Question

the questions that follow will deal with one of the darkest topics in the history of the united states: the enslavement of millions of people, mostly of african origin.

in north america, between the 1600s and the 1800s, european americans established a system of slavery with rules such as these:

• some people were allowed to own other people.
• the owner of an enslaved person also owned any work done by that person.
• slaveowners could tell enslaved people what to do and punish anyone who did not obey.
• enslaved people could be bought, sold, and inherited.
• when an enslaved woman had children, those children were also enslaved.

based on these rules, which statements about slavery in the united states are true? select all that apply.

• enslaved people had little control over important parts of their own lives.
• slaveowners could make money by selling goods produced by enslaved people.
• many generations of people in the same family would be enslaved.

Explanation:

1. For the first statement: The rules note enslavers controlled enslaved people's labor, could punish them, and owned them, so enslaved people had almost no control over their lives.
2. For the second statement: Enslavers owned all work done by enslaved people, meaning they could profit from selling the goods that labor produced.
3. For the third statement: The rules state that children of enslaved women were also enslaved, so this status passed down through multiple family generations.

Answer:

• Enslaver people had little control over important parts of their own lives.
• Slaveowners could make money by selling goods produced by enslaved people.
• Many generations of people in the same family would be enslaved.