Question 1

Match each description with the item below.
-Frederick Douglass

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 2

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 3

The fear of slave resistance and rebellion increased after the successful slave revolt that took over the French island of Saint-Domingue and turned it into the free nation of

Accepted Answer

A)  Puerto Rico. 
B)  Cuba. 
C)  Trinidad. 
D)  Haiti. 
E)  Jamaica. 
A)  Puerto Rico. 
B)  Cuba. 
C)  Trinidad. 
D)  Haiti. 
E)  Jamaica.

Question 4

How did enslaved peoples respond to the inhumanity of their situation?

Accepted Answer

Enslaved peoples responded to the inhuma

Question 5

The number of enslaved African Americans in the Border South greatly decreased by 1860 because cotton could not thrive there.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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 7

Free blacks in the South

Accepted Answer

A)  sometimes owned slaves. 
B)  were always of mixed race. 
C)  enjoyed full legal equality. 
D)  outnumbered slaves. 
E)  mostly emigrated to Africa. 
A)  sometimes owned slaves. 
B)  were always of mixed race. 
C)  enjoyed full legal equality. 
D)  outnumbered slaves. 
E)  mostly emigrated to Africa.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

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 10

Which of the following statements describes how many white planters treated slave women?

Accepted Answer

A)  White planters avoided sexual relations with slave women because they did not want the financial burden of children. 
B)  White planters treated slave women respectively so as not to upset the plantation mistress. 
C)  Only enslaved mulatto women tended to be sexually abused by white planters. 
D)  The rape of slave women was a common practice and sometimes led to their giving birth. 
E)  White planters forbid slave men from raping slave women because it was against their moral code. 
A)  White planters avoided sexual relations with slave women because they did not want the financial burden of children. 
B)  White planters treated slave women respectively so as not to upset the plantation mistress. 
C)  Only enslaved mulatto women tended to be sexually abused by white planters. 
D)  The rape of slave women was a common practice and sometimes led to their giving birth. 
E)  White planters forbid slave men from raping slave women because it was against their moral code.

Question 11

Which of the following was one of the MOST common ways southern planters began their careers?

Accepted Answer

A)  as overseers 
B)  as industrial entrepreneurs in Britain 
C)  as traders and merchants 
D)  as ship captains in the slave trade 
E)  as students at university 
A)  as overseers 
B)  as industrial entrepreneurs in Britain 
C)  as traders and merchants 
D)  as ship captains in the slave trade 
E)  as students at university

Question 12

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 13

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 14

On a plantation, the position responsible for managing the agricultural production in every way was the

Accepted Answer

A)  driver. 
B)  slave. 
C)  field hand. 
D)  overseer. 
E)  master. 
A)  driver. 
B)  slave. 
C)  field hand. 
D)  overseer. 
E)  master.

Question 15

Slave religion

Accepted Answer

A)  mixed African and Christian elements. 
B)  caused slaves to accept their condition. 
C)  required reading of the Bible. 
D)  was stamped out by white masters. 
E)  was best observed during racially integrated church services. 
A)  mixed African and Christian elements. 
B)  caused slaves to accept their condition. 
C)  required reading of the Bible. 
D)  was stamped out by white masters. 
E)  was best observed during racially integrated church services.

Question 16

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 17

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 18

The ultimate purpose of the slave codes was to

Accepted Answer

A)  teach slaves to obey by settling harsh punishments for disobedience. 
B)  prevent runaways and rebellions by limiting the way slave owners could treat slaves. 
C)  establish prices for slaves at markets throughout the nation. 
D)  define how much mixed blood a mulatto could have to be classified as predominantly white or black. 
E)  prohibit the mulatto children of planters the ability to inherit from their fathers. 
A)  teach slaves to obey by settling harsh punishments for disobedience. 
B)  prevent runaways and rebellions by limiting the way slave owners could treat slaves. 
C)  establish prices for slaves at markets throughout the nation. 
D)  define how much mixed blood a mulatto could have to be classified as predominantly white or black. 
E)  prohibit the mulatto children of planters the ability to inherit from their fathers.

Question 19

The Old South was socially, culturally, and economically the most unified region of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What roles did religion, folklore, and family life play in the lives of slaves?

Accepted Answer

Religion, folklore, and family life play

Exam 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Match each description with the item below. -Frederick Douglass

Match each description with the item below. -Charles Deslondes

The fear of slave resistance and rebellion increased after the successful slave revolt that took over the French island of Saint-Domingue and turned it into the free nation of

How did enslaved peoples respond to the inhumanity of their situation?

The number of enslaved African Americans in the Border South greatly decreased by 1860 because cotton could not thrive there.

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?

Free blacks in the South

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

The plantation mistress

Which of the following statements describes how many white planters treated slave women?

Which of the following was one of the MOST common ways southern planters began their careers?

Match each description with the item below. -Denmark Vesey

Why did slave owners value slave women?

On a plantation, the position responsible for managing the agricultural production in every way was the

Slave religion

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?

Match each description with the item below. -Solomon Northup

The ultimate purpose of the slave codes was to

The Old South was socially, culturally, and economically the most unified region of the United States.

What roles did religion, folklore, and family life play in the lives of slaves?

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