Slavery and the Making of America Questions

Slavery and the Making of America, Volume 3, AssignmentAnswer all questions FROM the DVD, and you will earn extra credit
1) Nat Turner followed his Christian belief that the Bible is the story of hope and freedom, and he
led a rebellion killing 57 whites in a 48-hour period. What did the video describe as the reaction
of the white slaveholders in the south to the rebellion?
2) What was the reason the video gave that the slave women did not usually run away from the
plantations they lived at?
3) Thomas Jefferson said he intended the LA Purchase to be a place of liberty. What did the film
say about the reality to follow the purchase?
4) In the mid-1800’s, what became the key crop in the American economy? How did this affect the
“peculiar institution” in the south?
5) How many slaveholders became presidents between George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?
6) At the end of the slaveholders whipping their slaves, what was the final form of the torture?
7) After the Fugitive Slave Act, what was the bounty (amount of money) that the bounty hunters
received for kidnapping supposedly “runaway slaves” in the north?
8) Describe and/or give names of the northern abolitionists that stood with that African Americans
against slavery in America?