Question 1

In the Americas in 1850, significant slave systems remained only in

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Brazil. 
B)  the United States, the British Caribbean, and the French Caribbean. 
C)  the United States and Mexico. 
D)  the United States and Canada. 
E)  the United States, Central America, and Chile. 
A)  the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Brazil. 
B)  the United States, the British Caribbean, and the French Caribbean. 
C)  the United States and Mexico. 
D)  the United States and Canada. 
E)  the United States, Central America, and Chile.

Question 2

Which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nat Turner's Rebellion 
B)  the nullification crisis 
C)  the development of domestic ideology 
D)  the closing of the African slave trade 
E)  the secession crisis 
A)  Nat Turner's Rebellion 
B)  the nullification crisis 
C)  the development of domestic ideology 
D)  the closing of the African slave trade 
E)  the secession crisis

Question 3

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The internal slave trade was a key component in supporting the Cotton Kingdom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Urban slaves

Accepted Answer

A)  most often were servants, cooks, and other domestic servants. 
B)  was a term coined by southerners to describe northern factory workers. 
C)  had less autonomy than plantation slaves because there were more authorities to watch them. 
D)  could work on their own and always kept the majority of their earnings. 
E)  increasingly replaced skilled white laborers as the Civil War approached. 
A)  most often were servants, cooks, and other domestic servants. 
B)  was a term coined by southerners to describe northern factory workers. 
C)  had less autonomy than plantation slaves because there were more authorities to watch them. 
D)  could work on their own and always kept the majority of their earnings. 
E)  increasingly replaced skilled white laborers as the Civil War approached.

Question 6

How did conditions for slaves in the United States compare to those in the Caribbean by the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Life expectancy for slaves in the United States was nearly ten years less than for slaves in the Caribbean. 
B)  Infant mortality rates were significantly higher for slaves in the United States. 
C)  Slaves were typically better fed in the United States than they were in the Caribbean. 
D)  Laws in the United States afforded slaves significantly stronger legal protection against ill treatment and cruel punishments. 
E)  While slave owners in the United States could legally choose to free their slaves, freeing slaves was illegal in the Caribbean. 
A)  Life expectancy for slaves in the United States was nearly ten years less than for slaves in the Caribbean. 
B)  Infant mortality rates were significantly higher for slaves in the United States. 
C)  Slaves were typically better fed in the United States than they were in the Caribbean. 
D)  Laws in the United States afforded slaves significantly stronger legal protection against ill treatment and cruel punishments. 
E)  While slave owners in the United States could legally choose to free their slaves, freeing slaves was illegal in the Caribbean.

Question 7

After escaping slavery in the South, what was the primary reason why Henry "Box" Brown moved to England?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to do lectures in Europe. 
B)  He had family there. 
C)  He wanted to speak to Queen Victoria about his bondage. 
D)  He feared being recaptured. 
E)  He hoped to locate his wife, who was also an ex-slave. 
A)  He wanted to do lectures in Europe. 
B)  He had family there. 
C)  He wanted to speak to Queen Victoria about his bondage. 
D)  He feared being recaptured. 
E)  He hoped to locate his wife, who was also an ex-slave.

Question 8

Which is true of slave communities in the American South?

Accepted Answer

A)  The slave church was the center of community on large plantations. 
B)  Slave communities typically adopted the values of their masters. 
C)  Women's and men's worlds were even more separate than among whites. 
D)  As with white families, the family was the primary transmitter of culture and values. 
E)  All traces of African culture had disappeared from slave culture by the middle of the nineteenth century. 
A)  The slave church was the center of community on large plantations. 
B)  Slave communities typically adopted the values of their masters. 
C)  Women's and men's worlds were even more separate than among whites. 
D)  As with white families, the family was the primary transmitter of culture and values. 
E)  All traces of African culture had disappeared from slave culture by the middle of the nineteenth century.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Slave resistance refers to the various w

Question 10

Slavery did not affect northern merchants and manufacturers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is a true statement relative to the Upper South and the Lower South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Committed to slavery, all states in both the Upper South and Lower South seceded from the Union. 
B)  The Upper South was less economically diversified than the Lower South. 
C)  The Upper South did not initially join the Lower South in seceding from the Union. 
D)  Neither the Upper South nor the Lower South had major industrial centers. 
E)  Richmond, Virginia, is considered to be the heart of the Lower South. 
A)  Committed to slavery, all states in both the Upper South and Lower South seceded from the Union. 
B)  The Upper South was less economically diversified than the Lower South. 
C)  The Upper South did not initially join the Lower South in seceding from the Union. 
D)  Neither the Upper South nor the Lower South had major industrial centers. 
E)  Richmond, Virginia, is considered to be the heart of the Lower South.

Question 12

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In the nineteenth century, which product was the world's major crop produced by slave labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  tobacco 
B)  indigo 
C)  sorghum 
D)  cotton 
E)  rice 
A)  tobacco 
B)  indigo 
C)  sorghum 
D)  cotton 
E)  rice

Question 14

Nat Turner's Rebellion demonstrated

Accepted Answer

A)  that slaves would be at a fatal disadvantage if they were outnumbered by armed whites. 
B)  that most slave rebellions occurred in the Lower South. 
C)  that many southern whites would fight with enslaved people to end slavery. 
D)  that most white Virginians were inclined to end slavery. 
E)  that resistance to slavery among enslaved people was waning. 
A)  that slaves would be at a fatal disadvantage if they were outnumbered by armed whites. 
B)  that most slave rebellions occurred in the Lower South. 
C)  that many southern whites would fight with enslaved people to end slavery. 
D)  that most white Virginians were inclined to end slavery. 
E)  that resistance to slavery among enslaved people was waning.

Question 15

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies, slave revolts in the United States were

Accepted Answer

A)  larger in scale but less frequent. 
B)  smaller in scale but more frequent. 
C)  larger in scale and more frequent. 
D)  smaller in scale and less frequent. 
E)  bloodier and more successful. 
A)  larger in scale but less frequent. 
B)  smaller in scale but more frequent. 
C)  larger in scale and more frequent. 
D)  smaller in scale and less frequent. 
E)  bloodier and more successful.

Question 16

Which two categories delineate the key differences among southern states in the decades before the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  slave and free states 
B)  New and Old South 
C)  French and British cultures 
D)  Upper and Lower South 
E)  coastal and interior states 
A)  slave and free states 
B)  New and Old South 
C)  French and British cultures 
D)  Upper and Lower South 
E)  coastal and interior states

Question 17

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

According to the paternalistic ethos, which "right" did slaves have?

Accepted Answer

A)  right to not be separated from family members 
B)  right to adequate food 
C)  right to give their children their own last names 
D)  right to a trial by a jury of their peers 
E)  right to legally accuse a cruel master of abuse 
A)  right to not be separated from family members 
B)  right to adequate food 
C)  right to give their children their own last names 
D)  right to a trial by a jury of their peers 
E)  right to legally accuse a cruel master of abuse

Question 19

What made slavery "peculiar" in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The term "peculiar institution" was a eu

Question 20

The United States had three racial categories in the mid-nineteenth century: black, white, and mulatto.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

In the Americas in 1850, significant slave systems remained only in

Which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

The internal slave trade was a key component in supporting the Cotton Kingdom.

Urban slaves

How did conditions for slaves in the United States compare to those in the Caribbean by the mid-nineteenth century?

After escaping slavery in the South, what was the primary reason why Henry "Box" Brown moved to England?

Which is true of slave communities in the American South?

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

Slavery did not affect northern merchants and manufacturers.

Which of the following is a true statement relative to the Upper South and the Lower South?

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

In the nineteenth century, which product was the world's major crop produced by slave labor?

Nat Turner's Rebellion demonstrated

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies, slave revolts in the United States were

Which two categories delineate the key differences among southern states in the decades before the Civil War?

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

According to the paternalistic ethos, which "right" did slaves have?

What made slavery "peculiar" in the United States?

The United States had three racial categories in the mid-nineteenth century: black, white, and mulatto.

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