Mr. Dorrough’s History Class

Chapter 20 Standards Guide

Terms
•    racism
•    Frederick Douglass
•    discrimination
•    segregation
•    Underground Railroad
•    Denmark Vesey
•    Nat Turner
•    oppression

Essential Questions

1. What explains the birth and growth of slavery in the South?
2. What did free blacks in the North do to advance their rights and build communities?
3. In what ways were the lives of free blacks in the North different from—and similar to—the lives of free blacks in the South?
4. What was life like for free blacks?  How were laws used to limit their freedom and economic opportunities?
5. In what ways did the institution of slavery affect the political, social, religious, economic, and cultural lives of African Americans in the South?
6. What was the legal status of slaves?  How did slaveholders control their slaves and attempt to preserve slavery
7. What actions did African Americans take to eliminate slavery and realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence?