History 1510 - History of African Americans I » Spring 2022 » Chapter 7 Review Quiz

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Question #1
Inspired by the American revolutionary ideology of inalienable rights, this event began the transformation of the Atlantic world in the 1780s and 1790s.
A.   Mother Bethel church in Philadelphia severs ties with the Methodist conference.
B.   Richard Allen and Absalom Jones establish the Free African Society of Philadelphia.
C.   Slaves rebel on the French sugar and coffee island of St. Domingue.
D.   Congress establishes the Mississippi Territory, facilitating the spread of slavery.
Question #2
In the years following independence, roughly __________ of the nation’s free black people lived in the South.
A.   50 percent
B.   70 percent
C.   40 percent
D.   60 percent
Question #3
As the free black population grew, these men and women tended to settle in __________.
A.   small farms in the Ohio Valley
B.   the rural South
C.   the larger cities of the North and South
D.   remote mountain regions
Question #4
The only southern city where free blacks outnumbered slaves was __________.
A.   Baltimore
B.   Richmond
C.   Raleigh
D.   Charleston
Question #5
Due to disruptions caused by the war and migration, black families tended to __________.
A.   be more likely to attend church as churches provided community leadership
B.   be larger than white families to support more labor
C.   be smaller than white families as they spent more time accumulating money to support children
D.   assume that the family would not remain together over time
Question #6
The largest number of free black shopkeepers, artisans, and street vendors could be found in New Orleans.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #7
Most of those released from slavery in New Orleans were women.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
The Free African Society of Philadelphia was a mutual-aid association that provided assistance to needy free people.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #9
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen are best known as the radical editors of an abolitionist newspaper.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
Mother Bethel was an independent school for black children.
A.   False
B.   True

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