Question 1

On what grounds did southerners claim that slavery was "modern"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was strongest in the United States, one of the most modern nations in the world. 
B)  It was made possible by the transportation revolution of the past two centuries. 
C)  It represented an innovation in securing human labor. 
D)  It was the foundation of the cotton economy, whose products were essential to modern life. 
E)  It offered to slaves the opportunity to learn to read and write. 
A)  It was strongest in the United States, one of the most modern nations in the world. 
B)  It was made possible by the transportation revolution of the past two centuries. 
C)  It represented an innovation in securing human labor. 
D)  It was the foundation of the cotton economy, whose products were essential to modern life. 
E)  It offered to slaves the opportunity to learn to read and write.

Question 2

Slave cultures

Accepted Answer

A)  were semi-independent and centered on family and church. 
B)  were based on the same fundamental ideas and culture as their masters' culture. 
C)  were entirely African and did not embrace any American elements. 
D)  were entirely American and retained no African cultural elements. 
E)  are lost to history, as no evidence of them has survived. 
A)  were semi-independent and centered on family and church. 
B)  were based on the same fundamental ideas and culture as their masters' culture. 
C)  were entirely African and did not embrace any American elements. 
D)  were entirely American and retained no African cultural elements. 
E)  are lost to history, as no evidence of them has survived.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Fugitive slaves were enslaved individual

Question 4

Slaves had a few legal rights, but they were not well enforced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

By the 1830s, it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Despite unimaginable hardships, slaves were able to maintain a sense of identity and a determination to attain freedom. Describe how slave culture aided those endeavors and drove slaves' desire for freedom. Be sure to consider African heritage and slave family life, folklore, and religious life in your response.

Accepted Answer

Despite the unimaginable hardships they

Question 7

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was minimal at best, which helps to explain why northerners routinely opposed slavery. 
B)  Many northerners profited from investing in real estate partnerships that controlled southern plantations. 
C)  A few New York shipping companies benefited from slavery, but the institution had little effect otherwise. 
D)  Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North. 
E)  Southern slavery drained resources from the North and helped keep the whole nation in a depression during the 1850s. 
A)  It was minimal at best, which helps to explain why northerners routinely opposed slavery. 
B)  Many northerners profited from investing in real estate partnerships that controlled southern plantations. 
C)  A few New York shipping companies benefited from slavery, but the institution had little effect otherwise. 
D)  Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North. 
E)  Southern slavery drained resources from the North and helped keep the whole nation in a depression during the 1850s.

Question 8

Denmark Vesey's conspiracy

Accepted Answer

A)  reflected a combination of American and African influences. 
B)  took place in 1831 and was a success. 
C)  reflected the belief of the conspirators that the Bible endorsed slavery. 
D)  was discovered, but Vesey escaped north to freedom. 
E)  resulted in over twenty deaths of white men, women, and children. 
A)  reflected a combination of American and African influences. 
B)  took place in 1831 and was a success. 
C)  reflected the belief of the conspirators that the Bible endorsed slavery. 
D)  was discovered, but Vesey escaped north to freedom. 
E)  resulted in over twenty deaths of white men, women, and children.

Question 9

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating

Accepted Answer

A)  a fugitive slave arriving in a free state. 
B)  a slave marriage. 
C)  the birth of a slave baby. 
D)  surviving the Middle Passage. 
E)  a slave's promotion from field hand to domestic servant. 
A)  a fugitive slave arriving in a free state. 
B)  a slave marriage. 
C)  the birth of a slave baby. 
D)  surviving the Middle Passage. 
E)  a slave's promotion from field hand to domestic servant.

Question 10

One historian has observed of southern slavery, "nothing escaped, nothing and no one." What do you think that historian meant by that statement? What evidence can you provide to support that observation?

Accepted Answer

The historian's statement "nothing escap

Question 11

Which state had the fewest free blacks?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Which value was particularly strong in the South in the early nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  philanthropy 
B)  egalitarianism 
C)  personal honor 
D)  competitiveness 
E)  social mobility 
A)  philanthropy 
B)  egalitarianism 
C)  personal honor 
D)  competitiveness 
E)  social mobility

Question 13

Where did the task labor system originate from?

Accepted Answer

A)  It came from villages in West Africa. 
B)  It had been used in rural areas of England. 
C)  It started in the cotton belt areas of Mississippi and Alabama. 
D)  It had been recommended by southern Native American tribes. 
E)  It was a holdover from the colonial period. 
A)  It came from villages in West Africa. 
B)  It had been used in rural areas of England. 
C)  It started in the cotton belt areas of Mississippi and Alabama. 
D)  It had been recommended by southern Native American tribes. 
E)  It was a holdover from the colonial period.

Question 14

Planters' wives, known as "plantation mistresses,"

Accepted Answer

A)  generally became abolitionists. 
B)  were responsible for supervising domestic servants, and supervised the whole plantation when their husbands were away. 
C)  generally advocated for the rights of enslaved women whom planters had sexually exploited. 
D)  typically took part in a thriving female culture centered on voluntary reform and religious organizations. 
E)  typically were feminists. 
A)  generally became abolitionists. 
B)  were responsible for supervising domestic servants, and supervised the whole plantation when their husbands were away. 
C)  generally advocated for the rights of enslaved women whom planters had sexually exploited. 
D)  typically took part in a thriving female culture centered on voluntary reform and religious organizations. 
E)  typically were feminists.

Question 15

None of the cities of the South had a significant immigrant culture prior to the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Celia was

Accepted Answer

A)  the pen name of Floride Calhoun, who secretly criticized her husband John's views on slavery. 
B)  a slave tried for killing her master while resisting a sexual assault. 
C)  the name used to signify a southern plantation mistress in writings about the institution. 
D)  a slave who became famous for helping other slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. 
E)  a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
A)  the pen name of Floride Calhoun, who secretly criticized her husband John's views on slavery. 
B)  a slave tried for killing her master while resisting a sexual assault. 
C)  the name used to signify a southern plantation mistress in writings about the institution. 
D)  a slave who became famous for helping other slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. 
E)  a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Question 17

Seeing themselves as a chosen people, blacks viewed which biblical story as playing a central role in their version of Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Genesis 
B)  Matthew and the whale 
C)  Moses and the exodus from Egypt 
D)  Noah and the ark 
E)  Book of Revelation 
A)  Genesis 
B)  Matthew and the whale 
C)  Moses and the exodus from Egypt 
D)  Noah and the ark 
E)  Book of Revelation

Question 18

In the nineteenth century, why did cotton become the most important commodity in international trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  No one country dominated the production of cotton. 
B)  The early industrial revolution centered on factories that made cloth out of cotton. 
C)  Europeans had stopped using tobacco. 
D)  Brazilians had stopped using sugar. 
E)  There was a wool shortage because Britain had banned sheep-farming in Ireland. 
A)  No one country dominated the production of cotton. 
B)  The early industrial revolution centered on factories that made cloth out of cotton. 
C)  Europeans had stopped using tobacco. 
D)  Brazilians had stopped using sugar. 
E)  There was a wool shortage because Britain had banned sheep-farming in Ireland.

Question 19

In the decades before the Civil War, the southern states

Accepted Answer

A)  developed larger cities than the northern states. 
B)  had higher literacy rates than the northern states. 
C)  industrialized very little compared to the northern states. 
D)  attracted more immigrants than the northern states. 
E)  developed a larger public school system than the northern states. 
A)  developed larger cities than the northern states. 
B)  had higher literacy rates than the northern states. 
C)  industrialized very little compared to the northern states. 
D)  attracted more immigrants than the northern states. 
E)  developed a larger public school system than the northern states.

Question 20

Some people in America criticized the British emancipation of all slaves in the 1830s on what grounds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many ex-slaves moved to West Africa, where they were re-enslaved. 
B)  Violent revolutions occurred in many British colonies in the 1840s. 
C)  Many freed slaves moved to the United States, flooding an already full labor market. 
D)  The economy of the Caribbean was harmed as a result. 
E)  Many ex-slaves could not find work and became homeless. 
A)  Many ex-slaves moved to West Africa, where they were re-enslaved. 
B)  Violent revolutions occurred in many British colonies in the 1840s. 
C)  Many freed slaves moved to the United States, flooding an already full labor market. 
D)  The economy of the Caribbean was harmed as a result. 
E)  Many ex-slaves could not find work and became homeless.

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

On what grounds did southerners claim that slavery was "modern"?

Slave cultures

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

Slaves had a few legal rights, but they were not well enforced.

By the 1830s, it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

Denmark Vesey's conspiracy

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating

One historian has observed of southern slavery, "nothing escaped, nothing and no one." What do you think that historian meant by that statement? What evidence can you provide to support that observation?

Which state had the fewest free blacks?

Which value was particularly strong in the South in the early nineteenth century?

Where did the task labor system originate from?

Planters' wives, known as "plantation mistresses,"

None of the cities of the South had a significant immigrant culture prior to the Civil War.

Celia was

Seeing themselves as a chosen people, blacks viewed which biblical story as playing a central role in their version of Christianity?

In the nineteenth century, why did cotton become the most important commodity in international trade?

In the decades before the Civil War, the southern states

Some people in America criticized the British emancipation of all slaves in the 1830s on what grounds?

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