ALL Quiz Answers for Chapters 1-23: Franklin,
John Hope and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
(2011). From Slavery to Freedom: A history of
African Americans. New York, McGraw Hill Connect. Latest Update 2025-2026 Actual Exam 325 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor
A persistent rumor spread through the South in 1865 and 1866 that the federal
government would provide freedpeople with - CORRECT ANSWER: forty acres of land
and a mule.
A riot in 1898 over the question of disenfranchisement left eleven blacks dead and
twenty-five wounded in which city? - CORRECT ANSWER: Wilmington, North Carolina
A significant difference between slavery in South Carolina and slavery in Louisiana was that - CORRECT ANSWER: the slaves brought to Louisiana early in the colony's history came mostly directly from Africa whereas the slaves brought to South Carolina came from the West Indies.
A slave named Dave used which trade, prominent in Edgefield, South Carolina, to
express his creativity and his thoughts? - CORRECT ANSWER: pottery
Abolitionists argued against slavery on all of the following grounds EXCEPT -
CORRECT ANSWER: the Constitution guaranteed freedom and equality for all men.
According to an estimate by Thomas Jefferson, approximately how many Virginia slaves ran away from their masters in 1778? - CORRECT ANSWER: 30,000 1 / 4
According to the Confiscation Acts of 1861 and 1862, slaves who fell into the hands of
the Union army were to be regarded as - CORRECT ANSWER: contraband of war.
According to the Dutch plan of "half-freedom," blacks in New Netherland were -
CORRECT ANSWER: required to pay annual dues for a fixed period as they
transitioned from slavery to freedom.
African-born slaves differed from Creoles in all of the following ways EXCEPT -
CORRECT ANSWER: Creoles usually attempted escape in groups whereas African-
born slaves fled as individuals.
After gaining their freedom, black families preferred that female members - CORRECT
ANSWER: stay home and tend to their household.
All of the following events contributed to the exodus of blacks from the South to the
North during the First World War EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: the development of
the Dust Bowl on the Great Plains.
All of the following factors contributed to the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT -
CORRECT ANSWER: the Republican Party's new generation of political leadership
proved even more radical than its predecessor, and sacrificed political support in favor of ideological purity.
All of the following factors contributed to the high death rates and low birth rates among
slaves on Caribbean islands EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: the large populations of
white settlers who competed with slaves for the islands' resources.
All of the following statements about Juan Garrido are true EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER: he remained a slave his entire life despite his many achievements.
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All of the following statements about Phillis Wheatley are true EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: her private statements reveal that she saw did not think that slavery was wrong.
All of the following states enacted gradual emancipation laws in the aftermath of the
American Revolution EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: Delaware.
All of the following trends were evident in eighteenth-century North American slave
society EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: slaves were increasingly imported from the
Caribbean instead of directly from Africa.
Among which group was support for colonization the strongest? - CORRECT ANSWER:
slaveholders in the Upper South
An actual slave insurrection in 1712 and a rumored one in 1741 resulted in dozens of
executions and harsh new laws in the colony of - CORRECT ANSWER: New York.
Approximately how many Africans were transported across to the Americas during the
era of the slave trade? - CORRECT ANSWER: 12.5 million
Approximately how many of the 200,000 soldiers who served in the Patriot cause were
black men? - CORRECT ANSWER: 5000
Approximately what percentage of slaves imported into Virginia between 1727 and 1740
came directly from Africa? - CORRECT ANSWER: 93
Approximately what percentage of white colonists who immigrated to the Chesapeake colonies in the seventeenth century arrived as indentured servants? - CORRECT
ANSWER: 80
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As indicated by the titles of two of his most influential books, the ethnologist Samuel G.Morton based his theories of black intellectual inferiority primarily on - CORRECT
ANSWER: the measurement of skulls.
As one of only four survivors of Pánfilo de Narvaez's ill-fated expedition to Florida, the African explorer Estevan proved especially helpful because of his - CORRECT
ANSWER: linguistic skills.
At a conference held in 1884-1885, European delegates carved up which region among
themselves? - CORRECT ANSWER: Africa
At the Philadelphia Convention, delegates from which of the following states most vehemently argued in favor of counting slaves as full persons with regard to
representation in the new government? - CORRECT ANSWER: South Carolina
Bacon's Rebellion frightened colonial authorities in Virginia because it revealed that -
CORRECT ANSWER: white servants would unite with blacks against colonial
authorities.
Based on the experiences of Anthony Johnson and Francis Payne, all of the following statements about blacks in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake are true EXCEPT -
CORRECT ANSWER: free black men sometimes held elective office in colonial
governments.
Before the American Revolution, black Americans - CORRECT ANSWER: served in the
militias of many colonies, North and South.
Before the fifteenth century C.E., what commodity did Arabs and Europeans most desire
from sub-Saharan Africa? - CORRECT ANSWER: gold
Before the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Army's four black units had been used primarily - CORRECT ANSWER: in the Indian wars of the West.
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