Advertisement, Charleston, South Carolina, 1780s
1. Which of the following BEST reflects the perspective of the above image?
a. Slaves represent a
... [Show More] public health threat.
b. The importation of slaves is a legitimate enterprise.
c. The importation of slaves needs to be halted
d. Smallpox was a continuous danger to Charleston
2. During the 1780s, which of the following was the most widespread crop cultivated by slaves in
North America?
a. Wheat
b. Sugar
c. Tobacco
d. Cotton
3. Following the American Revolution, many Founding Fathers believed which of the following?
a. Slavery would gradually disappear in the United States.
b. The freeing of slaves should be outlawed.
c. Slavery would be the foundation of the American economy.
d. Freed slaves deserved government reparations for their suffering.
4. Which of the following was a reference to slavery in the Constitution?
a. The banning of slavery in the Northwest Territory.
b. Slavery was outlawed above the Mason-Dixon Line.
c. Slavery could not be outlawed.
d. A prohibition for 20 years of any law banning the importation of slaves.
Questions 5-8 refer to the quotation below.
Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to
which kings resort. I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us
to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in
this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? Let us not, I beseech you,
sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now
coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated
ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the
ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional
violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt,
from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and
reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The
war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of
resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that
gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the
price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for
me, give me liberty or give me death!
- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
5. The sentiments expressed by Patrick Henry led most directly to which of the following?
a. The Declaration of Independence
b. The Albany Plan
c. The Boston Tea Party
d. The Constitution of the United States
6. In this passage, the phrases “martial array” and “accumulations of navies and armies” most likely
refers to
a. French defenses that were threatening American colonies
b. The dangers of standing armies
c. British military presence in New England
d. British forces compiled in order to address Pontiac’s Rebellion
7. In this passage, Henry expresses an abiding American concern about which of the following?
a. No entangling alliances with foreign countries
b. The dangers of standing armies
c. Self-government
d. The separation of church and state [Show Less]