Question 1

Instructions: On the accompanying map of the South, draw in lines to indicate the following: 
   
Mississippi River

Accepted Answer

Answer not

Question 2

How did the rise of cotton cultivation affect the society and economy of the Old South?

Accepted Answer

The rise of cotton cultivation had a sig

Question 3

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. 
People of the pine barrens

Accepted Answer

The "People of the Pine Barrens" refers

Question 4

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. 
Internal Slave Trade

Accepted Answer

The internal slave trade refers to the b

Question 5

Which of these reflects the opportunities that cities provided for free blacks in the Old South?

Accepted Answer

A)  They could enter a variety of skilled professions, such as carpenters, barbers, or barrel makers. 
B)  They could form or join their own churches. 
C)  They could invest in real estate and watch their fortunes grow - even to the point of owning slaves themselves. 
D)  None of these choices 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  They could enter a variety of skilled professions, such as carpenters, barbers, or barrel makers. 
B)  They could form or join their own churches. 
C)  They could invest in real estate and watch their fortunes grow - even to the point of owning slaves themselves. 
D)  None of these choices 
E)  All of these choices

Question 6

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. 
Hinton R. Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South

Accepted Answer

Hinton R. Helper was an American author

Question 7

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

Louisiana

Accepted Answer

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

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. 
F ree blacks

Accepted Answer

Free blacks were African Americans who w

Question 9

The complex code of honor that shaped relationships among elite men in the Old South is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  A belief that a man's personal value depended on how others saw him and that his reputation was his strongest asset 
B)  A solid sense of self 
C)  The notion that people behave in a self-disciplined manner, regardless of what others thought 
D)  A strict adherence to the idea that allegiance to one's race stood above all else 
E)  The defense of one's beliefs in the face of criticism 
A)  A belief that a man's personal value depended on how others saw him and that his reputation was his strongest asset 
B)  A solid sense of self 
C)  The notion that people behave in a self-disciplined manner, regardless of what others thought 
D)  A strict adherence to the idea that allegiance to one's race stood above all else 
E)  The defense of one's beliefs in the face of criticism

Question 10

Compare and contrast the Upper South with the Lower South. In what ways were they similar and different? Why did they possess a basic political unity that was destined to put them in political opposition to the North?

Accepted Answer

The Upper South and Lower South were two

Question 11

Why did Southern education lag behind northern education?

Accepted Answer

A)  The South had no money for schools. 
B)  Southerners rejected compulsory education. 
C)  There were too many children to be educated. 
D)  Slaves demanded to be educated along with whites. 
E)  Southerners wanted to educate their slaves but did not have the tax base to do so. 
A)  The South had no money for schools. 
B)  Southerners rejected compulsory education. 
C)  There were too many children to be educated. 
D)  Slaves demanded to be educated along with whites. 
E)  Southerners wanted to educate their slaves but did not have the tax base to do so.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Family life was very important to a slave's existence. 
B)  Religion offered slaves hope and a meaning to life. 
C)  Most slaves gladly accepted the limits on their freedom in return for security. 
D)  Slaves sometimes protested in small but significant ways. 
E)  Most slaves worked in agriculture. 
A)  Family life was very important to a slave's existence. 
B)  Religion offered slaves hope and a meaning to life. 
C)  Most slaves gladly accepted the limits on their freedom in return for security. 
D)  Slaves sometimes protested in small but significant ways. 
E)  Most slaves worked in agriculture.

Question 13

Which of the following is a crop that was not associated with the Upper South?

Accepted Answer

A)  vegetables 
B)  Sugar 
C)  Wheat 
D)  Tobacco 
E)  hemp 
A)  vegetables 
B)  Sugar 
C)  Wheat 
D)  Tobacco 
E)  hemp

Question 14

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. 
Pidgin

Accepted Answer

Pidgin is a simplified form of language

Question 15

Why was the Tredegar Iron Works significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was one of the few, large iron producers in the South. 
B)  It provided the steel to build the skyscrapers in the north. 
C)  It employed only free blacks. 
D)  It was one of the few southern companies that used slaves. 
E)  It was the first of many iron works that developed in the South in the 1840s. 
A)  It was one of the few, large iron producers in the South. 
B)  It provided the steel to build the skyscrapers in the north. 
C)  It employed only free blacks. 
D)  It was one of the few southern companies that used slaves. 
E)  It was the first of many iron works that developed in the South in the 1840s.

Question 16

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. 
Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman was an African American a

Question 17

What fact of life was the greatest source of sorrow for plantation wives?

Accepted Answer

A)  farm life was difficult and harsh 
B)  the loss of their children to malaria and other diseases that plagued the plantation South 
C)  their husbands' sexual relationships with slave women 
D)  that many were opposed to slavery but were powerless to stop it 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  farm life was difficult and harsh 
B)  the loss of their children to malaria and other diseases that plagued the plantation South 
C)  their husbands' sexual relationships with slave women 
D)  that many were opposed to slavery but were powerless to stop it 
E)  All of these choices

Question 18

Why did factories develop slowly in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slave discipline was difficult to maintain in a factory system. 
B)  The economic rewards of agriculture were more certain. 
C)  Industrialization might have disrupted the traditional southern social structure. 
D)  To raise the capital needed to build factories, Southerners would have had to sell slaves. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  Slave discipline was difficult to maintain in a factory system. 
B)  The economic rewards of agriculture were more certain. 
C)  Industrialization might have disrupted the traditional southern social structure. 
D)  To raise the capital needed to build factories, Southerners would have had to sell slaves. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 19

Compare and contrast the four major southern white social groups in terms of economic goals, attitudes toward slavery, and political aspirations.

Accepted Answer

The four major southern white social gro

Question 20

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. 
Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass was an African Americ

Exam 12: The Old South and Slavery

Instructions: On the accompanying map of the South, draw in lines to indicate the following: Mississippi River

How did the rise of cotton cultivation affect the society and economy of the Old South?

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. People of the pine barrens

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. Internal Slave Trade

Which of these reflects the opportunities that cities provided for free blacks in the Old South?

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. Hinton R. Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South

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

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. F ree blacks

The complex code of honor that shaped relationships among elite men in the Old South is defined as

Compare and contrast the Upper South with the Lower South. In what ways were they similar and different? Why did they possess a basic political unity that was destined to put them in political opposition to the North?

Why did Southern education lag behind northern education?

Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of slavery?

Which of the following is a crop that was not associated with the Upper South?

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. Pidgin

Why was the Tredegar Iron Works significant?

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. Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad

What fact of life was the greatest source of sorrow for plantation wives?

Why did factories develop slowly in the South?

Compare and contrast the four major southern white social groups in terms of economic goals, attitudes toward slavery, and political aspirations.

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. Frederick Douglass

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