Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of David Walker.

Accepted Answer

A free black man who wrote "An

Question 2

By the mid-19th century

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A)  most southerners owned slaves. 
B)  the smaller slaveholders owned a majority of the slaves. 
C)  most slaves lived on large plantations. 
D)  slavery was a dying institution. 
E)  southerners were growing defensive about slavery. 
A)  most southerners owned slaves. 
B)  the smaller slaveholders owned a majority of the slaves. 
C)  most slaves lived on large plantations. 
D)  slavery was a dying institution. 
E)  southerners were growing defensive about slavery.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Cotton Kingdom.

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Refers to the geographic area

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of Denmark Vesey.

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Free black man who l

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the West Africa Squadron.

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A Royal Navy squad t

Question 6

The slave culture was characterized by

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A)  the breakdown of black family life. 
B)  frequent intermarriage between slaves who were close relatives. 
C)  a hybrid religion of Christian and African elements. 
D)  widespread illiteracy among slaves. 
E)  subtle forms of resistance to slavery. 
A)  the breakdown of black family life. 
B)  frequent intermarriage between slaves who were close relatives. 
C)  a hybrid religion of Christian and African elements. 
D)  widespread illiteracy among slaves. 
E)  subtle forms of resistance to slavery.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of William Wilberforce.

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British citizen who

Question 8

The most pro-Union of the white southerners were

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A)  plantation owners. 
B)  mountain whites residing in the Appalachian range. 
C)  small slaveowners. 
D)  non-slaveowning subsistence farmers. 
E)  mistresses of southern plantation owners. 
A)  plantation owners. 
B)  mountain whites residing in the Appalachian range. 
C)  small slaveowners. 
D)  non-slaveowning subsistence farmers. 
E)  mistresses of southern plantation owners.

Question 9

Slavery's greatest psychological horror, and the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, was

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A)  the enforced separation of slave families, whose members could be sold away from each other. 
B)  slaveowners' frequent use of the whip. 
C)  the breeding of slaves. 
D)  having to do the most dangerous work on the plantation. 
E)  forcible sexual assault by slaveowners. 
A)  the enforced separation of slave families, whose members could be sold away from each other. 
B)  slaveowners' frequent use of the whip. 
C)  the breeding of slaves. 
D)  having to do the most dangerous work on the plantation. 
E)  forcible sexual assault by slaveowners.

Question 10

All of the following were true of slavery in the South EXCEPT that

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A)  strong-willed slaves were sometimes sent to breakers to coerce slaves into accepting their bondage and the planter's mastery. 
B)  a distinctive African-American slave culture developed. 
C)  a typical planter had too much of his own prosperity riding on the backs of his slaves to beat them on a regular basis. 
D)  the explosive growth of cotton production in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana contributed directly to life being harder for the typical slave in this southern frontier region than other regions of the South or West. 
E)  most slaves were raised in unstable single-parent households. 
A)  strong-willed slaves were sometimes sent to breakers to coerce slaves into accepting their bondage and the planter's mastery. 
B)  a distinctive African-American slave culture developed. 
C)  a typical planter had too much of his own prosperity riding on the backs of his slaves to beat them on a regular basis. 
D)  the explosive growth of cotton production in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana contributed directly to life being harder for the typical slave in this southern frontier region than other regions of the South or West. 
E)  most slaves were raised in unstable single-parent households.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of William Lloyd Garrison.

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Publisher of the ant

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Liberia.

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Country established

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the plantation system.

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The social and economic system

Question 14

In 1839, enslaved Africans rose up aboard the Spanish slave ship

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A)  Ferdinand. 
B)  Amistad. 
C)  La Guerra. 
D)  La Nina. 
E)  El Liberte. 
A)  Ferdinand. 
B)  Amistad. 
C)  La Guerra. 
D)  La Nina. 
E)  El Liberte.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of The Liberator.

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Newspaper published by William

Question 16

To what extent were abolitionists extremists when they undertook to abolish slavery? How did the goals, strategies, and tactics of abolitionists change before the onset of the Civil War?

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The extent to which abolitionists were c

Question 17

Based on "Varying Viewpoints," discuss the various ways in which historians have viewed the relationships between master and slave. Select one of the discussed views of the master-slave relationship that you believe most accurately and comprehensively depicts the dynamics of this relationship. Defend your analysis of the master-slave relationship.

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The relationships between master and sla

Question 18

All of the following were weaknesses of the slave plantation system EXCEPT that

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A)  it relied on the destructive one-crop economy of cotton and failed to institute a system of crop rotation. 
B)  it repelled a large-scale European immigration. 
C)  it stimulated racism among poor whites. 
D)  it created an aristocratic political elite. 
E)  its land continued to remain predominately in the hands of the small farmers. 
A)  it relied on the destructive one-crop economy of cotton and failed to institute a system of crop rotation. 
B)  it repelled a large-scale European immigration. 
C)  it stimulated racism among poor whites. 
D)  it created an aristocratic political elite. 
E)  its land continued to remain predominately in the hands of the small farmers.

Question 19

To what extent were cotton production and slavery more a burden to the South than a benefit? Use specific political, economic, and social arguments to support your argument.

Accepted Answer

Cotton production and slavery were undou

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of John Quincy Adams.

Accepted Answer

Son of John Adams and a House

Exam 15: The South and the Slavery Controversy

Identify and state the historical significance of David Walker.

By the mid-19th century

Identify and state the historical significance of Cotton Kingdom.

Identify and state the historical significance of Denmark Vesey.

Identify and state the historical significance of the West Africa Squadron.

The slave culture was characterized by

Identify and state the historical significance of William Wilberforce.

The most pro-Union of the white southerners were

Slavery's greatest psychological horror, and the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, was

All of the following were true of slavery in the South EXCEPT that

Identify and state the historical significance of William Lloyd Garrison.

Identify and state the historical significance of Liberia.

Identify and state the historical significance of the plantation system.

In 1839, enslaved Africans rose up aboard the Spanish slave ship

Identify and state the historical significance of The Liberator.

To what extent were abolitionists extremists when they undertook to abolish slavery? How did the goals, strategies, and tactics of abolitionists change before the onset of the Civil War?

All of the following were weaknesses of the slave plantation system EXCEPT that

To what extent were cotton production and slavery more a burden to the South than a benefit? Use specific political, economic, and social arguments to support your argument.

Identify and state the historical significance of John Quincy Adams.

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