History 111 - The Women in America » Spring 2020 » Quiz 2

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Question #1
Based on the reading, what was Eulalia's role in the mission?
A.   she was a schoolteacher
B.   she was a cowgirl
C.   she was a nun
D.   she managed many of the daily tasks
Question #2
A person born into slavery would become free if they were baptized into the Christian faith?
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Based on the video on slave laws, in the early 1800's what did slave codes do?
A.   abolished slavery
B.   gave enslaved people some legal protections
C.   protected property rights of slave-holders and restricted enslaved people's rights
D.   made it illegal to enslave women
Question #4
Based on the reading, why did Eulalia Perez go live in a mission?
A.   she was an orphan
B.   she was a widow with young children
C.   She was never married and as a woman, she could not live alone.
D.   her parents sent her there as a young girl
Question #5
Why did Eulalia get married at the end of the story?
A.   she did not get married at the end of the story
B.   she had never been married before and it was her womanly duty
C.   the priest suggested it to her and she felt obliged
D.   she fell in love with an indigenous man
Question #6
Based on the story of Mary Prince, it is clear that enslaved women did not have to work as much as enslaved men. 
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
What does it mean to manumit an enslaved person?
A.   to adopt and enslaved person
B.   to convert to Christianity
C.   to release from slavery
D.   to punish an enslaved person severely
Question #8
Based on the video on slavery, what does the term "cat hauling" mean?
A.   a way to punish slaves with a cat
B.   a vehicle that slave-holders used
C.   the term for how slaves were captured if they ran away
D.   the manner in which slaves were made to work

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