Civics Test Question 75: What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
A question from the 2025 civics test, with the answers USCIS publishes and our explanation.
Translation
75
What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?哪一群人被抓来当作奴隶贩卖？¿Qué grupo de personas fue capturado y vendido como esclavos?
Official answers
Any one of these is correct.
Africans非洲人Los africanos
People from Africa来自非洲的人Personas de África
Explanation
During the colonial era and early United States, many people from Africa were taken by force and sold as slaves. Slavery was ended by the 13th Amendment in 1865, after the Civil War.
Memory tip
💡 Africans.
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