Question 1

Prior to 1860, southern aristocratic ideals were largely myths.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Most enslaved black couples married with formal wedding vows.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The southern planter class exercised power far in excess of its numbers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Most often, resistance to slavery took the form of open rebellion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Between 1800 and 1860, was slavery in the American South becoming stronger or weaker? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Between 1800 and 1860, slavery in the Am

Question 6

The banjo was an important instrument in slave music.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Within the slave family, women had special burdens, but also a special authority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the mid-nineteenth century, slavery in the Western world existed only in the United States, Brazil, Cuba, and ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the mid-nineteenth century, slavery in the...

Question 9

In the American slave family,

Accepted Answer

A)  most couples did not formally marry. 
B)  black women typically began bearing children later than white women. 
C)  premarital pregnancy was uncommon. 
D)  extended kinship networks were strong and important. 
E)  premarital cohabitation was frowned upon. 
A)  most couples did not formally marry. 
B)  black women typically began bearing children later than white women. 
C)  premarital pregnancy was uncommon. 
D)  extended kinship networks were strong and important. 
E)  premarital cohabitation was frowned upon.

Question 10

The most important new product in the South during the mid-nineteenth century was ________ cotton.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most important new product in the...

Question 11

Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves had to grow all of their own food. 
B)  Slaves were not given medical care except by their own efforts. 
C)  Slave children did no work until they turned twelve years old. 
D)  It was uncommon to divide slave families for long periods of time. 
E)  After 1808, the proportion of blacks to whites in the nation steadily declined. 
A)  Slaves had to grow all of their own food. 
B)  Slaves were not given medical care except by their own efforts. 
C)  Slave children did no work until they turned twelve years old. 
D)  It was uncommon to divide slave families for long periods of time. 
E)  After 1808, the proportion of blacks to whites in the nation steadily declined.

Question 12

By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

Accepted Answer

A)  was nonexistent. 
B)  had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years. 
C)  had declined in value throughout the 1840s and 1850s. 
D)  was equal to one-third of the value of cotton exported that year. 
E)  had come to dominate the South's economy. 
A)  was nonexistent. 
B)  had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years. 
C)  had declined in value throughout the 1840s and 1850s. 
D)  was equal to one-third of the value of cotton exported that year. 
E)  had come to dominate the South's economy.

Question 13

Describe the nature of slave codes and the legal justifications that southern states and owners used for the institution of slavery.

Accepted Answer

Slave codes were laws enacted by souther

Question 14

Perhaps the single strongest unifying factor of pre-Civil War southern whites was their

Accepted Answer

A)  kinship relationships. 
B)  contempt of northern capitalism. 
C)  perception of white racial superiority. 
D)  fear of federal authority. 
E)  intense national pride. 
A)  kinship relationships. 
B)  contempt of northern capitalism. 
C)  perception of white racial superiority. 
D)  fear of federal authority. 
E)  intense national pride.

Question 15

The typical white southerners who were not great planters or slaveowners were known as "________."

Accepted Answer

The answer of The typical white southerners who were not...

Question 16

Southern whites who did not own slaves

Accepted Answer

A)  rarely married into the families living on large slave plantations. 
B)  openly opposed the planter elite. 
C)  were forced to move west to maintain a livelihood. 
D)  generally opposed the institution of slavery. 
E)  were largely dependent on the plantation economy. 
A)  rarely married into the families living on large slave plantations. 
B)  openly opposed the planter elite. 
C)  were forced to move west to maintain a livelihood. 
D)  generally opposed the institution of slavery. 
E)  were largely dependent on the plantation economy.

Question 17

Household servants were often the first to leave plantations of their former owners when emancipation came after the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The southern planter class was quite similar to the landed aristocracies of Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Southern, white, lower-class resentment of the aristocratic system was most likely to be found in

Accepted Answer

A)  the cities. 
B)  river and ocean port towns. 
C)  the upper South. 
D)  the mountain regions. 
E)  the Deep South. 
A)  the cities. 
B)  river and ocean port towns. 
C)  the upper South. 
D)  the mountain regions. 
E)  the Deep South.

Question 20

Most "plain folk" of the Old South

Accepted Answer

A)  owned at least one slave. 
B)  were never able to move into the planter class. 
C)  were passionately antislavery. 
D)  were subsistence farmers who owned at least one slave. 
E)  were subsistence farmers who were passionately antislavery. 
A)  owned at least one slave. 
B)  were never able to move into the planter class. 
C)  were passionately antislavery. 
D)  were subsistence farmers who owned at least one slave. 
E)  were subsistence farmers who were passionately antislavery.

Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Prior to 1860, southern aristocratic ideals were largely myths.

Most enslaved black couples married with formal wedding vows.

The southern planter class exercised power far in excess of its numbers.

Most often, resistance to slavery took the form of open rebellion.

Between 1800 and 1860, was slavery in the American South becoming stronger or weaker? Explain.

The banjo was an important instrument in slave music.

Within the slave family, women had special burdens, but also a special authority.

In the mid-nineteenth century, slavery in the Western world existed only in the United States, Brazil, Cuba, and ________.

In the American slave family,

The most important new product in the South during the mid-nineteenth century was ________ cotton.

Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?

By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

Describe the nature of slave codes and the legal justifications that southern states and owners used for the institution of slavery.

Perhaps the single strongest unifying factor of pre-Civil War southern whites was their

The typical white southerners who were not great planters or slaveowners were known as "________."

Southern whites who did not own slaves

Household servants were often the first to leave plantations of their former owners when emancipation came after the Civil War.

The southern planter class was quite similar to the landed aristocracies of Europe.

Southern, white, lower-class resentment of the aristocratic system was most likely to be found in

Most "plain folk" of the Old South

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