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11.35 Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Worksheet

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Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition: Select the evidence that best explains slavery's expansion, plantation labor, family and community formation, resistance, abolitionist arguments, and proslavery defenses. (C3 D2.His.4-6,14-16.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6; APUSH Periods 4-5; NAEP Themes 1-3; NY 11.3-11.4.) Aligned to Broad national and selected state U.S. History alignment: C3 Framework; CCSS Literacy in History/Social Studies 11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; selected CA, NY, MA, FL, and TX frameworks where applicable. 11.35 - Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition: Select the evidence that best explains slavery's expansion, plantation labor, family and community formation, resistance, abolitionist arguments, and proslavery defenses. (C3 D2.His.4-6,14-16.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6; APUSH Periods 4-5; NAEP Themes 1-3; NY 11.3-11.4.)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Stimulus: A synthesis prompt asks students to connect cotton expansion, plantation labor, family life, resistance, abolitionism, and proslavery ideology. Which thesis best meets the prompt?

ASlavery expanded only because abolitionists asked Congress to debate petitions.

BPlantation labor was voluntary, so resistance and abolitionism were unrelated to slavery.

CProslavery arguments and abolitionist arguments were identical because both supported slave patrols.

DSlavery expanded through cotton markets and territorial growth, depended on coercive plantation labor, faced resistance from enslaved and free Black communities, and was defended by proslavery arguments that abolitionists challenged with moral, political, and firsthand evidence.

Solution & Explanation:The best thesis connects the full skill: expansion, labor systems, community and resistance, abolitionist evidence, and proslavery defenses. It avoids single-cause and inaccurate claims.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the occupational table to answer the question. It lists field hands, drivers, carpenters, blacksmiths, nurses, cooks, boatmen, and seamstresses on one plantation. Which conclusion is best supported?

APlantations employed only factory-trained wage laborers.

BSkilled enslaved workers were legally free from sale and punishment.

CPlantation slavery included diverse forms of skilled and unskilled labor, not only field work.

DPlantation economies had no need for artisans or domestic labor.

Solution & Explanation:The occupational range shows that enslaved labor supported many plantation functions. Field labor was central, but skilled, domestic, and transportation labor also mattered.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Stimulus: A student claims, 'Slavery was a Southern issue, so northern society was not connected to it.' Which evidence best complicates the claim?

ANorthern states all used gang labor on cotton plantations.

BNorthern textile mills, merchants, insurers, and consumers profited from cotton produced by enslaved labor.

CNorthern opposition to slavery meant no northerner ever benefited from cotton.

DSlavery had no role in banking, shipping, or manufacturing.

Solution & Explanation:Even where slavery was illegal, economic connections remained. Cotton linked plantation slavery to northern manufacturing, trade, finance, and consumer markets.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for U.S. History Social Studies students. It aligns with educational standard 11.35 (Select the evidence that best explains slavery's expansion, plantation labor, family and community formation, resistance, abolitionist arguments, and proslavery defenses. (C3 D2.His.4-6,14-16.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6; APUSH Periods 4-5; NAEP Themes 1-3; NY 11.3-11.4.)).