Friday, November 17, 2017

QUIZ - Slavery

There will be a quiz over the unit on slavery on Thursday  or Friday (11/30 or 12/1). You will be given two of the following prompts at random. There will also be a document analysis section.

Prompts:
  • Compare and contrast the Haitian revolution to another example of resistance by enslaved people in the Americas.
  • Define abolitionism. Explain at least two arguments made by abolitionists.
  • Explain the Triangular Trade. Why was the slave trade so profitable?
  • "Race is a social construct". Discuss what this means and explain how race was constructed in the United States.
  • Discuss the reasons why Africans were enslaved and brought to work in the Americas.