Question 1

A black overseer on a plantation was known as a driver.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Match each description with the item below.
-Nat Turner

Accepted Answer

A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols 
A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols

Question 3

As southerners moved farther west and south between 1812 and 1860,

Accepted Answer

A)  cotton production soared. 
B)  the South became less agricultural. 
C)  the South became less distinctive. 
D)  fewer slaves were needed. 
E)  North-South relations improved. 
A)  cotton production soared. 
B)  the South became less agricultural. 
C)  the South became less distinctive. 
D)  fewer slaves were needed. 
E)  North-South relations improved.

Question 4

Match each description with the item below.
-Denmark Vesey

Accepted Answer

A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols 
A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols

Question 5

Discuss the role of agriculture in shaping the Old South. Why did cotton become so important, and what significance did other crops hold for the region?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture played a crucial role in sha

Question 6

Slaves forced to migrate to the Old Southwest were particularly despondent over the

Accepted Answer

A)  need to learn new, difficult forms of labor, as the area was less inclined toward cotton production. 
B)  control that women exerted over the region's culture and society due to the delayed arrival of men. 
C)  absence of alcohol on the frontier and the lack of distractions to offset the horrors of slavery. 
D)  urban and industrial nature of the region and, thus, the longer workdays and lack of sunlight. 
E)  high possibility of being separated from family and friends during the migration and the breakup of family ties. 
A)  need to learn new, difficult forms of labor, as the area was less inclined toward cotton production. 
B)  control that women exerted over the region's culture and society due to the delayed arrival of men. 
C)  absence of alcohol on the frontier and the lack of distractions to offset the horrors of slavery. 
D)  urban and industrial nature of the region and, thus, the longer workdays and lack of sunlight. 
E)  high possibility of being separated from family and friends during the migration and the breakup of family ties.

Question 7

Match each description with the item below.
-Charles Deslondes

Accepted Answer

A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols 
A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols

Question 8

Trace the development of black society in the Old South. What were the different groups that comprised black society? What distinguished them from each other, and what tied them
together?

Accepted Answer

The development of black society in the

Question 9

To be called a "planter," one had to

Accepted Answer

A)  own at least twenty slaves. 
B)  work alongside slaves. 
C)  be engaged in the slave trade. 
D)  remain part of the lower farming class. 
E)  avoid involvement in politics. 
A)  own at least twenty slaves. 
B)  work alongside slaves. 
C)  be engaged in the slave trade. 
D)  remain part of the lower farming class. 
E)  avoid involvement in politics.

Question 10

Of the 8 million people in the South's white population, how many owned slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  nearly all of them, as slavery was such a pervasive part of southern culture 
B)  at least three fourths, as property ownership required slave ownership as well 
C)  one half, as women were not allowed to own or to give orders to slaves 
D)  roughly 400,000 of them, as only a fraction of whites qualified as planters 
E)  roughly 1,000, as most whites were uncomfortable with the idea of slavery 
A)  nearly all of them, as slavery was such a pervasive part of southern culture 
B)  at least three fourths, as property ownership required slave ownership as well 
C)  one half, as women were not allowed to own or to give orders to slaves 
D)  roughly 400,000 of them, as only a fraction of whites qualified as planters 
E)  roughly 1,000, as most whites were uncomfortable with the idea of slavery

Question 11

Why did slave owners value slave women?

Accepted Answer

A)  They exclusively did the household labor. 
B)  They had low birth rates due to their oppression. 
C)  Their ability to reproduce increased the number of slaves owned. 
D)  They were allowed to marry white men. 
E)  They were solely responsible for harvesting the fields. 
A)  They exclusively did the household labor. 
B)  They had low birth rates due to their oppression. 
C)  Their ability to reproduce increased the number of slaves owned. 
D)  They were allowed to marry white men. 
E)  They were solely responsible for harvesting the fields.

Question 12

The rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as

Accepted Answer

A)  paternalism. 
B)  a slave code. 
C)  civil law. 
D)  spirituals. 
E)  total control. 
A)  paternalism. 
B)  a slave code. 
C)  civil law. 
D)  spirituals. 
E)  total control.

Question 13

Slaves living in southern cities had a much different experience from those on farms because

Accepted Answer

A)  they were able to interact with an extended interracial community. 
B)  they held political power. 
C)  they almost always received a formal education. 
D)  there were no women slaves in urban areas. 
E)  only free blacks could own slaves in the city. 
A)  they were able to interact with an extended interracial community. 
B)  they held political power. 
C)  they almost always received a formal education. 
D)  there were no women slaves in urban areas. 
E)  only free blacks could own slaves in the city.

Question 14

Why did southern whites who did not even own slaves support the system of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  They feared the wrath of planters for speaking out against it. 
B)  They were too uneducated to notice any kind of moral dilemma. 
C)  They still benefited from the social advantage of having a class of people beneath them. 
D)  They hoped to gain the favor of the planter class by supporting what planters supported. 
E)  They were indifferent to the continuation of slavery and supported it by default. 
A)  They feared the wrath of planters for speaking out against it. 
B)  They were too uneducated to notice any kind of moral dilemma. 
C)  They still benefited from the social advantage of having a class of people beneath them. 
D)  They hoped to gain the favor of the planter class by supporting what planters supported. 
E)  They were indifferent to the continuation of slavery and supported it by default.

Question 15

By 1860, the significance of Britain to the southern economy was based on the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain provided most of the slaves to the South. 
B)  Britain was the major consumer of southern tobacco. 
C)  British consumers sparked the growth of the thriving southern indigo trade. 
D)  Britain had pledged itself to protect the institution of slavery. 
E)  Britain was a major importer of southern cotton. 
A)  Britain provided most of the slaves to the South. 
B)  Britain was the major consumer of southern tobacco. 
C)  British consumers sparked the growth of the thriving southern indigo trade. 
D)  Britain had pledged itself to protect the institution of slavery. 
E)  Britain was a major importer of southern cotton.

Question 16

To what extend was the entirety of southern society, and not just economics, based on slavery?

Accepted Answer

Slavery was a fundamental institution in

Question 17

Some free blacks were

Accepted Answer

A)  eligible to vote. 
B)  immigrants from the Caribbean. 
C)  local political leaders. 
D)  people of mixed ancestry called mulattoes. 
E)  considered equal to whites. 
A)  eligible to vote. 
B)  immigrants from the Caribbean. 
C)  local political leaders. 
D)  people of mixed ancestry called mulattoes. 
E)  considered equal to whites.

Question 18

Match each description with the item below.
-Solomon Northup

Accepted Answer

A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols 
A) plotted an unsuccessful slave revolt near Richmond with the false expectation that "poor whites" would join 
B) was hanged for killing her master while he was sexually assaulting her and, because she was enslaved, was kept from testifying 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) was a plantation mistress and a critic of gender roles within the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue, the world's richest colony, terrifying many whites
F)plotted an unsuccessful slave rebellion in South Carolina in which blacks were to capture the city's arsenal
G)was a free black man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South and later wrote Twelve Years a Slave
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history north of New Orleans, resulting in the torture and killing of participants
I)is the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, portraying southern planters as cunning capitalists who brutalized slaves
J)led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, that led the Virginia legislature to debate the abolition of slavery and states to create more armed patrols

Question 19

The plantation mistress

Accepted Answer

A)  usually led a life of idle leisure. 
B)  often spoke out to criticize the prevailing social order and racist climate. 
C)  often ran the household and dairy in the way her husband ran the plantation business. 
D)  was usually college educated at a university for women. 
E)  represented the typical southern white woman. 
A)  usually led a life of idle leisure. 
B)  often spoke out to criticize the prevailing social order and racist climate. 
C)  often ran the household and dairy in the way her husband ran the plantation business. 
D)  was usually college educated at a university for women. 
E)  represented the typical southern white woman.

Question 20

What was a common way in which enslaved African Americans attempted to cope with the brutalities of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  They abandoned their own customs in favor of the slave master's culture to build a sense of cohesion in their everyday lives. 
B)  They largely disengaged from other slaves and sought a path of isolation to help cultivate a stoic mind-set that would better enable them to avoid punishment. 
C)  They embraced religion and gathered in secret night meetings called spirituals where singing and dancing gave them a much-needed emotional release. 
D)  They sang religious spirituals while in the fields that reinforced their belief in the justice of slavery as an institution and gave their daily work a sense of importance. 
E)  They built secret stations for health services that had been denied to them by slave owners and experimented with different sophisticated remedies. 
A)  They abandoned their own customs in favor of the slave master's culture to build a sense of cohesion in their everyday lives. 
B)  They largely disengaged from other slaves and sought a path of isolation to help cultivate a stoic mind-set that would better enable them to avoid punishment. 
C)  They embraced religion and gathered in secret night meetings called spirituals where singing and dancing gave them a much-needed emotional release. 
D)  They sang religious spirituals while in the fields that reinforced their belief in the justice of slavery as an institution and gave their daily work a sense of importance. 
E)  They built secret stations for health services that had been denied to them by slave owners and experimented with different sophisticated remedies.

Exam 11: The South

A black overseer on a plantation was known as a driver.

Match each description with the item below. -Nat Turner

As southerners moved farther west and south between 1812 and 1860,

Match each description with the item below. -Denmark Vesey

Discuss the role of agriculture in shaping the Old South. Why did cotton become so important, and what significance did other crops hold for the region?

Slaves forced to migrate to the Old Southwest were particularly despondent over the

Match each description with the item below. -Charles Deslondes

Trace the development of black society in the Old South. What were the different groups that comprised black society? What distinguished them from each other, and what tied them together?

To be called a "planter," one had to

Of the 8 million people in the South's white population, how many owned slaves?

Why did slave owners value slave women?

The rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as

Slaves living in southern cities had a much different experience from those on farms because

Why did southern whites who did not even own slaves support the system of slavery?

By 1860, the significance of Britain to the southern economy was based on the fact that

To what extend was the entirety of southern society, and not just economics, based on slavery?

Some free blacks were

Match each description with the item below. -Solomon Northup

The plantation mistress

What was a common way in which enslaved African Americans attempted to cope with the brutalities of slavery?

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