Deck 5: Give Me Liberty

Question 1

The black men Peter Salem and Salem Poor both distinguished themselves as

A)soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
B)authors of political tracts which united the struggle against British tyranny with the struggle against slavery.
C)delegates to the First Continental Congress.
D)leaders of a British-inspired slave uprising in the South.

Answer 1

soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Question 2

Which royal governor of Virginia issued a proclamation in the fall of 1775 granting freedom to the slaves of rebels who were willing to take up arms in the British army?

A)Cornwallis
B)Preston
C)Dunmore
D)Clinton

Answer 2

Dunmore

Question 3

What stance did the Continental Army under George Washington take with regard to the enlistment of black soldiers from July 1775 through the fall of that year?

A)Free blacks were allowed to enlist,but not slaves.
B)Free blacks could not enlist,but masters could send their slaves to fight in their place.
C)Both free blacks and slaves were allowed to enlist as long as they were healthy and old enough to bear arms.
D)Neither free blacks nor slaves would be allowed to enlist.

Answer 3

Neither free blacks nor slaves would be allowed to enlist.

Question 4

All of the following revolutionaries publicly condemned the enslavement of African Americans EXCEPT

A)Patrick Henry.
B)Benjamin Rush.
C)James Otis,Jr.
D)Thomas Paine.

Question 5

John Woolman and Anthony Benezet,two of the leading antislavery voices of the American Revolution,were both

A)Quakers.
B)Baptists.
C)Methodists.
D)Anglicans.

Question 6

The final version of the Declaration of Independence

A)avoided any reference to slavery so that American slaveholders could not be accused of hypocrisy.
B)included a denunciation of King George III for inflicting the slave trade-a "cruel war against human nature itself"-on the colonists.
C)expressed sympathy for the slaves held in bondage in the American colonies,and looked forward to the day that they would be emancipated.
D)prominently included the words "slave" and "slavery" to describe the condition into which the colonists would fall if they did not resist unjust British laws.

Question 7

Before the American Revolution,black Americans

A)had never served in any of the colonial militias.
B)were banned from militias in the southern colonies,but invited to serve in all of the New England ones.
C)served in the militias of many colonies,North and South.
D)served in the militias of the southern colonies,but not in those of New England,which had a negligible African-American population.

Question 8

Who famously asked,"How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of Negroes"?

A)John Adams
B)Samuel Johnson
C)Thomas Jefferson
D)George III

Question 9

How did the Continental Army's policy on the enlistment of black soldiers change on January 16,1776?

A)The army allowed free blacks who had previously served in the army to re-enlist,but barred all other black men from serving.
B)The army began to offer freedom to any slaves who escaped from Loyalist masters and agreed to serve in the army for three years.
C)The army opened its ranks to both free blacks and slaves who served with their master's permission.
D)The army reversed its policy of allowing black men to serve and expelled all black soldiers from the service.

Question 10

According to the historian Edmund Morgan,what is the "American paradox"?

A)Property is the basis of freedom but slaves themselves are property.
B)Men hold social dominance over women regardless of respective races.
C)Equality for white men was built upon the enslavement of black men.
D)American colonists fought against British slavery while owning slaves of their own.

Question 11

Which of the following statements about the proclamation issued by the royal governor of Virginia on November 7,1775,is MOST accurate?

A)It freed every slave throughout the colony.
B)It led to the creation of an "Ethiopian Regiment" of escaped slaves.
C)It aroused unrest in a slave population which,up to that point,had been peaceable and docile.
D)It turned the vast majority of white Virginians into staunch Loyalists.

Question 12

What did the Massachusetts Committee on Safety (or the Hancock and Warren Committee)decide about the enlistment of black soldiers in Massachusetts's armed forces?

A)Masters could send their slaves to serve in the masters' place.
B)Free blacks could serve,but enlisting slaves ran contrary to the principles of the Revolution.
C)Slaves could serve but only if their masters promised to emancipate them at the end of their service.
D)Neither slaves nor free blacks should be allowed to serve in the armed forces.

Question 13

Between 1763 and 1783,how many of the thirty black men and women who sued for their freedom in Massachusetts courts won their cases?

A)29
B)15
C)1
D)0

Question 14

What immediate effect did the French and Indian War have on relations between the American colonies and the British Crown?

A)British victory in the war came coupled with an enormous debt which Britain tried to shift in part onto the colonies.
B)British victory in the war convinced American colonists that their interests would be best protected by allying with the French and the Indians against the British.
C)British defeat in the war convinced American colonists that they could declare their independence from Great Britain with little fear of reprisal.
D)Britain responded to its defeat in the war by seeking to subdue its colonies through military force.

Question 15

Which colony barred blacks from militia service in 1656?

A)Massachusetts
B)Pennsylvania
C)South Carolina
D)Georgia

Question 16

With what historical event is the escaped slave Crispus Attucks primarily associated?

A)the Battle of Bunker Hill
B)the Boston Massacre
C)the founding of Sierra Leone
D)the Philadelphia Convention

Question 17

Prince Easterbrook,Caesar Brown,Alexander Ames,and Prince Hall were all black soldiers from which state?

A)Virginia
B)New York
C)Massachusetts
D)Pennsylvania

Question 18

All of the following statements about Phillis Wheatley are true EXCEPT

A)she gained international fame for her poetry during her own lifetime.
B)her first works of poetry were published while she was still a slave.
C)her poetry dealt with subjects such as religion,nature,and the revolutionary turmoil of her times.
D)her private statements reveal that she saw did not think that slavery was wrong.

Question 19

At the dawn of the American Revolution,white Virginians generally subscribed to all of the following beliefs EXCEPT

A)property ownership was seen as an essential element of republican government.
B)egalitarian principles required the firm opposition to any form of arbitrary subjugation,especially slavery.
C)equality among white men could best be achieved by a system of racial slavery which elevated all of them above the status of slaves.
D)civic virtue was an important ideal of a true republic.

Question 20

Which veteran of King George's War and the French and Indian War wrote what is considered to be the first African-American narrative?

A)Barzillai Lew
B)Briton Hammon
C)Titus Colburn
D)Sampson Talbert

Question 21

Freed blacks who emigrated from the United States after the War for Independence played an important role in establishing which British colony in Africa?

A)Sierra Leone
B)Cameroon
C)South Africa
D)Ivory Coast

Question 22

What compromise did the delegates at the Philadelphia Convention reach on the question of the importation of slaves from foreign lands?

A)The trade could not be abolished without the unanimous consent of all of the states.
B)The trade would be ended immediately,though it could be reopened after twenty years should Congress vote in favor of it.
C)Congress would have the power to decide whether or not to end the trade,but would not be able to exercise that power for twenty years after the new government came into being.
D)Twenty years after the new government came into being,the slave trade would automatically come to an end,with or without action from Congress.

Question 23

Which were the only two states which remained staunchly opposed to the enlistment of black soldiers by the end of the War for Independence?

A)North Carolina and Delaware
B)New York and Virginia
C)Maryland and New Hampshire
D)Georgia and South Carolina

Question 24

Most black soldiers in the Patriot cause served in

A)segregated,all-black units commanded by white officers.
B)segregated,all-black units commanded by black officers.
C)integrated units composed primarily of black soldiers.
D)integrated units composed primarily of white soldiers.

Question 25

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?

A)Massachusetts
B)Connecticut
C)South Carolina
D)Virginia

Question 26

While still in his early teens,the future abolitionist James Forten served

A)on board a ship in the Continental Navy.
B)as a spy for British troops in Pennsylvania.
C)as an officer in South Carolina's militia.
D)as an aide-de-camp of George Washington.

Question 27

Which state's constitution,drafted in 1777,became the first in America to abolish slavery?

A)Massachusetts
B)New Hampshire
C)Vermont
D)Connecticut

Question 28

Which of the following statements about the Constitution's three-fifths compromise is MOST accurate?

A)It defined all blacks as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation.
B)It defined both blacks and "Indians not taxed" as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation.
C)It defined both slaves and indentured servants as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation.
D)It made no explicit reference to slavery or to blacks,referring instead to "all other persons" besides free persons,indentured servants,and certain Indians.

Question 29

Which of the following statements about Shays's Rebellion is LEAST accurate?

A)The rebellion enjoyed the almost unanimous support of Massachusetts's black population.
B)Some black veterans of the Revolution participated actively in the rebel cause.
C)The rebellion enhanced the fears of some prominent Americans that calls for the expansion of democracy and liberty had gone too far.
D)The rebellion provided an impetus to the movement to strengthen the national government.

Question 30

Which black spy slipped between the British and Patriot lines at the Battle of Yorktown to provide the Patriots with secret information from the British camp?

A)Prince Whipple
B)Pompey
C)James Armistead Lafayette
D)Gilbert du Motier

Question 31

Approximately how many of the 200,000 soldiers who served in the Patriot cause were black men?

A)5000
B)20,000
C)50,000
D)65,000

Question 32

The first antislavery society in North America was founded early in the American Revolution in which state?

A)Massachusetts
B)New Jersey
C)Pennsylvania
D)Virginia

Question 33

The participation of French troops in the American Revolution contributed to a later revolution which created the black republic of

A)Guadeloupe.
B)Martinique.
C)Haiti.
D)Cameroon.

Question 34

Thanks in part to new laws which made it easier for masters to manumit their slaves,the free black population of Virginia increased from 1,800 in 1782 to roughly how many by 1790?

A)13,000
B)23,000
C)73,000
D)103,000

Question 35

According to an estimate by Thomas Jefferson,approximately how many Virginia slaves ran away from their masters in 1778?

A)300
B)3000
C)30,000
D)300,000

Question 36

Which of the following statements best characterizes the policy of British generals like Clinton and Cornwallis toward slaves?

A)They were staunch abolitionists who made no distinction between the slaves of Patriots and the slaves of Loyalists,granting freedom to both.
B)Their policy toward slaves was based largely on military expedience,and they sometimes abandoned slave allies when military necessity compelled them to do so.
C)They refused to pursue the initiatives of earlier British commanders who had offered freedom to Patriots' slaves,and instead insisted on returning all slaves to their masters.
D)Their official policy was to sell off any slaves who came to their lines in order to raise funds to support their armies.

Question 37

All of the following states enacted gradual emancipation laws in the aftermath of the American Revolution EXCEPT

A)New York.
B)New Jersey.
C)Pennsylvania.
D)Delaware.

Question 38

The New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves was founded in 1775 by which two prominent men?

A)John Jay and Alexander Hamilton
B)Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
C)Benjamin Rush and John Adams
D)Noah Webster and Theodore Dwight

Question 39

Which crop did former American slaves introduce to Bermuda in 1785?

A)cotton
B)tobacco
C)sugar
D)rice

Question 40

Which of the following statements about African Africans affiliated with the British and Loyalists during the American Revolution is MOST accurate?

A)After the war,the British re-enslaved all of the blacks who had fled to their lines and gave them to the Loyalists.
B)After the war,the British insisted that Loyalists who wished to relocate within the British Empire had to emancipate their slaves.
C)After the war,many free blacks went to live in Canada,whereas white Loyalists took their slaves to West Africa,where they established a new slave-based colony.
D)After the war,many free black migrated to London,whereas white Loyalists took their slaves to the Caribbean.