the USA? | As property with no rights. |
| What role did Harriet Tubman have in the underground railroad? | She was an escaped slave who returned to the South and guided many other slaves in the South to freedom. |
| What was the greatest fear of most slaves? | To be separated from their families. |
| What was the role of the National Council of Colored People? | This organization in the North protested the treatment of African Americans. |
| What did Denmark Vesey do? | As a freed slave he lead an unsuccessful revolt |
| What did "invisible churches" do for slaves? | It gave them a place to worship and give hope and comfort to one another. |
| What did segregation policies look like in the North? | People of different races were separated in public |
| What is the most common way that slaves resisted slavery? | Passive, secretive or quiet ways like pretending to be sick or damaging crops |
| Who led a violent rebellion to resist slavery? | Nat Turner |
| What is the Underground Railroad? | Secret routes and people who helped slaves escape slavery by traveling to the North |
| What did Southerners who did not own slaves think about slavery in the South? | They still supported slavery because it was an important part of the South's economy |
| What sort of work did free African Americans in the South do? | Farm labor, unskilled jobs and other low-paying jobs. |
| List some ways that slaves expressed their African culture and traditions. | Art, Music, storytelling, quilts |
| what is an overseers job in the South? | They supervise slaves for the master while they work |
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