Question 1

After 1830, defense of slavery by southerners increased and intensified.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The plantation masters had many means to maintain order among their slaves. According to the text, what was the most powerful weapon the plantation masters had?

Accepted Answer

A)  requiring slaves to attend church 
B)  the threat of sale 
C)  exploiting the divisions among slaves 
D)  withholding food 
E)  denying a marriage between two slaves 
A)  requiring slaves to attend church 
B)  the threat of sale 
C)  exploiting the divisions among slaves 
D)  withholding food 
E)  denying a marriage between two slaves

Question 3

Most white southern farmers were

Accepted Answer

A)  wealthy. 
B)  slaveholders. 
C)  literate. 
D)  self-sufficient. 
E)  dependent on manufactured goods. 
A)  wealthy. 
B)  slaveholders. 
C)  literate. 
D)  self-sufficient. 
E)  dependent on manufactured goods.

Question 4

After 1830, the majority of white southerners came to believe

Accepted Answer

A)  that the planter class had too much power. 
B)  that freedom for whites rested on the power to command the labor of blacks. 
C)  that a wage labor system is more productive than a slave labor system. 
D)  that slavery is immoral and should be abolished. 
E)  that the South should industrialize. 
A)  that the planter class had too much power. 
B)  that freedom for whites rested on the power to command the labor of blacks. 
C)  that a wage labor system is more productive than a slave labor system. 
D)  that slavery is immoral and should be abolished. 
E)  that the South should industrialize.

Question 5

The Haitian slave revolt was successful and the attempts by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner ultimately failed because

Accepted Answer

A)  slaves in the United States had less desire to be free. 
B)  slaves in Haiti had the help of the Spanish government. 
C)  most of the South had a higher percentage of whites than blacks who were armed and united. 
D)  none of the black leaders of revolts in the United States were literate. 
E)  in the United States, the slaves rebelling had no weapons. 
A)  slaves in the United States had less desire to be free. 
B)  slaves in Haiti had the help of the Spanish government. 
C)  most of the South had a higher percentage of whites than blacks who were armed and united. 
D)  none of the black leaders of revolts in the United States were literate. 
E)  in the United States, the slaves rebelling had no weapons.

Question 6

What was the significance of the planter class in antebellum Southern society?

Accepted Answer

A)  They constituted a majority of the population. 
B)  They were often Europeans who operated their plantations from abroad. 
C)  They invested their profits in industrial endeavors and began to transform the southern economy. 
D)  They were the only social group in the South to openly discuss abolition as a potential good. 
E)  Their values and goals dominated Southern life. 
A)  They constituted a majority of the population. 
B)  They were often Europeans who operated their plantations from abroad. 
C)  They invested their profits in industrial endeavors and began to transform the southern economy. 
D)  They were the only social group in the South to openly discuss abolition as a potential good. 
E)  Their values and goals dominated Southern life.

Question 7

In 1850, a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 to 5 
B)  6 to 10 
C)  15 to 20 
D)  25 to 30 
E)  at least 35 
A)  1 to 5 
B)  6 to 10 
C)  15 to 20 
D)  25 to 30 
E)  at least 35

Question 8

Southern farmers in the backcountry

Accepted Answer

A)  generally worked the land using family labor. 
B)  were all directly involved in the market economy from the start of the nineteenth century. 
C)  owned a substantial number of slaves. 
D)  were highly self-sufficient but still bought most of their supplies from stores. 
E)  were fortunate that their land was far better for farming than that owned by planters. 
A)  generally worked the land using family labor. 
B)  were all directly involved in the market economy from the start of the nineteenth century. 
C)  owned a substantial number of slaves. 
D)  were highly self-sufficient but still bought most of their supplies from stores. 
E)  were fortunate that their land was far better for farming than that owned by planters.

Question 9

The Underground Railroad

Accepted Answer

A)  was a single, centralized system with clearly defined routes designed to transport enslaved people to freedom. 
B)  enabled approximately 30,000 fugitives to escape from the South. 
C)  was the system used to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. 
D)  was the system slave traders used in the South to avoid public scrutiny of family separation. 
E)  managed to help only a few dozen people escape slavery. 
A)  was a single, centralized system with clearly defined routes designed to transport enslaved people to freedom. 
B)  enabled approximately 30,000 fugitives to escape from the South. 
C)  was the system used to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. 
D)  was the system slave traders used in the South to avoid public scrutiny of family separation. 
E)  managed to help only a few dozen people escape slavery.

Question 10

Most white southern families owned at least one slave.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The U.S. slave population on the eve of the Civil War was approximately

Accepted Answer

A)  1 million. 
B)  2 million. 
C)  3 million. 
D)  4 million. 
E)  5 million. 
A)  1 million. 
B)  2 million. 
C)  3 million. 
D)  4 million. 
E)  5 million.

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-paternalism

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 13

In Joseph Taper's letter to Joseph Long, how does Taper analyze his experience of living in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Living under a monarchy was difficult. 
B)  The treatment of slaves in Canada was abysmal. 
C)  Blacks did not receive educational opportunities. 
D)  The winter weather was bitterly cold. 
E)  The British system allowed for more "pursuit of happiness." 
A)  Living under a monarchy was difficult. 
B)  The treatment of slaves in Canada was abysmal. 
C)  Blacks did not receive educational opportunities. 
D)  The winter weather was bitterly cold. 
E)  The British system allowed for more "pursuit of happiness."

Question 14

When considering slavery's geographic extent, the numbers held in bondage, and the institution's economic importance, what was the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known?

Accepted Answer

A)  the U.S. South 
B)  Brazil 
C)  the French Caribbean colonies 
D)  the Spanish Caribbean colonies 
E)  the British Caribbean colonies 
A)  the U.S. South 
B)  Brazil 
C)  the French Caribbean colonies 
D)  the Spanish Caribbean colonies 
E)  the British Caribbean colonies

Question 15

Fugitive slaves

Accepted Answer

A)  generally understood that the North Star led to freedom. 
B)  were more likely to be women than men, because they were trying to escape sexual assault. 
C)  succeeded in escaping more frequently from the Lower South because they had access to ships leaving ports like New Orleans and Charleston. 
D)  benefited from the refusal of non-slave owners to participate in patrols that looked for fugitives. 
E)  who escaped to Canada were routinely returned to slavery by the British authorities. 
A)  generally understood that the North Star led to freedom. 
B)  were more likely to be women than men, because they were trying to escape sexual assault. 
C)  succeeded in escaping more frequently from the Lower South because they had access to ships leaving ports like New Orleans and Charleston. 
D)  benefited from the refusal of non-slave owners to participate in patrols that looked for fugitives. 
E)  who escaped to Canada were routinely returned to slavery by the British authorities.

Question 16

From which of the following states did the greatest number of slaves successfully escape to freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alabama 
B)  Mississippi 
C)  Louisiana 
D)  South Carolina 
E)  Maryland 
A)  Alabama 
B)  Mississippi 
C)  Louisiana 
D)  South Carolina 
E)  Maryland

Question 17

Which is true of plantation owners in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They frequently broke the law by knowingly buying slaves imported from Africa. 
B)  They were often first-generation British or French immigrants. 
C)  They typically supported the Republican Party. 
D)  They were very public about their ambivalence toward slavery. 
E)  They insisted that slavery was required in order for whites to be truly free. 
A)  They frequently broke the law by knowingly buying slaves imported from Africa. 
B)  They were often first-generation British or French immigrants. 
C)  They typically supported the Republican Party. 
D)  They were very public about their ambivalence toward slavery. 
E)  They insisted that slavery was required in order for whites to be truly free.

Question 18

Slave rebellions were rare but important. Compare the slave rebellions (merely planned or actually carried out) of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner. What did Vesey attempt to do? What did Turner attempt to do? How were these men similar? How did they view slavery and freedom? How did white society react to them, and why?

Accepted Answer

Slave rebellions were indeed rare but ha

Question 19

What did the southern code of honor demand of men?

Accepted Answer

A)  that their slaves be well fed, healthy, and appear to be happy 
B)  defense of the reputations of themselves and their families 
C)  a wife who was able to demonstrate that she was an intellectual equal to her husband 
D)  sexual fidelity to their wives 
E)  public demonstration of their willingness and ability to work alongside their slaves 
A)  that their slaves be well fed, healthy, and appear to be happy 
B)  defense of the reputations of themselves and their families 
C)  a wife who was able to demonstrate that she was an intellectual equal to her husband 
D)  sexual fidelity to their wives 
E)  public demonstration of their willingness and ability to work alongside their slaves

Question 20

Which is true of Northerners who assisted escaped slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  If caught, they were sent to the South for trial. 
B)  Many were part of a movement that urged the North to secede from the union. 
C)  They were breaking federal law. 
D)  They were typically Canadian citizens. 
E)  Many traveled into the South to liberate slaves from plantations. 
A)  If caught, they were sent to the South for trial. 
B)  Many were part of a movement that urged the North to secede from the union. 
C)  They were breaking federal law. 
D)  They were typically Canadian citizens. 
E)  Many traveled into the South to liberate slaves from plantations.

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

After 1830, defense of slavery by southerners increased and intensified.

The plantation masters had many means to maintain order among their slaves. According to the text, what was the most powerful weapon the plantation masters had?

Most white southern farmers were

After 1830, the majority of white southerners came to believe

The Haitian slave revolt was successful and the attempts by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner ultimately failed because

What was the significance of the planter class in antebellum Southern society?

In 1850, a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

Southern farmers in the backcountry

The Underground Railroad

Most white southern families owned at least one slave.

The U.S. slave population on the eve of the Civil War was approximately

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -paternalism

In Joseph Taper's letter to Joseph Long, how does Taper analyze his experience of living in Canada?

When considering slavery's geographic extent, the numbers held in bondage, and the institution's economic importance, what was the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known?

Fugitive slaves

From which of the following states did the greatest number of slaves successfully escape to freedom?

Which is true of plantation owners in the nineteenth century?

What did the southern code of honor demand of men?

Which is true of Northerners who assisted escaped slaves?

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