Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of responsorial.

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A style of sermon in African-A

Question 2

The voice of white southern abolitionism fell silent at the beginning of the

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A)  1810s. 
B)  1820s. 
C)  1830s. 
D)  1840s. 
E)  1850s. 
A)  1810s. 
B)  1820s. 
C)  1830s. 
D)  1840s. 
E)  1850s.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Delany.

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Black leader who adv

Question 4

For free blacks living in the North

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A)  living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites. 
B)  voting rights were widespread. 
C)  good jobs were plentiful. 
D)  education opened the door to economic opportunity. 
E)  discrimination concerning employment, the right to vote, and obtaining a public education was common. 
A)  living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites. 
B)  voting rights were widespread. 
C)  good jobs were plentiful. 
D)  education opened the door to economic opportunity. 
E)  discrimination concerning employment, the right to vote, and obtaining a public education was common.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the mulatto population.

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Multiracial persons, often the

Question 6

All the following were true of the American economy under Cotton Kingdom EXCEPT

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A)  cotton accounted for half the value of all American exports after 1840. 
B)  the South produced more than half the entire world's supply of cotton. 
C)  75 percent of the British supply of cotton came from the South. 
D)  quick profits from cotton drew planters to its economic enterprise. 
E)  the South reaped all the profits from the cotton trade. 
A)  cotton accounted for half the value of all American exports after 1840. 
B)  the South produced more than half the entire world's supply of cotton. 
C)  75 percent of the British supply of cotton came from the South. 
D)  quick profits from cotton drew planters to its economic enterprise. 
E)  the South reaped all the profits from the cotton trade.

Question 7

____ of white southerners owned slaves or belonged to a slaveholding family.

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A)  One-fourth 
B)  One-third 
C)  Half 
D)  Fifteen percent 
E)  Five percent 
A)  One-fourth 
B)  One-third 
C)  Half 
D)  Fifteen percent 
E)  Five percent

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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A novel by Harriet B

Question 9

Even those who did not own slaves in the pre-Civil War South supported that institution because they

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A)  dreamed of one day owning slaves themselves. 
B)  presumed themselves racially superior to black slaves. 
C)  were always economically better off than slaves. 
D)  were closely related to people who did own slaves. 
E)  benefited from the economic growth of the region. 
A)  dreamed of one day owning slaves themselves. 
B)  presumed themselves racially superior to black slaves. 
C)  were always economically better off than slaves. 
D)  were closely related to people who did own slaves. 
E)  benefited from the economic growth of the region.

Question 10

It has been argued that both Britain and the North were inextricably tied to the South with "cotton threads." Explain and defend or attack the legitimacy of this assertion.

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The assertion that both Britain and the

Question 11

Northern attitudes toward free blacks before the Civil War have been described as

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A)  supporting blacks right to full citizenship and higher education. 
B)  disliking the race but professing appreciation for individual blacks. 
C)  advocating black movement into the new territories. 
D)  politically sympathetic but socially segregationist. 
E)  disliking individual blacks, even accomplished blacks such as Frederick Douglass, but professing admiration for the black race. 
A)  supporting blacks right to full citizenship and higher education. 
B)  disliking the race but professing appreciation for individual blacks. 
C)  advocating black movement into the new territories. 
D)  politically sympathetic but socially segregationist. 
E)  disliking individual blacks, even accomplished blacks such as Frederick Douglass, but professing admiration for the black race.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the American Colonization Society.

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The organization tha

Question 13

To what extent did the "Gag Resolution" passed by the House of Representatives in 1836 symbolize the threat that slavery posed for all Americans, North and South?

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The "Gag Resolution" passed by the House

Question 14

____ percent of the population in some counties of the deep South, especially along the lower Mississippi River, were black.

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A)  Twenty-five 
B)  Fifty 
C)  Seventy-five 
D)  Ten 
E)  95 
A)  Twenty-five 
B)  Fifty 
C)  Seventy-five 
D)  Ten 
E)  95

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the black belt.

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The geographic area where slav

Question 16

What would be your view on slavery if you were a typical

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A) planter aristocrat? 
B) small slaveowner in the South for farming and domestic tasks? 
C) non-slaveowning white yeoman farmer in the South? 
D) mountain, pioneer westerner? 
E) free black living in the North? 
A) planter aristocrat? 
B) small slaveowner in the South for farming and domestic tasks? 
C) non-slaveowning white yeoman farmer in the South? 
D) mountain, pioneer westerner? 
E) free black living in the North?

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the breakers.

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Individuals who used

Question 18

Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of

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A)  the prohibition of the Atlantic slave trade after 1807. 
B)  purchase by northern abolitionists. 
C)  fleeing to mountain hideaways. 
D)  purchasing their way out of slavery with money earned after hours. 
E)  the objection to slaveholding by some white women. 
A)  the prohibition of the Atlantic slave trade after 1807. 
B)  purchase by northern abolitionists. 
C)  fleeing to mountain hideaways. 
D)  purchasing their way out of slavery with money earned after hours. 
E)  the objection to slaveholding by some white women.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of Lane Rebels.

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Individuals who trav

Question 20

In Varying Viewpoints: What Was the True Nature of Slavery, the contemporary historian Eugene Genovese agrees with previous historians of American slavery that

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A)  this southern institution embraced a form of economic paternalism which reflected the need of southern slaveholders to control and coax labor out of their reluctant and recalcitrant "investments." 
B)  southern slaveholders actually treated slaves with a kindly and caring paternalism throughout the lives of most slaves. 
C)  blacks were inferior and submissive by nature, facilitating their participation in the institution of southern slavery. 
D)  blacks did not abhor the coercive social and economic institution that enslaved them. 
E)  this southern institution was not underpinned by racist attitudes by southern slaveholders and most other southerners as well. 
A)  this southern institution embraced a form of economic paternalism which reflected the need of southern slaveholders to control and coax labor out of their reluctant and recalcitrant "investments." 
B)  southern slaveholders actually treated slaves with a kindly and caring paternalism throughout the lives of most slaves. 
C)  blacks were inferior and submissive by nature, facilitating their participation in the institution of southern slavery. 
D)  blacks did not abhor the coercive social and economic institution that enslaved them. 
E)  this southern institution was not underpinned by racist attitudes by southern slaveholders and most other southerners as well.

Exam 15: The South and the Slavery Controversy

Identify and state the historical significance of responsorial.

The voice of white southern abolitionism fell silent at the beginning of the

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Delany.

For free blacks living in the North

Identify and state the historical significance of the mulatto population.

All the following were true of the American economy under Cotton Kingdom EXCEPT

____ of white southerners owned slaves or belonged to a slaveholding family.

Identify and state the historical significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Even those who did not own slaves in the pre-Civil War South supported that institution because they

It has been argued that both Britain and the North were inextricably tied to the South with "cotton threads." Explain and defend or attack the legitimacy of this assertion.

Northern attitudes toward free blacks before the Civil War have been described as

Identify and state the historical significance of the American Colonization Society.

To what extent did the "Gag Resolution" passed by the House of Representatives in 1836 symbolize the threat that slavery posed for all Americans, North and South?

____ percent of the population in some counties of the deep South, especially along the lower Mississippi River, were black.

Identify and state the historical significance of the black belt.

What would be your view on slavery if you were a typical

Identify and state the historical significance of the breakers.

Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of

Identify and state the historical significance of Lane Rebels.

In Varying Viewpoints: What Was the True Nature of Slavery, the contemporary historian Eugene Genovese agrees with previous historians of American slavery that

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