AP African American Studies Unit 2 Practice Test & Exam | 17 Questions

Questions 1-2 refer to the excerpt below.

1. The primary purpose of excerpts like this in the nineteenth century was to

(A)provide an objective historical record of plantation management techniques.(B)serve as a political text designed to build support for the abolitionist movement.(C)document the economic inefficiency of slavery for a Northern industrial audience.(D)create a new literary genre focused on adventure and escape for popular entertainment.

2. How would a narrative written by a formerly enslaved woman, such as Harriet Jacobs, most likely differ in its thematic focus from the excerpt above?

(A)It would place less emphasis on the physical brutality of slavery.(B)It would focus more on the skilled labor and craftsmanship of enslaved men.(C)It would highlight the unique vulnerability of enslaved women to sexual violence and exploitation.(D)It would primarily describe the religious justifications used by enslavers for their actions.

Refer to the figure below.

3. Diagrams like the one described were widely circulated by abolitionists in the late 18th and early 19th centuries primarily to

(A)demonstrate the advanced naval architecture of European slave ships.(B)serve as a guide for captains on how to maximize the transport of human cargo.(C)raise awareness of the dehumanizing and brutal conditions of the Middle Passage.(D)prove that the mortality rate on slave ships was lower than commonly believed.

4. The historical development known as the "Second Middle Passage" refers to the

(A)journey of enslaved people from coastal slave forts to ships during the transatlantic trade.(B)period of quarantine and resale that occurred after arrival in the Americas.(C)forced migration of over one million enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South.(D)escape of enslaved people to free territories via the Underground Railroad.

5. The legal principle of partus sequitur ventrem, adopted by colonial Virginia in the seventeenth century, was instrumental in the development of chattel slavery because it

(A)established that the legal status of a child was determined by the status of their mother.(B)granted freedom to any child whose father was a free white man.(C)required that enslaved people be converted to Christianity within seven years.(D)based a person's legal status on the percentage of their African ancestry, known as hypodescent.

6. Which of the following correctly pairs a slave labor system with a cultural form that developed within it?

(A)The gang system and the Gullah creole language.(B)The task system and syncopated work songs.(C)The gang system and syncopated work songs.(D)The task system and the preservation of Yoruba religious traditions.

Questions 7-8 refer to the excerpt below.

7. The passage of this and similar slave codes in the colonies was most directly a response to which of the following?

(A)The economic shift from tobacco to cotton cultivation.(B)The growing influence of Quaker abolitionists in the South.(C)The fear of organized resistance and rebellion by enslaved people.(D)The formal ban on the international slave trade by the U.S. government.

8. The specific historical event that most immediately preceded and influenced the passage of the 1740 South Carolina Slave Code was

(A)the Haitian Revolution.(B)Nat Turner's Rebellion.(C)the Stono Rebellion.(D)the founding of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.

9. A direct consequence of the Haitian Revolution for the United States was that it

(A)led to an immediate federal ban on slavery in all new territories.(B)prompted Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. government.(C)caused Great Britain to form a military alliance with Haiti against the U.S.(D)inspired the Supreme Court's ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

10. After the 1808 ban on the international slave trade and the rise of the American Colonization Society, many free Black leaders began to reject the term "African" and emphasize their identity as Americans. This shift in self-identification was primarily a political strategy to

(A)distance themselves from the cultural practices of newly arrived enslaved people.(B)assert their right to citizenship and resist efforts to deport them from the United States.(C)gain favor with white politicians who supported gradual emancipation.(D)assimilate into European American culture by abandoning African heritage.

11. The expansion of chattel slavery into the American Southwest in the early nineteenth century affected relations between Black and Indigenous peoples by

(A)creating a unified military alliance among all Indigenous nations and enslaved people against the U.S. government.(B)leading to the universal rejection of slavery by all Indigenous nations on moral grounds.(C)resulting in some Indigenous nations adopting race-based slavery while others, like the Seminoles, offered refuge to freedom seekers.(D)causing the federal government to grant citizenship to both Black and Indigenous peoples to weaken the power of Southern states.

12. Nineteenth-century Black leaders like Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth embraced the new technology of photography in order to

(A)create a visual record of their family histories for future generations.(B)document the secret routes and stations of the Underground Railroad.(C)raise money for emigration efforts to Liberia and Sierra Leone.(D)counter racist stereotypes by portraying themselves as dignified citizens.

13. The actions of individuals like Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, and Charles Deslondes were all inspired by a belief in

(A)achieving freedom through armed revolt and direct confrontation.(B)using moral suasion to persuade enslavers to grant manumission.(C)filing lawsuits in federal court to challenge the constitutionality of slavery.(D)emigrating to Africa to establish an independent Black nation.

14. Which of the following best describes the conditions under which African American men served in the Union Army during the Civil War?

(A)They were fully integrated into white regiments and received equal pay and promotions from the start of the war.(B)They were initially excluded but later served in segregated units, facing unequal pay and the risk of execution or enslavement if captured.(C)They were only permitted to serve in non-combat roles such as cooks and laborers for the entire duration of the war.(D)They were conscripted into service at a higher rate than white citizens but were celebrated as heroes immediately after the war.

15. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 was a significant turning point, but it did not end slavery throughout the United States because it

(A)was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the same year.(B)only applied to enslaved people in Confederate states still in rebellion.(C)required enslavers to be compensated, a condition the Union could not meet.(D)was a congressional resolution that President Lincoln refused to sign into law.

AP African American Studies Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance Practice Exam

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AP African American Studies Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance Practice Exam

Exam Details

A. Multiple-Choice Questions (15 Questions)

B. Short Answer Questions (2 Questions)