Question 1

Denmark Vesey's 1822 slave rebellion resulted in the deaths of more than thirty whites in Charleston.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In an 1840 letter written from Canada, fugitive slave Joseph Taper asked for divine blessings upon

Accepted Answer

A)  the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B)  his former master. 
C)  President Martin Van Buren. 
D)  abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. 
E)  Queen Victoria. 
A)  the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B)  his former master. 
C)  President Martin Van Buren. 
D)  abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. 
E)  Queen Victoria.

Question 3

After an 1831 slave rebellion, which state's legislature debated, but did not approve, a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia 
B)  South Carolina 
C)  Maryland 
D)  North Carolina 
E)  Louisiana 
A)  Virginia 
B)  South Carolina 
C)  Maryland 
D)  North Carolina 
E)  Louisiana

Question 4

Gender roles under slavery

Accepted Answer

A)  were the same as those that existed in white society. 
B)  differed from those of white society because men and women alike suffered a sense of powerlessness. 
C)  greatly differed from those of whites when slaves were able to work on their own; the men took on more women's work and vice versa. 
D)  meant that slave husbands refused to let their wives work in the fields. 
E)  were unaffected by the ability of masters to take advantage of female slaves sexually. 
A)  were the same as those that existed in white society. 
B)  differed from those of white society because men and women alike suffered a sense of powerlessness. 
C)  greatly differed from those of whites when slaves were able to work on their own; the men took on more women's work and vice versa. 
D)  meant that slave husbands refused to let their wives work in the fields. 
E)  were unaffected by the ability of masters to take advantage of female slaves sexually.

Question 5

To qualify as a member of the planter class, a person had to be engaged in southern agriculture and

Accepted Answer

A)  own at least ten slaves. 
B)  grow specifically cotton or sugarcane. 
C)  own at least twenty slaves. 
D)  live in a large mansion. 
E)  own at least fifty slaves. 
A)  own at least ten slaves. 
B)  grow specifically cotton or sugarcane. 
C)  own at least twenty slaves. 
D)  live in a large mansion. 
E)  own at least fifty slaves.

Question 6

Enslaved people's efforts to escape from slavery

Accepted Answer

A)  always succeeded. 
B)  always failed. 
C)  undermined proslavery propaganda about contented slaves. 
D)  were undermined by Canada, which returned all fugitive slaves to the United States. 
E)  were undermined by Mexico, which returned all fugitive slaves to the United States. 
A)  always succeeded. 
B)  always failed. 
C)  undermined proslavery propaganda about contented slaves. 
D)  were undermined by Canada, which returned all fugitive slaves to the United States. 
E)  were undermined by Mexico, which returned all fugitive slaves to the United States.

Question 7

In the southern slave society, white women on plantations were seen as weak and helpless.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818 – F

Question 9

Which statement is true about Harriet Tubman?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tubman rescued about seventy-five people from slavery. 
B)  Tubman was born free in Philadelphia in 1800. 
C)  After escaping slavery in 1849, Tubman never returned to the South. 
D)  Frederick Douglass criticized Tubman's work. 
E)  William Lloyd Garrison criticized Tubman's work. 
A)  Tubman rescued about seventy-five people from slavery. 
B)  Tubman was born free in Philadelphia in 1800. 
C)  After escaping slavery in 1849, Tubman never returned to the South. 
D)  Frederick Douglass criticized Tubman's work. 
E)  William Lloyd Garrison criticized Tubman's work.

Question 10

Discuss the fugitive slave and the different types of escaping (permanent and temporary). How did whites in the North and South react to runaways? What role did the Underground Railroad play?

Accepted Answer

The fugitive slave experience was a sign

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Cotton has a significant historical sign

Question 12

Which of the following statements about religious life among African-Americans in southern cities is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks usually worshipped in churches where they sat side by side with whites. 
B)  Urban free blacks sometimes formed their own churches. 
C)  African-Americans, free and slave, were banned from religious services. 
D)  Free blacks could worship publicly, but slaves were not permitted to do so. 
E)  The formation of the Afro-Catholic Church in 1844 was a major development in black Christianity. 
A)  Blacks usually worshipped in churches where they sat side by side with whites. 
B)  Urban free blacks sometimes formed their own churches. 
C)  African-Americans, free and slave, were banned from religious services. 
D)  Free blacks could worship publicly, but slaves were not permitted to do so. 
E)  The formation of the Afro-Catholic Church in 1844 was a major development in black Christianity.

Question 13

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A slave in which geographic area would be most likely to be working in cotton fields?

Accepted Answer

A)  northern Virginia 
B)  western North Carolina 
C)  western Alabama 
D)  southern Florida 
E)  eastern Tennessee 
A)  northern Virginia 
B)  western North Carolina 
C)  western Alabama 
D)  southern Florida 
E)  eastern Tennessee

Question 15

Which right did free blacks in the South have in the decade before the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  the right to marry 
B)  the right to strike a white person in self-defense 
C)  the right to carry a firearm 
D)  the right to testify in court 
E)  the right to vote 
A)  the right to marry 
B)  the right to strike a white person in self-defense 
C)  the right to carry a firearm 
D)  the right to testify in court 
E)  the right to vote

Question 16

Which is true of the South in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was increasingly urban, with half of the nation's ten largest cities. 
B)  It produced about half of the nation's manufactured goods. 
C)  It had far fewer European immigrants than the North did. 
D)  It benefited from a boom in railroad development, which eventually connected even small towns with one another. 
E)  Its banks, most with home offices in the North, refused to lend money to plantation owners. 
A)  It was increasingly urban, with half of the nation's ten largest cities. 
B)  It produced about half of the nation's manufactured goods. 
C)  It had far fewer European immigrants than the North did. 
D)  It benefited from a boom in railroad development, which eventually connected even small towns with one another. 
E)  Its banks, most with home offices in the North, refused to lend money to plantation owners.

Question 17

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

Accepted Answer

A)  With other slaves, Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion. 
B)  Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home. 
C)  Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion. 
D)  A slave on a large plantation slowed the work pace. 
E)  Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom. 
A)  With other slaves, Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion. 
B)  Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home. 
C)  Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion. 
D)  A slave on a large plantation slowed the work pace. 
E)  Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom.

Question 18

What was true of the South and slavery in nineteenth-century America?

Accepted Answer

A)  England did not need cotton from the South. 
B)  The South's total population consisted of 20 percent slaves. 
C)  As it moved closer to 1860, the rate of natural increase for the slave population was decreasing. 
D)  The amount of money invested in slavery was a small part of the economy. 
E)  The Old South had developed into the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known. 
A)  England did not need cotton from the South. 
B)  The South's total population consisted of 20 percent slaves. 
C)  As it moved closer to 1860, the rate of natural increase for the slave population was decreasing. 
D)  The amount of money invested in slavery was a small part of the economy. 
E)  The Old South had developed into the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known.

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the paternalist ethos in southern slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves referred to their owners as "mother" and "father." 
B)  Most slave owners believed it their responsibility to teach slaves how to read. 
C)  Slave owners who separated families were considered cruel by their peers. 
D)  Slave owners felt responsible for their slaves and believed they could not take care of themselves. 
E)  Slave owners who fathered children with slaves typically freed the children. 
A)  Slaves referred to their owners as "mother" and "father." 
B)  Most slave owners believed it their responsibility to teach slaves how to read. 
C)  Slave owners who separated families were considered cruel by their peers. 
D)  Slave owners felt responsible for their slaves and believed they could not take care of themselves. 
E)  Slave owners who fathered children with slaves typically freed the children.

Question 20

Paternalism both masked and justified the brutal reality of slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

Denmark Vesey's 1822 slave rebellion resulted in the deaths of more than thirty whites in Charleston.

In an 1840 letter written from Canada, fugitive slave Joseph Taper asked for divine blessings upon

After an 1831 slave rebellion, which state's legislature debated, but did not approve, a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

Gender roles under slavery

To qualify as a member of the planter class, a person had to be engaged in southern agriculture and

Enslaved people's efforts to escape from slavery

In the southern slave society, white women on plantations were seen as weak and helpless.

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

Which statement is true about Harriet Tubman?

Discuss the fugitive slave and the different types of escaping (permanent and temporary). How did whites in the North and South react to runaways? What role did the Underground Railroad play?

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

Which of the following statements about religious life among African-Americans in southern cities is true?

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

A slave in which geographic area would be most likely to be working in cotton fields?

Which right did free blacks in the South have in the decade before the Civil War?

Which is true of the South in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

What was true of the South and slavery in nineteenth-century America?

Which of the following is true of the paternalist ethos in southern slavery?

Paternalism both masked and justified the brutal reality of slavery.

A New World

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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