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7. You can conclude that
a. the white populations in southern states were lazier than in northern states

b. the southern economy was dependent upon manual labor
c. many Africans were excited to come to the U.S.
d. the abolishment of slavery was an unpopular decision across the entire
U.S.

8. Which of these is a fact?
a. Plantation owners like slavery.
b. Americans like to smoke tobacco.
c. The passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery.

d. Everyone was glad when slavery was abolished.

9. The passage was mainly written to
a. give a brief description of the rise and fall of slavery in the United States

b. condemn the practice of slavery
c. give a brief description of American history
d. justify slavery in early America

10. In the context of this passage, the words family farms mean
a. a group of farms run by a corporation
b. farms owned and operated by a single family

c. groups of farms that grew similar crops
d. farms shared by multiple families

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. No Africans managed to work their way out of T F
indentured servitude.
2. Slaves were only allowed to work on plantations. T F

3. South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland always had a
T F
relatively low population of African slaves.
4. Though two-thirds of southern whites did not own T F
slaves, support for slavery came from all segments of

southern society.
5. The system of slavery was so entrenched in the daily
T F
routines on American soil that became a national
issue.

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