Question 1

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 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World

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The "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of t

Question 3

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The pre-Civil War South was characterized by

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A) a well-developed martial spirit. 
B) the lack of free, tax-supported public education. 
C) a widening gap between rich and poor. 
D) a ruling planter aristocracy. 
E) a growing hostility to free speech and a free press. 
A) a well-developed martial spirit. 
B) the lack of free, tax-supported public education. 
C) a widening gap between rich and poor. 
D) a ruling planter aristocracy. 
E) a growing hostility to free speech and a free press.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-plantation system

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The plantation system refers to a form o

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-oligarchy

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Oligarchy is a form of government in whi

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-abolitionism

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Abolitionism was a social and political

Question 7

As a result of white southerners' brutal treatment of their slaves and their fear of potential slave rebellions, the South

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A) formed alliances with white imperialists in Africa. 
B) adopted British attitudes toward the "peculiar institution." 
C) emancipated many slaves. 
D) returned to relying on wage labor and indentured servitude for its main agricultural labor force. 
E) developed a theory of biological racial superiority to justify slavery. 
A) formed alliances with white imperialists in Africa. 
B) adopted British attitudes toward the "peculiar institution." 
C) emancipated many slaves. 
D) returned to relying on wage labor and indentured servitude for its main agricultural labor force. 
E) developed a theory of biological racial superiority to justify slavery.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gag Resolution

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The Gag Resolution refers to a series of

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Narrative of the Life of Federick Douglass

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The "Narrative of the Life of Frederick

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elijah P. Lovejoy

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Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-1837) was an Ame

Question 11

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-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 12

By 1860, life for slaves was most difficult in the

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A) Atlantic states of North and South Carolina. 
B) Deep South states of Georgia and Florida. 
C) territories of Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico. 
D) upper South states of Virginia and Maryland. 
E) the new southwest states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 
A) Atlantic states of North and South Carolina. 
B) Deep South states of Georgia and Florida. 
C) territories of Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico. 
D) upper South states of Virginia and Maryland. 
E) the new southwest states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Question 13

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 single unstable 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 single unstable parent households.

Question 14

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 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Liberty party

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The Liberty Party was a minor political

Question 16

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 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was an Ame

Question 18

Plantation mistresses

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A) were frequently assaulted by vengeful slaves. 
B) were primarily responsible for controlling the plantation's male slaves. 
C) frequently supported abolitionism. 
D) commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves. 
E) were almost universally loved by their slaves. 
A) were frequently assaulted by vengeful slaves. 
B) were primarily responsible for controlling the plantation's male slaves. 
C) frequently supported abolitionism. 
D) commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves. 
E) were almost universally loved by their slaves.

Question 19

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 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was an

Exam 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The pre-Civil War South was characterized by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -plantation system

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -oligarchy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -abolitionism

As a result of white southerners' brutal treatment of their slaves and their fear of potential slave rebellions, the South

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gag Resolution

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Narrative of the Life of Federick Douglass

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elijah P. Lovejoy

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The slave culture was characterized by

By 1860, life for slaves was most difficult in the

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

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Liberty party

Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​John Quincy Adams

Plantation mistresses

Most slaves were raised

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harriet Beecher Stowe

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The pre-Civil War South was characterized by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Narrative of the Life of Federick Douglass

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The slave culture was characterized by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Quincy Adams