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O'Reilly's History Quiz
Abolishing Slavery
1. Congress voted to abolish the slave trade with Africa on March 2 of what year?
1600
1776
1807
1865
1900
2. What other country banned the slave trade from Africa in the same year as the United Sates?
Great Britain
France
Ireland
Brazil
Cuba
3. When did the first shipload of slaves arrive in the colonies?
1619
1700
1720
1776
1800
4. While slaves where numerous, what other group outnumbered them prior to 1680?
Servants
Indentured servants
Free labor
Tanners
Chandlers
5. How many slaves were estimated to be in the United States in 1790?
700,000
1 million
4 million
12 million
24 million
6. Which was the first colony to abolish slavery?
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Vermont
7. What clause was inserted into the Constitution in 1787 as a compromise population count, valuing slaves less than free people in political representation?
One-fourth clause
Counting clause
Three-fifths clause
House of Representative clause
People clause
8. The invention of what machine made cotton a major industry in the South?
Cotton sorter
Cotton gin
Cotton picker
Cotton machine
Cotton dyer
9. Which was the last country to abolish slavery in the Americas?
Mexico
Canada
Peru
Bermuda
Brazil
10. By 1865, how many African slaves had been shipped across the Atlantic?
5 million
12 million
20 million
50 million
100 million
Click the "Submit" button above to see your results.
This week in history, Congress voted to abolish the slave trade. Take the quiz for some hard facts on slavery and get more familiar with what was going on at the time.
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