Question 1

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

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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 2

Discuss the concept of honor in the Old South and what role violence played in everyday society.

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The concept of honor in the Old South wa

Question 3

Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between the North and South during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The expansion of the cotton crop in the South increasingly divided the North and South because northern bankers and industry owners failed to reap any of the profits. 
B)  The agricultural focus of the South, which included the cotton crop, greatly slowed the expansion of global capitalism, which angered northern business titans. 
C)  The textile mills of New England and Great Britain purchased southern-grown cotton, and it became the central raw material driving the industrial revolution. 
D)  The North and South grew increasingly similar in that both had a balance between agriculture and industry and experienced the acceleration of the spread of slavery as a result. 
E)  Southerners in many ways felt indebted to northerners because although southern cotton helped in terms of clothing, northern rice and sugars had long sustained them in terms of food. 
A)  The expansion of the cotton crop in the South increasingly divided the North and South because northern bankers and industry owners failed to reap any of the profits. 
B)  The agricultural focus of the South, which included the cotton crop, greatly slowed the expansion of global capitalism, which angered northern business titans. 
C)  The textile mills of New England and Great Britain purchased southern-grown cotton, and it became the central raw material driving the industrial revolution. 
D)  The North and South grew increasingly similar in that both had a balance between agriculture and industry and experienced the acceleration of the spread of slavery as a result. 
E)  Southerners in many ways felt indebted to northerners because although southern cotton helped in terms of clothing, northern rice and sugars had long sustained them in terms of food.

Question 4

The rapid expansion of the cotton belt in the South

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A)  reduced the significance of slavery. 
B)  spurred a rise in the number of enslaved blacks given their freedom. 
C)  ensured that the region became more dependent on enslaved black workers. 
D)  increased the responsibilities of field work for the plantation mistress. 
E)  eliminated the presence of all other staple crops throughout the region. 
A)  reduced the significance of slavery. 
B)  spurred a rise in the number of enslaved blacks given their freedom. 
C)  ensured that the region became more dependent on enslaved black workers. 
D)  increased the responsibilities of field work for the plantation mistress. 
E)  eliminated the presence of all other staple crops throughout the region.

Question 5

Which of the following was a central part of the mythic version of the Old South that emerged among and tended to be believed by white southerners?

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A)  The quality of life in the North far exceeded that in the South, so southerners worked quickly to copy the North's advancement and reclaim their legacy as the superior region. 
B)  Slavery was an inhumane practice in every way but a necessary evil for the sake of growing the economy and preventing terrible food shortages. 
C)  Although greedy bankers dominated the South, they ultimately made the lives of agricultural workers better due to their investments in infrastructure. 
D)  The South was morally superior to the North, partly because planters were kinder toward slaves than factory owners toward wage laborers. 
E)  One southerner could defeat ten northerners in combat due to southerners' emphasis on military prowess and superior genetic makeup. 
A)  The quality of life in the North far exceeded that in the South, so southerners worked quickly to copy the North's advancement and reclaim their legacy as the superior region. 
B)  Slavery was an inhumane practice in every way but a necessary evil for the sake of growing the economy and preventing terrible food shortages. 
C)  Although greedy bankers dominated the South, they ultimately made the lives of agricultural workers better due to their investments in infrastructure. 
D)  The South was morally superior to the North, partly because planters were kinder toward slaves than factory owners toward wage laborers. 
E)  One southerner could defeat ten northerners in combat due to southerners' emphasis on military prowess and superior genetic makeup.

Question 6

Match each description with the item below.
-Gabriel Prosser

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 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Some free blacks were

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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 9

Describe white society in the Old South. What myths have been associated with its various groups? In each case, what was the reality?

Accepted Answer

White society in the Old South was chara

Question 10

What ideas underpinned the usage of the term "peculiar institution"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northerners coined the term to emphasize the violence and discrimination inherent in slavery and lament its having become a formal institution. 
B)  Southerners used the term to refer to capitalism and to portray it as a bizarre system unique to the North and in which they themselves played no part. 
C)  Women activists of the time used the term to refer to the system of marriage and to convey that although it was a fundamental social structure, it was curious in its treatment of women. 
D)  The word "peculiar" implied that race-based slavery was unique to the South-a more positive sentiment that appealed to southern identity-and helped avoid the charged word "slavery." 
E)  Northerners used the term to paint urban slavery in a negative light because they believed it was odd that urban slaves faced worse conditions than slaves on farms. 
A)  Northerners coined the term to emphasize the violence and discrimination inherent in slavery and lament its having become a formal institution. 
B)  Southerners used the term to refer to capitalism and to portray it as a bizarre system unique to the North and in which they themselves played no part. 
C)  Women activists of the time used the term to refer to the system of marriage and to convey that although it was a fundamental social structure, it was curious in its treatment of women. 
D)  The word "peculiar" implied that race-based slavery was unique to the South-a more positive sentiment that appealed to southern identity-and helped avoid the charged word "slavery." 
E)  Northerners used the term to paint urban slavery in a negative light because they believed it was odd that urban slaves faced worse conditions than slaves on farms.

Question 11

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 12

Approximately how many slaves lived in the South in 1860?

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A)  30,000 
B)  100,000 
C)  1 million 
D)  4 million 
E)  10 million 
A)  30,000 
B)  100,000 
C)  1 million 
D)  4 million 
E)  10 million

Question 13

How prevalent were slave rebellions in antebellum America? Detail the most significant of the nineteenth-century rebellions and explain their significance to understanding the period.

Accepted Answer

Slave rebellions were relatively rare in

Question 14

Match each description with the item below.
-Toussaint L'Ouverture

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 15

Which of the following statements was generally true of slave life in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their lives were similar from place to place and master to master. 
B)  Masters saw the wisdom in feeding their slaves well. 
C)  Field hands were organized into work gangs. 
D)  Slave mothers saw the overwhelming majority of their children reach adulthood. 
E)  Punishments were only meted out when a serious crime warranted them. 
A)  Their lives were similar from place to place and master to master. 
B)  Masters saw the wisdom in feeding their slaves well. 
C)  Field hands were organized into work gangs. 
D)  Slave mothers saw the overwhelming majority of their children reach adulthood. 
E)  Punishments were only meted out when a serious crime warranted them.

Question 16

Southerners had always used religion as a means of defending slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What role did cotton production and slavery play in the South's economic and social development?

Accepted Answer

Cotton production and slavery played a s

Question 18

The large-scale slaveholding planter class made up only a very small portion of the overall southern society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In what ways was the South "unique" and in what ways was it not?

Accepted Answer

The South was unique in several ways. It

Question 20

A typical form of resistance pursued by slaves entailed

Accepted Answer

A)  outright rebellion. 
B)  murder. 
C)  suicide. 
D)  feigning illness and sabotage. 
E)  arson. 
A)  outright rebellion. 
B)  murder. 
C)  suicide. 
D)  feigning illness and sabotage. 
E)  arson.

Exam 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

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

Discuss the concept of honor in the Old South and what role violence played in everyday society.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between the North and South during the first half of the nineteenth century?

The rapid expansion of the cotton belt in the South

Which of the following was a central part of the mythic version of the Old South that emerged among and tended to be believed by white southerners?

Match each description with the item below. -Gabriel Prosser

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

Some free blacks were

Describe white society in the Old South. What myths have been associated with its various groups? In each case, what was the reality?

What ideas underpinned the usage of the term "peculiar institution"?

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

Approximately how many slaves lived in the South in 1860?

How prevalent were slave rebellions in antebellum America? Detail the most significant of the nineteenth-century rebellions and explain their significance to understanding the period.

Match each description with the item below. -Toussaint L'Ouverture

Which of the following statements was generally true of slave life in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Southerners had always used religion as a means of defending slavery.

What role did cotton production and slavery play in the South's economic and social development?

The large-scale slaveholding planter class made up only a very small portion of the overall southern society.

In what ways was the South "unique" and in what ways was it not?

A typical form of resistance pursued by slaves entailed

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