History 1510 - History of African Americans I » Spring 2022 » Chapter 8 Review Quiz

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Question #1
The African American population of the United States ___________ from 1830 to 1860.
A.   shrank by more than 50 percent
B.   shrank slightly
C.   grew by 10 percent
D.   grew by more than 50 percent
Question #2
By 1850, the city with the largest black community (over 20,000 free African Americans) was __________.
A.   Baltimore
B.   Charleston
C.   Boston
D.   New York City
Question #3
One of the founders of the Pittsburgh African Education and Benevolent Society, which aimed to educate young black people, was __________.
A.   James Forten
B.   Martin Delany
C.   Carter Woodson
D.   Lewis Woodson
Question #4
__________ was a separate black community in Tennessee, inspired by European utopian communities.
A.   Pittsburgh
B.   Douglass
C.   Nashoba
D.   Brooklyn
Question #5
Quakers and other religious groups relocated to the Ohio Valley from southern states due to their ___________.
A.   distaste for slavery and intentions of helping escaped slaves
B.   poor health in hot southern climates
C.   mission to convert Native Americans
D.   inability to avoid religious persecution
Question #6
Andrew Jackson launched his wars against the Seminoles in Florida because their territory had become a sanctuary for fugitive slaves.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #7
This figure worked with the Seminole Indians and reflects the challenges and opportunities facing escaped slaves in frontier regions John Horse.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
The African American reformer and author of the pamphlet “Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality” whose religious convictions informed her politics was Harriet Tubman.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #9
The Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem, Massachusetts, serves as an example of the new power of the abolitionist movement to give a public voice to black women.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
The first African American president of the American Moral Reform Society was William Whipper.
A.   False
B.   True

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