Question 1

What was unusual about William Tiler Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  He ran a plantation where he allowed his slaves to do extra work to earn their freedom. 
B)  He was the only black man in the South to hold an elected office. 
C)  He was one of the few southerners who supported the Underground Railroad. 
D)  He was a free black who owned slaves. 
E)  He was a white minister who spoke out against slavery. 
A)  He ran a plantation where he allowed his slaves to do extra work to earn their freedom. 
B)  He was the only black man in the South to hold an elected office. 
C)  He was one of the few southerners who supported the Underground Railroad. 
D)  He was a free black who owned slaves. 
E)  He was a white minister who spoke out against slavery. D

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of plantation life?

Accepted Answer

A)  Once established, a plantation could basically run by itself. 
B)  Most fixed costs for plantations were quite low. 
C)  The fact that plantation families seldom moved created a great deal of stability. 
D)  The suicide rate was twice the rate of Northern factory workers. 
E)  Psychological strains compounded economic woes. 
A)  Once established, a plantation could basically run by itself. 
B)  Most fixed costs for plantations were quite low. 
C)  The fact that plantation families seldom moved created a great deal of stability. 
D)  The suicide rate was twice the rate of Northern factory workers. 
E)  Psychological strains compounded economic woes. E

Question 3

How did the Lower South acquire the slaves it used after 1808?

Accepted Answer

A)  It continued to import slaves from Africa. 
B)  It bought them from plantation owners in the Caribbean. 
C)  It established breeding centers in northwestern Georgia. 
D)  It acquired most of its slaves from the Upper South. 
E)  It arranged for the passage of Africans as indentured servants and then forced them into slavery. 
A)  It continued to import slaves from Africa. 
B)  It bought them from plantation owners in the Caribbean. 
C)  It established breeding centers in northwestern Georgia. 
D)  It acquired most of its slaves from the Upper South. 
E)  It arranged for the passage of Africans as indentured servants and then forced them into slavery. D

Question 4

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-North Carolina

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Question 5

Which of the following was a common form of slave resistance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Armed uprisings 
B)  Escape to freedom in the North 
C)  Work stoppages 
D)  Refusal to marry 
E)  Murder 
A)  Armed uprisings 
B)  Escape to freedom in the North 
C)  Work stoppages 
D)  Refusal to marry 
E)  Murder

Question 6

Which of the following words accurately describe the pine barren people?

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A)  Sullen and unhappy 
B)  Dependent and angry 
C)  Self-reliant and independent 
D)  Racist and wealthy 
E)  Hungry and sickly 
A)  Sullen and unhappy 
B)  Dependent and angry 
C)  Self-reliant and independent 
D)  Racist and wealthy 
E)  Hungry and sickly

Question 7

Who was the famous American who, as a slave, borrowed sailor's papers and escaped from Baltimore to New York City in 1838?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frederick Douglass 
B)  Gabriel Prosser 
C)  Hinton Helter 
D)  Fitzhugh Pidgin 
E)  Denmark Vesey 
A)  Frederick Douglass 
B)  Gabriel Prosser 
C)  Hinton Helter 
D)  Fitzhugh Pidgin 
E)  Denmark Vesey

Question 8

What characterized life for most plantation mistresses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Isolation, drudgery, and humiliation. 
B)  An endless round of parties and dances. 
C)  Frequent trips to town to buy new gowns. 
D)  Secret abolitionist activity. 
E)  Hours of exposure each day to the sun, as they supervised the slaves. 
A)  Isolation, drudgery, and humiliation. 
B)  An endless round of parties and dances. 
C)  Frequent trips to town to buy new gowns. 
D)  Secret abolitionist activity. 
E)  Hours of exposure each day to the sun, as they supervised the slaves.

Question 9

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Mississippi

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Question 10

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Kentucky

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Question 11

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Alabama

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Question 12

Which of the following was one of the hallmarks of the West African cultures from which many American slaves had originated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Broad kinship ties 
B)  Loose standards of morality 
C)  Lack of a work ethic 
D)  No knowledge of relatives 
E)  An overriding parent-child bond 
A)  Broad kinship ties 
B)  Loose standards of morality 
C)  Lack of a work ethic 
D)  No knowledge of relatives 
E)  An overriding parent-child bond

Question 13

Which of the following is an accurate description of the typical slave diet?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves usually suffered from malnutrition. 
B)  They ate better than whites during the summer, but worse during the winter. 
C)  It was generally unbalanced, but there was plenty of food. 
D)  It was vegetarian. 
E)  It was heavy in seafood but low in grains and vegetables. 
A)  Slaves usually suffered from malnutrition. 
B)  They ate better than whites during the summer, but worse during the winter. 
C)  It was generally unbalanced, but there was plenty of food. 
D)  It was vegetarian. 
E)  It was heavy in seafood but low in grains and vegetables.

Question 14

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Maryland

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Question 15

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Virginia

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Question 16

Why were some slaves allowed to work in towns or cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaveowners needed the extra income. 
B)  Slaveowners usually did not have enough work for them to do on the plantation. 
C)  Southern reformers wanted slaves to learn new skills for later in life. 
D)  Slaveowners believed that it would be a way for slaves to "let off some steam" and would therefore prevent slave uprisings. 
E)  They were in steady demand to work in ports, on the rivers, and in mining and lumbering. 
A)  Slaveowners needed the extra income. 
B)  Slaveowners usually did not have enough work for them to do on the plantation. 
C)  Southern reformers wanted slaves to learn new skills for later in life. 
D)  Slaveowners believed that it would be a way for slaves to "let off some steam" and would therefore prevent slave uprisings. 
E)  They were in steady demand to work in ports, on the rivers, and in mining and lumbering.

Question 17

Where did over half of all free blacks in the Lower South live?

Accepted Answer

A)  In rural areas 
B)  In cities 
C)  On plantations 
D)  In shacks on river banks or near railroad lines 
E)  In small coastal villages 
A)  In rural areas 
B)  In cities 
C)  On plantations 
D)  In shacks on river banks or near railroad lines 
E)  In small coastal villages

Question 18

What was the status of the black slave family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children and mothers were kept together. 
B)  It had no legal status. 
C)  It was the institution that kept the slave system functioning for many generations. 
D)  It was the same as that of free white families. 
E)  Extended families spanning several generations were common. 
A)  Children and mothers were kept together. 
B)  It had no legal status. 
C)  It was the institution that kept the slave system functioning for many generations. 
D)  It was the same as that of free white families. 
E)  Extended families spanning several generations were common.

Question 19

In The Impending Crisis of the South, Hinton Helper argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  popular sovereignty was the solution to the nation's crisis. 
B)  the South had to secede from the Union. 
C)  nonslaveholders should abolish slavery in their own interest. 
D)  the Republican party wanted to enslave the South. 
E)  the South had to industrialize to survive. 
A)  popular sovereignty was the solution to the nation's crisis. 
B)  the South had to secede from the Union. 
C)  nonslaveholders should abolish slavery in their own interest. 
D)  the Republican party wanted to enslave the South. 
E)  the South had to industrialize to survive.

Question 20

What did the typical southern yeoman want?

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-sufficiency with a modest profit 
B)  Profit more than self-sufficiency 
C)  Large numbers of slaves 
D)  Opportunities to invest in northern factories 
E)  A chance to move to the city 
A)  Self-sufficiency with a modest profit 
B)  Profit more than self-sufficiency 
C)  Large numbers of slaves 
D)  Opportunities to invest in northern factories 
E)  A chance to move to the city

What was unusual about William Tiler Johnson?

Which of the following statements is true of plantation life?

How did the Lower South acquire the slaves it used after 1808?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -North Carolina

Which of the following was a common form of slave resistance?

Which of the following words accurately describe the pine barren people?

Who was the famous American who, as a slave, borrowed sailor's papers and escaped from Baltimore to New York City in 1838?

What characterized life for most plantation mistresses?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Mississippi

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Kentucky

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Alabama

Which of the following was one of the hallmarks of the West African cultures from which many American slaves had originated?

Which of the following is an accurate description of the typical slave diet?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Maryland

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Virginia

Why were some slaves allowed to work in towns or cities?

Where did over half of all free blacks in the Lower South live?

What was the status of the black slave family?

In The Impending Crisis of the South, Hinton Helper argued that

What did the typical southern yeoman want?

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Exam 12: The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

What was unusual about William Tiler Johnson?

Which of the following statements is true of plantation life?

How did the Lower South acquire the slaves it used after 1808?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -North Carolina

Which of the following was a common form of slave resistance?

Which of the following words accurately describe the pine barren people?

Who was the famous American who, as a slave, borrowed sailor's papers and escaped from Baltimore to New York City in 1838?

What characterized life for most plantation mistresses?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Mississippi

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Kentucky

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Alabama

Which of the following was one of the hallmarks of the West African cultures from which many American slaves had originated?

Which of the following is an accurate description of the typical slave diet?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Maryland

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: -Virginia

Why were some slaves allowed to work in towns or cities?

Where did over half of all free blacks in the Lower South live?

What was the status of the black slave family?

In The Impending Crisis of the South, Hinton Helper argued that

What did the typical southern yeoman want?

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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