What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Explanation

Africans were taken to America and sold as slaves.

Why it matters

Slavery is a central and painful part of American history that shaped the nation and the Civil War.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 60 is not in the 65/20 set. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more studies only the 20 marked questions, so this one would not be asked. Everyone else studies all 100.

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Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different question, which is what makes it tempting.

• serve on a juryanswers Question 49: What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
• April 15answers Question 56: When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
• freed the slavesanswers Question 76: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

More Colonial Period and Independence questions

Questions the officer draws from the same part of the test. Studying them together is what keeps their answers apart.

• Question 58: What is one reason colonists came to America?freedom · political liberty · religious freedom · economic opportunity · practice their religion · escape persecution
• Question 59: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?American Indians · Native Americans
• Question 61: Why did the colonists fight the British?because of high taxes (taxation without representation) · because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) · because they didn't have self-government
• Question 62: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?(Thomas) Jefferson
• Question 63: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?July 4, 1776