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About This Drill
AP African American Studies: Resistance and Revolt: Stono, Haiti, and the United States — Drill 11 is a Multiple Choice practice drill covering Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.
Practice AP African American Studies exam questions on the Stono Rebellion, the Haitian Revolution, and US slave revolts led by Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey, and Gabriel Prosser. Build AP exam prep skills on Unit 2 resistance and resilience themes.
Passage
The following is an excerpt from the South Carolina Negro Act of 1740, passed by the colonial legislature following the Stono Rebellion of 1739.
“Whereas, the members of the General Assembly are deterred by too many fatal instances, of the insolence and cruelty of the negroes… Be it therefore enacted, That no slave shall be permitted to go or travel beyond the limits of the plantation or settlement to which such slave belongs, without a letter or ticket… And be it further enacted, That all and every person and persons whatsoever, who shall teach or cause any slave or slaves to be taught to write, or shall use or employ any slave as a scribe in any manner of writing whatsoever… every such person and persons shall, for every such offense, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds current money.”
— South Carolina Negro Act of 1740 (excerpted)
Questions in This Drill
- The South Carolina Negro Act of 1740 was passed in direct response to which of the following?
- The provision in the Negro Act of 1740 criminalizing the teaching of enslaved people to write most directly suggests which of the following about the goals of the South Carolina colonial legislature?
- Which of the following best explains why the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) had greater long-term significance for the African diaspora than did any of the major slave revolts within the United States?
- Compared to Gabriel Prosser’s planned 1800 revolt and Denmark Vesey’s planned 1822 revolt, Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion was historically distinctive because it
- A student argues that slave revolts and planned uprisings, even when unsuccessful, played a significant role in building the case for abolition in the United States. Which of the following best supports this claim?