Question

1. Which of the following phrases best describes daily life for enslaved persons?

A. attending schools with professional teachers
B. working in factories for low wages-my answer
C. backbreaking work from dawn to dusk
D. being imprisoned in the penitentiary system
2. The American Colonization Society encouraged free blacks to move to___.
A. Underground Railroad stations.
B. large Northern cities.
C. Haiti.-My answer
D. Liberia 3. Southerners argued that slave labor was superior because____.
A. slaves worked in many industrial areas.
B. slaves actually enjoyed being property.
C. slaves and slaveholders depended on one another.
D. manumission brought shame to freed slaves.

Answer 1

1. C. backbreaking work from dawn to dusk

At that time, enslaved people were not considered as humans by the slave owners. In modern day's equivalent, they are treated closer to a cattle than to humans.

They are forced to work form dawn to dusk without any rewards. But they would be severely punished or killed if their works does not fulfill the expectation of the owners.

2. D. Liberia

At that time, the american colonization society was established to help people of color to escape slavery from america. They provided ships or other medium transportation to African continent so the freed slaves were not caught by the southerners who conducted a hunt to kill them,. Liberia was considered to be one of their main destination.

3. C. slaves and slaveholders depended on one another.

In the southener's point of view, they depended on one another because they feel that they somehow help the slaves' life and educate them. While in fact the slaves were only used for the slave owner's economic benefit and forced to works everyday. without any pay.

Answer 2

1. "Backbreaking work from dawn to dusk" is the phrase among the following phrases that best describes daily life for enslaved persons. The correct option among all; the options is option "C".

2. The American Colonization Society encouraged free blacks to move to Liberia. The correct option among all the options is option "D".

3. Southerners argued that slave labor was superior because slaves and slaveholders depended on one another. The correct option among all the options is option "C".