Question 1

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 2

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Before the Civil War, free blacks

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A) were far more numerous in the North than in the South. 
B) were often the mulatto offspring of white fathers and black mothers. 
C) were often forbidden basic civil rights. 
D) found their greatest friends and sympathizers in poor Irish immigrants. 
E) were disliked in the North as well as the South. 
A) were far more numerous in the North than in the South. 
B) were often the mulatto offspring of white fathers and black mothers. 
C) were often forbidden basic civil rights. 
D) found their greatest friends and sympathizers in poor Irish immigrants. 
E) were disliked in the North as well as the South.

Question 3

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-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 4

How did the strategies and tactics of some of the radical abolitionists hasten the onset of the Civil War? Defend or attack the legitimacy and wisdom of some of the strategies and tactics of the radical abolitionists.

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The strategies and tactics of some radic

Question 5

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

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 6

Members of the planter aristocracy

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A) produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North. 
B) dominated society and politics in the South. 
C) provided democratic rule in the South. 
D) promoted tax-supported public education. 
E) were much more progressive about race and black people than white yeoman farmers and laborers in the South. 
A) produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North. 
B) dominated society and politics in the South. 
C) provided democratic rule in the South. 
D) promoted tax-supported public education. 
E) were much more progressive about race and black people than white yeoman farmers and laborers in the South.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Martin Delany

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Martin Delany (1812–1885) was an African

Question 8

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 9

What would be your view on slavery if you were a typical
a.planter aristocrat?
b.small slaveowner in the South for farming and domestic tasks?
c.nonslaveowning white yeoman farmer in the South?
d.mountain, pioneer westerner?
e.free black living in the North?
​

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The answer of What would be your view on slavery...

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 the following:
-William Wilberforce

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William Wilberforce (1759–1833) was a Br

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​​Amistad

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The Amistad was a Spanish slave ship tha

Question 13

As a substitute for the wage-incentive system, slaveowners most often used the

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A) promise of eventual freedom. 
B) reward of some legal rights. 
C) the promise to slaves of a grant of private property to do tenant farming after a period of years of bondage. 
D) whip as a motivator. 
E) threat of death. 
A) promise of eventual freedom. 
B) reward of some legal rights. 
C) the promise to slaves of a grant of private property to do tenant farming after a period of years of bondage. 
D) whip as a motivator. 
E) threat of death.

Question 14

By 1860, the overwhelming majority of all southern whites did not own slaves, but instead

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A) lived and worked as laborers, artisans, or tradesmen in the emerging cities of the South. 
B) eked out a living in the mountains and backcountry raising corn and hogs. 
C) owned small farms where they and their families raised cotton. 
D) farmed an annually rotated sequential mix of wheat, tobacco, rice, and cotton. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) lived and worked as laborers, artisans, or tradesmen in the emerging cities of the South. 
B) eked out a living in the mountains and backcountry raising corn and hogs. 
C) owned small farms where they and their families raised cotton. 
D) farmed an annually rotated sequential mix of wheat, tobacco, rice, and cotton. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 15

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 16

All of the following are true statements about free blacks except

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A) they were banned from entering several northern states. 
B) they were always vulnerable to being hijacked back into slavery in the South. 
C) slaveholders feared that they were living examples of what might be achieved with emancipation. 
D) in the North, they forged ties with the Irish, who similarly worked in menial jobs. 
E) most states denied them the right to vote. 
A) they were banned from entering several northern states. 
B) they were always vulnerable to being hijacked back into slavery in the South. 
C) slaveholders feared that they were living examples of what might be achieved with emancipation. 
D) in the North, they forged ties with the Irish, who similarly worked in menial jobs. 
E) most states denied them the right to vote.

Question 17

Slaves regarded the least prosperous, nonslaveholding 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 18

All told, only about ____ 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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-peculiar institution

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

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

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

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Before the Civil War, free blacks

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Cotton became important to the prosperity of the North as well as the South because

How did the strategies and tactics of some of the radical abolitionists hasten the onset of the Civil War? Defend or attack the legitimacy and wisdom of some of the strategies and tactics of the radical abolitionists.

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

Members of the planter aristocracy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Martin Delany

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."

What would be your view on slavery if you were a typical a.planter aristocrat? b.small slaveowner in the South for farming and domestic tasks? c.nonslaveowning white yeoman farmer in the South? d.mountain, pioneer westerner? e.free black living in the North? ​

Most white southerners were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Wilberforce

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​​Amistad

As a substitute for the wage-incentive system, slaveowners most often used the

By 1860, the overwhelming majority of all southern whites did not own slaves, but instead

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?

All of the following are true statements about free blacks except

Slaves regarded the least prosperous, nonslaveholding whites as

All told, only about ____ of white southerners owned slaves or belonged to a slaveholding family.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Uncle Tom's Cabin

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -peculiar institution

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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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Before the Civil War, free blacks

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Cotton became important to the prosperity of the North as well as the South because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Martin Delany

What would be your view on slavery if you were a typical a.planter aristocrat? b.small slaveowner in the South for farming and domestic tasks? c.nonslaveowning white yeoman farmer in the South? d.mountain, pioneer westerner? e.free black living in the North?

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