Question 1

Which new states led the production of cotton,in what was called the "Black Belt"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia and North Carolina 
B)  Georgia and Tennessee 
C)  Tennessee and Kentucky 
D)  Alabama and Mississippi 
A)  Virginia and North Carolina 
B)  Georgia and Tennessee 
C)  Tennessee and Kentucky 
D)  Alabama and Mississippi

Question 2

What was hemp used for?

Accepted Answer

A)  medicine and painkillers 
B)  starting fires for iron production 
C)  feeding cows 
D)  rope and bagging for cotton bales 
A)  medicine and painkillers 
B)  starting fires for iron production 
C)  feeding cows 
D)  rope and bagging for cotton bales

Question 3

In Baltimore, during the early-nineteenth century, the concept of "term slavery" was gradually replacing slavery for life to meet the needs of slave workers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Why did the slave trade change with the growth of cotton as a cash crop?

Accepted Answer

The slave trade changed with the growth

Question 5

Commercial production of __________ did not begin in Louisiana until the 1790s.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Commercial production of __________ did not begin...

Question 6

What was unique about black slave population of the U.S.compared to other slave populations in the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves in the U.S.created slave rebellions and conquered several states. 
B)  Slaves in the U.S.were able to rise into elected office before the end of slavery. 
C)  Slaves in the U.S.were the only slave population to grow by natural reproduction. 
D)  Slaves in the U.S.were the only slave population to utilize the church for protection. 
A)  Slaves in the U.S.created slave rebellions and conquered several states. 
B)  Slaves in the U.S.were able to rise into elected office before the end of slavery. 
C)  Slaves in the U.S.were the only slave population to grow by natural reproduction. 
D)  Slaves in the U.S.were the only slave population to utilize the church for protection.

Question 7

Examine Map 6-4 in your textbook.How does the history of the domestic slave trade help explain southern black residency patterns in 1850?

Accepted Answer

A)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the Deep South to the Upper South. 
B)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the Upper South to the Deep South. 
C)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from western states to eastern states. 
D)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the U.S.to Canada. 
A)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the Deep South to the Upper South. 
B)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the Upper South to the Deep South. 
C)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from western states to eastern states. 
D)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the U.S.to Canada.

Question 8

In the nineteenth century,what percentage of slaves worked primarily as field hands?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 percent 
B)  15 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  75 percent 
A)  5 percent 
B)  15 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  75 percent

Question 9

Based on map 16.1,which states experienced the highest growth rate in cotton production between 1820 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alabama and Mississippi 
B)  Virginia and Missouri 
C)  Florida and Tennessee 
D)  Texas and Tennessee 
A)  Alabama and Mississippi 
B)  Virginia and Missouri 
C)  Florida and Tennessee 
D)  Texas and Tennessee

Question 10

African Americans were generally immune to what health problem that did affect Europeans?

Accepted Answer

A)  food poisoning 
B)  lactose intolerance 
C)  dysentery 
D)  malaria 
A)  food poisoning 
B)  lactose intolerance 
C)  dysentery 
D)  malaria

Question 11

What interpretations have historians employed to describe the conditions of slaves and the general character of slavery? Why nave historians exhibited these differences of interpretation over time?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should:
1.Define the va

Question 12

Why did slaves prefer industrial labor to plantation work?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were paid steady high wages. 
B)  There was less socialization with other slaves and free blacks. 
C)  They had more autonomy on the job. 
D)  They could enjoy the repetition of the work and not worry about advancement. 
A)  They were paid steady high wages. 
B)  There was less socialization with other slaves and free blacks. 
C)  They had more autonomy on the job. 
D)  They could enjoy the repetition of the work and not worry about advancement.

Question 13

Demand for cotton fiber in the textile mills of__________ and New England stimulated the westward spread of cotton cultivation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Demand for cotton fiber in the textile...

Question 14

Examine the photograph of a woman holding a child that appears in Chapter 6.What aspect of enslaved black women's lives is revealed by the photograph?

Accepted Answer

A)  their distant relationships with their white masters' families 
B)  their defiance of white authority 
C)  their close association with white children 
D)  their strong connections to their own black families 
A)  their distant relationships with their white masters' families 
B)  their defiance of white authority 
C)  their close association with white children 
D)  their strong connections to their own black families

Question 15

Which crop pushed owners to work their slaves under very difficult time and weather conditions?

Accepted Answer

A)  sugarcane 
B)  cotton 
C)  rice 
D)  silk 
A)  sugarcane 
B)  cotton 
C)  rice 
D)  silk

Question 16

Map 6-2 in your textbook analyzes different decades to indicate that cotton production increased over time in different regions in the history of the American South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which slave group had the highest status on the plantation?

Accepted Answer

A)  house servants 
B)  skilled slaves 
C)  the fastest worker in the field 
D)  the women who bore children 
A)  house servants 
B)  skilled slaves 
C)  the fastest worker in the field 
D)  the women who bore children

Exam 6: Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Which new states led the production of cotton,in what was called the "Black Belt"?

What was hemp used for?

In Baltimore, during the early-nineteenth century, the concept of "term slavery" was gradually replacing slavery for life to meet the needs of slave workers.

Why did the slave trade change with the growth of cotton as a cash crop?

Commercial production of __________ did not begin in Louisiana until the 1790s.

What was unique about black slave population of the U.S.compared to other slave populations in the New World?

Examine Map 6-4 in your textbook.How does the history of the domestic slave trade help explain southern black residency patterns in 1850?

In the nineteenth century,what percentage of slaves worked primarily as field hands?

Based on map 16.1,which states experienced the highest growth rate in cotton production between 1820 and 1860?

African Americans were generally immune to what health problem that did affect Europeans?

What interpretations have historians employed to describe the conditions of slaves and the general character of slavery? Why nave historians exhibited these differences of interpretation over time?

Why did slaves prefer industrial labor to plantation work?

Demand for cotton fiber in the textile mills of__________ and New England stimulated the westward spread of cotton cultivation.

Examine the photograph of a woman holding a child that appears in Chapter 6.What aspect of enslaved black women's lives is revealed by the photograph?

Which crop pushed owners to work their slaves under very difficult time and weather conditions?

Map 6-2 in your textbook analyzes different decades to indicate that cotton production increased over time in different regions in the history of the American South.

Which slave group had the highest status on the plantation?

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