Question

1. Which of the following does not describe the slave trade as it existed in Africa by 1700?

Answer 1

1. Which of the following does not describe the slave trade as it existed in Africa by 1700?

D. Slaves were treated humanely on the sea journey to the Americas to make sure the maximum number survived.

2. Which of the following does not describe the results of the slave trade in the Americas?

C. In North America, life expectancy for slaves was longer than elsewhere in the Americas.

3. Mark if the following is an example of work slaves did in the Americas. 

D. The invention of the cotton gin made cotton farming profitable and increased the demand for slaves.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. D. Slaves were treated humanely on the sea journey to the Americas to make sure the maximum number survived.

2. B. Slavery soon became less important in the Americas and most slaves were freed.

3.

A. Most slaves shipped across the Atlantic worked in the sugar colonies of Brazil and the Caribbean.

D. The invention of the cotton gin made cotton farming profitable and increased the demand for slaves.

The slave trade was an important part of the economy of the Americas in the 1700s. Slaves were captured in Africa and sent to the colonies of America as workers. The journey was dangerous, and more than one-third died in those terrible conditions. Upon arrival, slaves were mostly sent to the colonies of the Caribbean, Brazil, and Southern United States. Although many colonial powers participated, slavery was mostly abolished when the new nations gained independence, with the exception of the United States.