Question

American History

1. Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception?

Benjamin Franklin.

George Washington.

John Adams.

James Madison.

Thomas Jefferson.

2. How did John Locke influence slave holders?

He promoted the concept that protecting property was a natural right.

He discussed a gradual abolition of slavery.

He wanted to convert all slaves to Christianity.

He condemned the slave trade as an evil practice.

He wanted slaves to be replaced with indentured servants.

3.What best characterizes slavery in the North during the Revolutionary era?

Only slaves who had been doing farm labor were set free.

Ending slavery was a long, drawn-out process.

Slavery ended quickly because there were no cash crops.

Slaves were emancipated only if they promised to leave the country.

All slaves were freed by 1790.

4.The free black population increased from about 10,000 in 1776 to more than a million by 1800.

False

True

5.

During the 1780s, what would an American say was the best option for Native Americans in the United States?

to leave the United States.

To become farmers.

To work with American settlers.

To ask for help from the British.

To fight.

Answer 1

1) Solution: John Adams

Explanation: John Adams was an exception as didn't owned even one slave at some point in his life

　

2) Solution: He wanted to convert all slaves to Christianity

Explanation: John Locke wanted to convert the slaves to Christianity

　

3) Solution: Ending slavery was a long, drawn-out process

Explanation: During the Revolutionary era ending slavery in the North was a long, drawn-out process

　

4) Solution: False

Explanation: From 1776 to 1800, the free black population in the US grew from 10,000 to 200,000

　

5) Solution: leave the United States

Explanation: The best choice for Native Americans in the United States during the 1780s was to leave the United States