Question 1

European immigration to the South was discouraged most profoundly by

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A)  fierce economic competition with slave labor. 
B)  an unfavorable experience of growing cotton in Europe by German and Irish immigrant groups. 
C)  German, Irish, and Jewish antislavery groups. 
D)  immigration barriers enacted by southern states. 
E)  the inability of European immigrants to tolerate the hot climate. 
A)  fierce economic competition with slave labor. 
B)  an unfavorable experience of growing cotton in Europe by German and Irish immigrant groups. 
C)  German, Irish, and Jewish antislavery groups. 
D)  immigration barriers enacted by southern states. 
E)  the inability of European immigrants to tolerate the hot climate. A

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Frederick Douglass.

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Author of the autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Douglass was a politically active and influential abolitionist.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Nat Turner.

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Black preacher who led a rebellion in Virginia in which 30 whites, mostly women and children, were killed.

Question 4

Assess the validity of the following statement, "White southerners ... liked the black as an individual but despised the race. The white northerner ... often professed to like the race but disliked individual blacks." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

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I do not agree with this statement. It i

Question 5

Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because

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A)  it relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil. 
B)  it required leaving cropland fallow every other year. 
C)  excessive water was used for irrigation. 
D)  it was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil. 
E)  its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land. 
A)  it relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil. 
B)  it required leaving cropland fallow every other year. 
C)  excessive water was used for irrigation. 
D)  it was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil. 
E)  its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land.

Question 6

All of the following were characteristic of slaves in the mid-19th-cntury United States EXCEPT

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A)  slaves had no civil or political rights. 
B)  slaves usually toiled from dusk to dawn in the fields. 
C)  slaves had minimal protection from murder or unusually cruel punishment. 
D)  slaves were forbidden to testify in court and their marriages were not legal. 
E)  floggings were very uncommon and rare. 
A)  slaves had no civil or political rights. 
B)  slaves usually toiled from dusk to dawn in the fields. 
C)  slaves had minimal protection from murder or unusually cruel punishment. 
D)  slaves were forbidden to testify in court and their marriages were not legal. 
E)  floggings were very uncommon and rare.

Question 7

Most slaves were raised

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A)  without the benefit of a stable home life. 
B)  in stable two-parent households. 
C)  never knowing anything about their relatives. 
D)  without displaying African cultural practices including the distinctive African style of responsorial preaching. 
E)  without exhibiting any religious practices including a hybrid form of African Christianity. 
A)  without the benefit of a stable home life. 
B)  in stable two-parent households. 
C)  never knowing anything about their relatives. 
D)  without displaying African cultural practices including the distinctive African style of responsorial preaching. 
E)  without exhibiting any religious practices including a hybrid form of African Christianity.

Question 8

____ million black people were enslaved in the South in 1860. .

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A)  One 
B)  Two 
C)  Four 
D)  Eight 
E)  Ten 
A)  One 
B)  Two 
C)  Four 
D)  Eight 
E)  Ten

Question 9

Describe the arguments and the ways in which the South reacted to antislavery arguments after the 1830s.

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After the 1830s, the South reacted stron

Question 10

Most white southerners were

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A)  planter aristocrats. 
B)  small slaveowners. 
C)  merchants and artisans. 
D)  "poor white trash." 
E)  subsistence farmers. 
A)  planter aristocrats. 
B)  small slaveowners. 
C)  merchants and artisans. 
D)  "poor white trash." 
E)  subsistence farmers.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of Elijah P. Lovejoy.

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Abolitionist who was

Question 12

Cotton became important to the prosperity of the North as well as the South because

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A)  about two-thirds of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills. 
B)  northern merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. 
C)  cotton accounted for about half the value of all United States exports after 1840. 
D)  northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. 
E)  northern investors controlled the cotton futures markets. 
A)  about two-thirds of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills. 
B)  northern merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. 
C)  cotton accounted for about half the value of all United States exports after 1840. 
D)  northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. 
E)  northern investors controlled the cotton futures markets.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the Amistad.

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A slave ship that ran aground in Long Is

Question 14

Slaves fought the system of slavery by

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A)  slowing down the pace of their labor. 
B)  conducting periodic slave rebellions. 
C)  sabotaging expensive equipment. 
D)  running away from their masters. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  slowing down the pace of their labor. 
B)  conducting periodic slave rebellions. 
C)  sabotaging expensive equipment. 
D)  running away from their masters. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 15

Slaves regarded the least prosperous, non-slaveholding whites as

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A)  potential, yet undesirable, masters. 
B)  their equals in doing the least desirable work. 
C)  violent, rabble-rousers who often picked on slaves. 
D)  hillbillies and "poor white trash"-too lazy and shiftless to work productively. 
E)  potential allies in slave revolts against planter aristocrats. 
A)  potential, yet undesirable, masters. 
B)  their equals in doing the least desirable work. 
C)  violent, rabble-rousers who often picked on slaves. 
D)  hillbillies and "poor white trash"-too lazy and shiftless to work productively. 
E)  potential allies in slave revolts against planter aristocrats.

Question 16

Elaborate on the text authors' comment that with the invention of the cotton gin, "the slave [was] ... chained to the gin and the planter to the slave."

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The text authors' comment that with the

Question 17

Why was the proposal for colonizing blacks back to Africa attractive to many whites, even as late as the onset of the Civil War? Why was the proposal for colonizing blacks back to Africa racist and highly discriminatory by many American blacks? Do you agree with this assessment that this proposal was underpinned by racism by whites against blacks?

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The proposal for colonizing blacks back

Question 18

Match each abolitionist below with his publication.

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A)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
B)  A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 
E)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
A)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
B)  A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 
E)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Question 19

monopolistic

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Domination of an industry by a

Question 20

The South's "positive good" argument for slavery claimed that

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A) 
Slavery was supported by the authority of both the Bible and the Constitution. 
B)  slavery was good for the barbarous Africans because enslavement introduced them to Christianity. 
C)  slaves benefited from receiving education and job training. 
D)  slaves were usually treated as members of the family. 
E)  slaves were better off than most northern wage earners. 
A) 
Slavery was supported by the authority of both the Bible and the Constitution. 
B)  slavery was good for the barbarous Africans because enslavement introduced them to Christianity. 
C)  slaves benefited from receiving education and job training. 
D)  slaves were usually treated as members of the family. 
E)  slaves were better off than most northern wage earners.

Exam 15: The South and the Slavery Controversy

European immigration to the South was discouraged most profoundly by

Identify and state the historical significance of Frederick Douglass.

Identify and state the historical significance of Nat Turner.

Assess the validity of the following statement, "White southerners ... liked the black as an individual but despised the race. The white northerner ... often professed to like the race but disliked individual blacks." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because

All of the following were characteristic of slaves in the mid-19th-cntury United States EXCEPT

Most slaves were raised

____ million black people were enslaved in the South in 1860. .

Describe the arguments and the ways in which the South reacted to antislavery arguments after the 1830s.

Most white southerners were

Identify and state the historical significance of Elijah P. Lovejoy.

Cotton became important to the prosperity of the North as well as the South because

Identify and state the historical significance of the Amistad.

Slaves fought the system of slavery by

Slaves regarded the least prosperous, non-slaveholding whites as

Elaborate on the text authors' comment that with the invention of the cotton gin, "the slave [was] ... chained to the gin and the planter to the slave."

Match each abolitionist below with his publication.

monopolistic

The South's "positive good" argument for slavery claimed that

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