Kunta
Kinte
to Toby
Kizzy to
Chicken
George
Chicken
George to the
Civil War
Anything
Goes
Night Riders
And
Freedom
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13. Who is the first
person to purchase
Kunta Kinte after he
arrives in America?
13. John Reynolds
was the first
person to
buy Kunta Kinte
at a slave auction.
14. What punishment
did Kunta Kinte receive
for running away the
SECOND time?
14. Kunta had
half of his foot
cut off.
15. Who did
Toby marry?
15. Toby
married Belle.
16. What term
was used to mean
getting married?
16. “Jumping the
broom” was a term
used when getting
married.
17. Who was the slave
that was supposed to
train Kunta Kinte to be
a good slave?
17. Fiddler was
supposed to train
Kunta Kinte.
18. Why did the
overseer for Dr.
Reynolds want to
sell Noah?
18. Dr. Reynolds
wanted to buy a
cotton gin with the
money.
19. What does the
name
Kizzy mean?
19. It means to
“stay put.”
20. Why was
Kizzy sold?
20. Kizzy was sold
because she knew
how to read and
write.
21. What was the
name of the slave
that escaped and
killed many whites?
21. Nat Turner
escaped and killed
many whites.
22. Who was the
father of
Chicken
George?
22. Tom Moore was the
father of Chicken
George.
23. After Chicken
George received his
freedom, he came back to
his family. Why did he
then have to leave?
23. He was told he would
become a slave again if
he stayed in the country
after 60 days.
24.Why did the
slave Tom Moore
kill Jimmy Brent?
24. Jimmy Brent
assaulted
Tom's wife.
25. Who was the
last slave owner of
Chicken George's
family?
25. Mr. Harvey was
the last slave owner.
26. After the Civil
War, the “Night
Riders” raided farms.
What was the plan to
find out who was
doing the raiding?
26. Tom Harvey
marked the
horseshoes.
27. When the Civil
War ended, how did
Tom Harvey and his
family make a
living?
27. Tom and his family
made a living
sharecropping on the
Harvey plantation.
28. How did
Chicken George
get land to
move his
family?
28. Chicken George
raised money with
rooster or cock
fighting.
29. After Chicken
George's family
finally manages to
leave, what state did
they go to?
29. They moved
to Tennessee.
30. Who was the
author of Roots?
30.Alex Haley
wrote the book
Roots.
31. Why did the
ship's crew
make the slaves
dance on the
deck?
31. They danced on
deck to exercise the
slave's muscles and to
wash their wounds.
32. According to Mr. Slater,
he explains that it is good to
bring the Africans to
America. Explain Mr.
Slater's reasons.
32. Slater brought slaves to
a Christian land so they
may be saved and to rescue
the slaves from eating each
other.
33. What was the
purpose of the “Night
Riders?”
33. Night riders scared
and terrorized the African
Americans. Sometimes
the night riders killed
them.
34. Throughout Roots a
“dream” was passed down
from generation to
generation. What was that
dream?
34. The dream of
freedom was passed
down through
generations.
34. How does the
dream of freedom
affected by the
African Diaspora?
34. The Africans Diaspora is the
term used to describe when
Africans were displaced around the
world in slavery. African slaves
desired to be free. The main
characters in Roots had a dream to
be free.
35. What group did the
Night Riders become?
35. They
became the Klu
Klux Klan
36. Why was the
dream of freedom
passed down from
generation to
generation?
36. The dream was
passed down so no one
would ever forget
where they came from.