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The History of Slavery in the United States

This quiz will test your knowledge about the history of slavery in the United States.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When was the first African slave brought to the British colonies in North America?

  1. 1619
  2. 1620
  3. 1621
  4. 1622
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the law that prohibited the importation of slaves into the United States?

  1. The Fugitive Slave Act
  2. The Missouri Compromise
  3. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  4. The Slave Trade Act of 1807
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the document that abolished slavery in the United States?

  1. The Emancipation Proclamation
  2. The Thirteenth Amendment
  3. The Fourteenth Amendment
  4. The Fifteenth Amendment
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the organization that helped slaves escape to freedom in the North?

  1. The Underground Railroad
  2. The American Anti-Slavery Society
  3. The National Negro Convention
  4. The Freedmen's Bureau
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the law that required fugitive slaves to be returned to their owners?

  1. The Fugitive Slave Act
  2. The Missouri Compromise
  3. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  4. The Slave Trade Act of 1807
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

  1. 3.5 million
  2. 4 million
  3. 4.5 million
  4. 5 million
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many slaves were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment?

  1. 3.5 million
  2. 4 million
  3. 4.5 million
  4. 5 million
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the organization that helped freed slaves adjust to life after slavery?

  1. The Freedmen's Bureau
  2. The American Anti-Slavery Society
  3. The National Negro Convention
  4. The Underground Railroad
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the movement that sought to end slavery in the United States?

  1. The Abolitionist Movement
  2. The Anti-Slavery Movement
  3. The Emancipation Movement
  4. The Freedmen's Movement
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the most famous abolitionist?

  1. Frederick Douglass
  2. William Lloyd Garrison
  3. Harriet Tubman
  4. Sojourner Truth
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the book that helped to spark the Civil War?

  1. Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  3. The Liberator
  4. The Crisis
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