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 nun
C.   she was a cowgirl
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Based on the video on slave laws, in the early 1800's what did slave codes do?
A.   made it illegal to enslave women
B.   protected property rights of slave-holders and restricted enslaved people's rights
C.   gave enslaved people some legal protections
D.   abolished slavery
Question #4
Based on the reading, why did Eulalia Perez go live in a mission?
A.   she was an orphan
B.   She was never married and as a woman, she could not live alone.
C.   her parents sent her there as a young girl
D.   she was a widow with young children
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 fell in love with an indigenous man
C.   she had never been married before and it was her womanly duty
D.   the priest suggested it to her and she felt obliged
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
What does it mean to manumit an enslaved person?
A.   to punish an enslaved person severely
B.   to release from slavery
C.   to convert to Christianity
D.   to adopt and enslaved person
Question #8
Based on the video on slavery, what does the term "cat hauling" mean?
A.   a vehicle that slave-holders used
B.   a way to punish slaves with a cat
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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