Chapter 11

Quiz for Chapter Eleven Thinking Like a Historian: Childhood in Black and White

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Question 1

What do these sources reveal about how slave children were raised in the mid-nineteenth-century South?A. The slave children’s mothers were their primary caretakers.
B. White mistresses raised slave children while their mothers worked.
C. Older slave women cared for many slave children during the workday.
D. Slave children were left to take care of themselves while their parents worked.

Question 2

The artist who created the engraving (source 4) would most likely have agreed with which of the following statements?A. Mistresses drugged slave children to keep them quiet and docile during the workday.
B. Slave owners’ love and care for slaves made the institution of slavery a humane one.
C. Slave owners treated their own children and slave children in exactly the same ways.
D. Slavery was a moral abomination that turned African American children into human property.

Question 3

Which of the following factors was the most important influence on children, according to source 5?A. The genetic stock of their parents
B. Their friendships with other children
C. Their formal schooling
D. The values of their caretakers

Question 4

Which group was the most likely intended audience for the “visiting cards” in source 6?A. Slave owners
B. Slave parents
C. Middle-class white children
D. Middle-class white mothers

Question 5

The artist who created the cards in source 6 aimed to communicate which of the following messages?A. Slavery harms women and children.
B. One should not judge people by their clothing.
C. Whites take better care of children than blacks.
D. Mothers are the ideal caretakers for their children.