Question 1

By the turn of the century, most of the African American slave population was involved in cotton production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following was a characteristic of the South that contributed to its distinctiveness during the first half of the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ownership of slaves by the majority of southern whites 
B)  its reliance on factories and banking 
C)  its biracial population and culture 
D)  the high proportion of immigrants that comprised the overall southern population 
E)  its accessible public school system 
A)  the ownership of slaves by the majority of southern whites 
B)  its reliance on factories and banking 
C)  its biracial population and culture 
D)  the high proportion of immigrants that comprised the overall southern population 
E)  its accessible public school system

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true of southern free blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were forbidden from becoming skilled laborers and essentially did the same work as slaves, just with their own property. 
B)  They tended to become slaveholders themselves to ensure slaves were treated well and tended to make a fortune in cotton production. 
C)  They were unable to enter into contracts, marry, or own property, as they essentially had the same rights as slaves. 
D)  Although most had lived in the South all their lives, they were forbidden from living in southern states once they acquired their freedom and had to travel north. 
E)  Although they had more rights than slaves, they often lived in fear of being kidnapped into slavery and were subject to racist legal restrictions. 
A)  They were forbidden from becoming skilled laborers and essentially did the same work as slaves, just with their own property. 
B)  They tended to become slaveholders themselves to ensure slaves were treated well and tended to make a fortune in cotton production. 
C)  They were unable to enter into contracts, marry, or own property, as they essentially had the same rights as slaves. 
D)  Although most had lived in the South all their lives, they were forbidden from living in southern states once they acquired their freedom and had to travel north. 
E)  Although they had more rights than slaves, they often lived in fear of being kidnapped into slavery and were subject to racist legal restrictions.

Question 4

The Old Southwest attracted thousands of settlers in the 1820s and 1830s with its low land prices and suitability for cotton production. Many of the settlers migrated from

Accepted Answer

A)  Massachusetts to escape the dreary textile mills and the pollution of industrialization. 
B)  Virginia and the Carolinas due to the exhaustion of the land from years of tobacco cultivation. 
C)  Kentucky to escape the system of slavery and start anew as free blacks. 
D)  Ohio and Pennsylvania as a downturn in steel manufacturing meant a massive loss of jobs. 
E)  Tennessee to start large families on enormous tracts of land they had been granted for free. 
A)  Massachusetts to escape the dreary textile mills and the pollution of industrialization. 
B)  Virginia and the Carolinas due to the exhaustion of the land from years of tobacco cultivation. 
C)  Kentucky to escape the system of slavery and start anew as free blacks. 
D)  Ohio and Pennsylvania as a downturn in steel manufacturing meant a massive loss of jobs. 
E)  Tennessee to start large families on enormous tracts of land they had been granted for free.

Question 5

Match each description with the item below.
-Mary Chesnut

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 6

How did the states of the Upper South differ from those of the Lower South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Farmers in the Upper South rarely grew crops for household use and mainly exported them for profit. 
B)  Slave owners had invested more heavily in slavery in the Upper South but treated their slaves better. 
C)  The soil and climate in the Upper South were better suited to the plantation crops of cotton and tobacco. 
D)  The Upper South had more-varied agricultural economies and had large areas without slavery. 
E)  Slavery had almost disappeared in the Upper South and free blacks enjoyed the right to vote. 
A)  Farmers in the Upper South rarely grew crops for household use and mainly exported them for profit. 
B)  Slave owners had invested more heavily in slavery in the Upper South but treated their slaves better. 
C)  The soil and climate in the Upper South were better suited to the plantation crops of cotton and tobacco. 
D)  The Upper South had more-varied agricultural economies and had large areas without slavery. 
E)  Slavery had almost disappeared in the Upper South and free blacks enjoyed the right to vote.

Question 7

The legal prohibition that denied slaves the right to marry

Accepted Answer

A)  prevented slaves from forming families. 
B)  led to a devaluing of love in the slave community. 
C)  did not stop slaves from choosing partners and forging a family life. 
D)  reduced the significance of religion in slave life. 
E)  did not apply to white mistresses who chose to marry slaves. 
A)  prevented slaves from forming families. 
B)  led to a devaluing of love in the slave community. 
C)  did not stop slaves from choosing partners and forging a family life. 
D)  reduced the significance of religion in slave life. 
E)  did not apply to white mistresses who chose to marry slaves.

Question 8

The focus on cotton and other cash crops has overshadowed the reality that

Accepted Answer

A)  southern farmers also contributed food to their own tables through livestock. 
B)  the South became totally dependent on the West for its food. 
C)  the South relied on Britain for its manufactured goods. 
D)  the North had to use imported cotton from overseas for its textile manufacturers. 
E)  most white southerners lived and worked in cities. 
A)  southern farmers also contributed food to their own tables through livestock. 
B)  the South became totally dependent on the West for its food. 
C)  the South relied on Britain for its manufactured goods. 
D)  the North had to use imported cotton from overseas for its textile manufacturers. 
E)  most white southerners lived and worked in cities.

By the turn of the century, most of the African American slave population was involved in cotton production.

Which of the following was a characteristic of the South that contributed to its distinctiveness during the first half of the eighteenth century?

Which of the following statements is true of southern free blacks?

The Old Southwest attracted thousands of settlers in the 1820s and 1830s with its low land prices and suitability for cotton production. Many of the settlers migrated from

Match each description with the item below. -Mary Chesnut

How did the states of the Upper South differ from those of the Lower South?

The legal prohibition that denied slaves the right to marry

The focus on cotton and other cash crops has overshadowed the reality that

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

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Exam 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

By the turn of the century, most of the African American slave population was involved in cotton production.

Which of the following was a characteristic of the South that contributed to its distinctiveness during the first half of the eighteenth century?

Which of the following statements is true of southern free blacks?

The Old Southwest attracted thousands of settlers in the 1820s and 1830s with its low land prices and suitability for cotton production. Many of the settlers migrated from

Match each description with the item below. -Mary Chesnut

How did the states of the Upper South differ from those of the Lower South?

The legal prohibition that denied slaves the right to marry

The focus on cotton and other cash crops has overshadowed the reality that

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

25

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

Filters