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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Which of the following was a product grown on plantations in southern
America?
a. coffee

b. cherries
c. tobacco
d. corn

2. Which of these is mentioned last in the passage?
a. Two-thirds of the southern whites owned no slaves.
b. In 1619 the first Africans were brought to Jamestown.

c. In South Carolina African slaves outnumbered the white population.
d. Black slave workers became highly valued commodities.

3. Which of the following contributed to the abolishment of slavery in the
United States?

a. an increase in the white population
b. slave rebellions
c. a collapse of the southern economy
d. an increase in birth rates across the entire U.S.

4. According to the passage how are Maryland and Virginia similar?
a. More than half of both their populations were made up of African slaves.
b. They were both top producers of American tobacco.

c. They were the first two states to abolish slavery.
d. They both had a negative birth rate in 1750.

5. Predict why slave rebellions became a growing concern for many

southern states.
a. Slaves began to stockpile weapons.
b. Disease spread widely through the white populations of these states.

c. The slave rebellions started to become more organized.
d. African slaves made up a large portion of their entire populations.

6. In the context of this passage the word prized means

a. awarded
b. leverage
c. valued
d. gifted

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