Question 1

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many northern states had slaves at one time. 
B)  Some slaves ran away to northern states. 
C)  Some slaveholders were originally from the North. 
D)  Most in the North wanted to reopen the importation of slaves. 
E)  Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased. 
A)  Many northern states had slaves at one time. 
B)  Some slaves ran away to northern states. 
C)  Some slaveholders were originally from the North. 
D)  Most in the North wanted to reopen the importation of slaves. 
E)  Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased.

Question 2

In the decades before the Civil War, the northern states

Accepted Answer

A)  were unaffected by slavery. 
B)  refused to follow federal law requiring the return of fugitive slaves. 
C)  refused to do business with the slave states. 
D)  financed industrial development with money earned in the trade of cotton produced by slave labor. 
E)  boycotted all American cotton because it was produced by slave labor. 
A)  were unaffected by slavery. 
B)  refused to follow federal law requiring the return of fugitive slaves. 
C)  refused to do business with the slave states. 
D)  financed industrial development with money earned in the trade of cotton produced by slave labor. 
E)  boycotted all American cotton because it was produced by slave labor.

Question 3

Approximately how many slaves are thought to have successfully escaped in the thirty years before the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  1,000 
B)  3,000 
C)  30,000 
D)  300,000 
E)  500,000 
A)  1,000 
B)  3,000 
C)  30,000 
D)  300,000 
E)  500,000

Question 4

Frederick Douglass argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  in desiring freedom, slaves were truer to the nation's founding than were most white Americans. 
B)  the United States should adopt a gradual emancipation plan that would eliminate slavery within forty years. 
C)  free blacks would be better off if they moved to Liberia, where a colony of former American slaves had been founded. 
D)  blacks should not serve in the U.S. Army during the Civil War because of the racial discrimination they faced. 
E)  free African-Americans should "let down their buckets where they were" and accept inequality, at least for a period of time. 
A)  in desiring freedom, slaves were truer to the nation's founding than were most white Americans. 
B)  the United States should adopt a gradual emancipation plan that would eliminate slavery within forty years. 
C)  free blacks would be better off if they moved to Liberia, where a colony of former American slaves had been founded. 
D)  blacks should not serve in the U.S. Army during the Civil War because of the racial discrimination they faced. 
E)  free African-Americans should "let down their buckets where they were" and accept inequality, at least for a period of time.

Question 5

Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

A)  argued that knowledge was essential to achieving freedom from slavery. 
B)  spent the whole time he was enslaved doing plantation field work. 
C)  opposed the women's rights movement. 
D)  was freed by his enslaver. 
E)  believed resistance to slavery was futile. 
A)  argued that knowledge was essential to achieving freedom from slavery. 
B)  spent the whole time he was enslaved doing plantation field work. 
C)  opposed the women's rights movement. 
D)  was freed by his enslaver. 
E)  believed resistance to slavery was futile.

Question 6

Which is true of free blacks who owned slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  In many cases, these "slaves" were family members they had purchased and could not legally free. 
B)  They had a reputation for being particularly brutal owners. 
C)  They were prohibited from selling their slaves at a profit. 
D)  They were prohibited from owning more than ten slaves. 
E)  In a few cases, the slaves they owned were impoverished whites. 
A)  In many cases, these "slaves" were family members they had purchased and could not legally free. 
B)  They had a reputation for being particularly brutal owners. 
C)  They were prohibited from selling their slaves at a profit. 
D)  They were prohibited from owning more than ten slaves. 
E)  In a few cases, the slaves they owned were impoverished whites.

Question 7

From 1840 to 1860, the price of a "prime field hand"

Accepted Answer

A)  rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southern whites to enter the slaveholding class. 
B)  rose less than 10 percent, which kept the size of the planter class about the same. 
C)  declined about 15 percent as the supply of slaves in the internal slave trade increased. 
D)  became so inexpensive that the slaveholding class grew to include nearly two-thirds of southern whites. 
E)  declined because labor-intensive agricultural work became less popular in the South. 
A)  rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southern whites to enter the slaveholding class. 
B)  rose less than 10 percent, which kept the size of the planter class about the same. 
C)  declined about 15 percent as the supply of slaves in the internal slave trade increased. 
D)  became so inexpensive that the slaveholding class grew to include nearly two-thirds of southern whites. 
E)  declined because labor-intensive agricultural work became less popular in the South.

Question 8

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Turner and his followers assaulted mostly men. 
B)  Fewer than twenty whites were killed during the rebellion. 
C)  Turner escaped capture. 
D)  Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion. 
E)  It occurred in Georgia. 
A)  Turner and his followers assaulted mostly men. 
B)  Fewer than twenty whites were killed during the rebellion. 
C)  Turner escaped capture. 
D)  Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion. 
E)  It occurred in Georgia.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The Underground Railroad was a network o

Question 10

On the eve of the Civil War, approximately how much of the world's cotton supply came from the southern United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  90 percent 
B)  75 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  33 percent 
E)  25 percent 
A)  90 percent 
B)  75 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  33 percent 
E)  25 percent

Question 11

Which were free blacks in the South legally prohibited from doing?

Accepted Answer

A)  marrying 
B)  socializing with slaves 
C)  owning property 
D)  striking a white person in self-defense 
E)  living in cities 
A)  marrying 
B)  socializing with slaves 
C)  owning property 
D)  striking a white person in self-defense 
E)  living in cities

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Free blacks were African Americans who w

Question 13

Which describes a typical black preacher on slave plantations?

Accepted Answer

A)  a free black, often from the North, who ministered to the slaves voluntarily 
B)  a house slave taught to read by his master and instructed on the sermons to deliver to the field slaves 
C)  a female healer with knowledge of traditional African spiritual practices 
D)  a self-educated slave who established a reputation for public speaking and biblical knowledge 
E)  a "mystic," often a very elderly man or woman, who communicated directly with God on behalf of others 
A)  a free black, often from the North, who ministered to the slaves voluntarily 
B)  a house slave taught to read by his master and instructed on the sermons to deliver to the field slaves 
C)  a female healer with knowledge of traditional African spiritual practices 
D)  a self-educated slave who established a reputation for public speaking and biblical knowledge 
E)  a "mystic," often a very elderly man or woman, who communicated directly with God on behalf of others

Question 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Nat Turner's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner's Rebellion was a significant

Question 15

When not in the field, slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Discuss the relationship between masters and slaves in the American South. Did masters have all the power in this relationship, or did the enslaved exert some power? Points to consider include paternalism, the size of slaveholdings, slavery and the law, forms of slave resistance, and labor organization (task and gang systems).

Accepted Answer

The relationship between masters and sla

Question 17

A shared religion (Christianity) resulted in slave values that were very similar to the values of their masters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In which role was a slave most likely to experience the harshest conditions?

Accepted Answer

A)  doing fieldwork on a sugar plantation in southern Louisiana 
B)  doing fieldwork on a rice plantation in South Carolina 
C)  manning a riverboat on the Mississippi 
D)  serving the master and his family in "the house" on a large plantation 
E)  serving as overseer on a cotton plantation in Alabama. 
A)  doing fieldwork on a sugar plantation in southern Louisiana 
B)  doing fieldwork on a rice plantation in South Carolina 
C)  manning a riverboat on the Mississippi 
D)  serving the master and his family in "the house" on a large plantation 
E)  serving as overseer on a cotton plantation in Alabama.

Question 19

In what way did slave families differ from those of their white masters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves did not view marriage as a lifelong commitment. 
B)  Slaves did not think it appropriate to marry first cousins. 
C)  Slaves viewed the mother as the head of the family. 
D)  Slaves did not practice any type of marriage ceremony. 
E)  Slaves did not name their children until they were five years old. 
A)  Slaves did not view marriage as a lifelong commitment. 
B)  Slaves did not think it appropriate to marry first cousins. 
C)  Slaves viewed the mother as the head of the family. 
D)  Slaves did not practice any type of marriage ceremony. 
E)  Slaves did not name their children until they were five years old.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Amistad was a Spanish slave ship tha

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?

In the decades before the Civil War, the northern states

Approximately how many slaves are thought to have successfully escaped in the thirty years before the Civil War?

Frederick Douglass argued that

Frederick Douglass

Which is true of free blacks who owned slaves?

From 1840 to 1860, the price of a "prime field hand"

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

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

On the eve of the Civil War, approximately how much of the world's cotton supply came from the southern United States?

Which were free blacks in the South legally prohibited from doing?

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

Which describes a typical black preacher on slave plantations?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Nat Turner's Rebellion

When not in the field, slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

A shared religion (Christianity) resulted in slave values that were very similar to the values of their masters.

In which role was a slave most likely to experience the harshest conditions?

In what way did slave families differ from those of their white masters?

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

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Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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