Question 1

Which list of states contains only states that were part of the Upper South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kentucky, Tennessee, and Maryland 
B)  Alabama, Virginia, and South Carolina 
C)  Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina 
D)  Virginia, North Carolina, and Arkansas 
E)  Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri 
A)  Kentucky, Tennessee, and Maryland 
B)  Alabama, Virginia, and South Carolina 
C)  Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina 
D)  Virginia, North Carolina, and Arkansas 
E)  Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri

Question 2

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.

Question 3

In the eighteenth century Piedmont, how did most planters live?

Accepted Answer

A)  in big mansions 
B)  in log cabins 
C)  in homes that they shared with slaves 
D)  in densely settled areas with neighbors close by 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  in big mansions 
B)  in log cabins 
C)  in homes that they shared with slaves 
D)  in densely settled areas with neighbors close by 
E)  None of these choices

Question 4

How did Daniel R. Hundley go about turning what many saw as a sign of southern backwardness, slavery and the South's lack of northern-style economic development, into an advertisement for the South? Explain his defense of the South.

Accepted Answer

Daniel R. Hundley turned the perception

Question 5

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

South Carolina

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions:  Choose the letter on...

Question 6

What was the largest group of southern whites in the antebellum period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Planters 
B)  Small slaveholders 
C)  Nonslaveholding yeomen 
D)  Urban shopkeepers 
E)  People of the pine barrens 
A)  Planters 
B)  Small slaveholders 
C)  Nonslaveholding yeomen 
D)  Urban shopkeepers 
E)  People of the pine barrens

Question 7

Explain the southern proslavery argument, and account for why it continued despite abolitionist criticism. Why did southerners increasingly defend slavery as a positive good rather than simply a necessary evil? Why did southern pro-emancipation sentiment decline?

Accepted Answer

The southern proslavery argument was bas

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Yeomen

Accepted Answer

Yeomen were a class of small landowners

Question 9

Which of the following was one of the few groups in the Old South to reject the dueling, brawling, and drinking of southern society?

Accepted Answer

A)  The people of the pine barrens 
B)  Plantation mistresses. 
C)  Evangelical churches 
D)  State legislatures 
E)  Lawyers of the Lower South 
A)  The people of the pine barrens 
B)  Plantation mistresses. 
C)  Evangelical churches 
D)  State legislatures 
E)  Lawyers of the Lower South

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Virginia emancipation legislation

Accepted Answer

Virginia emancipation legislation refers

Question 11

Which of the following was one of the Southern reactions to the Nat Turner rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protestant missionaries intensified their efforts to convert slaves. 
B)  Laws restricting free blacks were loosened. 
C)  Leaders in many Southern cities imposed bans on slaves working in the city. 
D)  There was a wave of bloody revenge attacks orchestrated by members of the K.K.K. 
E)  State governments passed laws making it illegal for slaves to read the Bible. 
A)  Protestant missionaries intensified their efforts to convert slaves. 
B)  Laws restricting free blacks were loosened. 
C)  Leaders in many Southern cities imposed bans on slaves working in the city. 
D)  There was a wave of bloody revenge attacks orchestrated by members of the K.K.K. 
E)  State governments passed laws making it illegal for slaves to read the Bible.

Question 12

The Underground Railroad

Accepted Answer

A)  provided an effective way for slaves to escape. 
B)  was a network that helped slaves to escape. 
C)  offered slaves the opportunity to leave a plantation for a few days before returning. 
D)  helped close to 25,000 slaves escape to the North. 
E)  was largely financed by wealthy southern abolitionists. 
A)  provided an effective way for slaves to escape. 
B)  was a network that helped slaves to escape. 
C)  offered slaves the opportunity to leave a plantation for a few days before returning. 
D)  helped close to 25,000 slaves escape to the North. 
E)  was largely financed by wealthy southern abolitionists.

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Spirituals

Accepted Answer

Spirituals are a genre of African Americ

Question 14

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

Georgia

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions:  Choose the letter on...

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Gang Labor

Accepted Answer

Gang labor refers to a system of work, p

Question 16

How did the 1831 Nat Turner rebellion affect the lives of free blacks in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Laws that restricted their freedom were tightened. 
B)  Most southern states passed laws making it a felony to teach blacks to read or write. 
C)  All southern states passed laws preventing free blacks from entering the state. 
D)  Arkansas ordered all free blacks to leave. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  Laws that restricted their freedom were tightened. 
B)  Most southern states passed laws making it a felony to teach blacks to read or write. 
C)  All southern states passed laws preventing free blacks from entering the state. 
D)  Arkansas ordered all free blacks to leave. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 17

Most runaway slaves

Accepted Answer

A)  escaped to the North on the Underground Railroad. 
B)  remained in the South. 
C)  relocated with the help of northern abolitionists. 
D)  were recaptured and beaten to death. 
E)  returned to Africa. 
A)  escaped to the North on the Underground Railroad. 
B)  remained in the South. 
C)  relocated with the help of northern abolitionists. 
D)  were recaptured and beaten to death. 
E)  returned to Africa.

Question 18

What role did Native Americans play in slave escapes?

Accepted Answer

A)  They helped hide runaway slaves from masters. 
B)  They played no role, preferring to minimize their relationships with white society. 
C)  They often captured runaways so they could claim a reward. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  They helped hide runaway slaves from masters. 
B)  They played no role, preferring to minimize their relationships with white society. 
C)  They often captured runaways so they could claim a reward. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices

Question 19

One of the South's chief defenders of slavery, George Fitzhugh, argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  ancient slave societies had produced the world's great intellectuals, such as Plato. 
B)  northern factory workers labored under harsh, inhumane conditions, whereas southern slaves were well fed and better cared for in comparison. 
C)  there were slaves in the Bible. 
D)  attacks on slavery were really attacks on the family - especially the southern family. 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  ancient slave societies had produced the world's great intellectuals, such as Plato. 
B)  northern factory workers labored under harsh, inhumane conditions, whereas southern slaves were well fed and better cared for in comparison. 
C)  there were slaves in the Bible. 
D)  attacks on slavery were really attacks on the family - especially the southern family. 
E)  None of these choices

Question 20

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

Virginia

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions:  Choose the letter on...

Exam 12: The Old South and Slavery

Which list of states contains only states that were part of the Upper South?

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

In the eighteenth century Piedmont, how did most planters live?

How did Daniel R. Hundley go about turning what many saw as a sign of southern backwardness, slavery and the South's lack of northern-style economic development, into an advertisement for the South? Explain his defense of the South.

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

What was the largest group of southern whites in the antebellum period?

Explain the southern proslavery argument, and account for why it continued despite abolitionist criticism. Why did southerners increasingly defend slavery as a positive good rather than simply a necessary evil? Why did southern pro-emancipation sentiment decline?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Yeomen

Which of the following was one of the few groups in the Old South to reject the dueling, brawling, and drinking of southern society?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Virginia emancipation legislation

Which of the following was one of the Southern reactions to the Nat Turner rebellion?

The Underground Railroad

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Spirituals

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

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Gang Labor

How did the 1831 Nat Turner rebellion affect the lives of free blacks in the South?

Most runaway slaves

What role did Native Americans play in slave escapes?

One of the South's chief defenders of slavery, George Fitzhugh, argued that

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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