Colonial America - Slavery
Test Quiz
1. How long were indentured servants typically required to work to pay off their debt?
a. Six months
b. Two years
c. Seven years
d. Ten years
e. 25 years
2. Why did people become indentured servants?
a. To pay off debts
b. To earn passage to America
c. To pay for crimes
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
3. The first Africans arrived in what British colony in 1619?
a. Virginia
b. Massachusetts
c. Georgia
d. Connecticut
e. New York
4. What were the laws called that first gave legal rights to slave owners?
a. Servant laws
b. Slave codes
c. Jim Crow laws
d. Constitution
e. Indentured codes
5. How long would one set of clothes be expected to last for a slave?
a. Two months
b. Six Months
c. One year
d. Three years
e. Forever
6. True or False: Slave children were often separated from their families as soon as they could work.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
7. What percentage of people in the South were slaves by the mid-1700s?
a. 8
b. 20
c. 40
d. 50
e. 90
8. Were all Africans living in the colonies slaves?
a. Yes
b. No
c.
d.
e.
9. What type of jobs did slaves have?
a. Field hands
b. Picking tobacco
c. House servants
d. Assistants to Tradesmen
e. All of the above
10. True or False: Slaves wore uniforms to help people tell quickly that they were slaves.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
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