Question 1

Which of the following American values were not associated with the North in the decades before the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individualism 
B)  Materialism 
C)  Family loyalty 
D)  Faith in progress 
A)  Individualism 
B)  Materialism 
C)  Family loyalty 
D)  Faith in progress C

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the relatively typical southern yeoman farmer, Ferdinand Steel?

Accepted Answer

A)  He worked so hard that he had time for neither family nor religion. 
B)  Although he grew cotton as a cash crop, he owned no slaves and lived a life marked by hard work and financial insecurity. 
C)  He spent his lifetime aspiring to become a planter. 
D)  He planted only cotton because doing so was the only way to acquire capital for the acquisition of land and slaves. 
A)  He worked so hard that he had time for neither family nor religion. 
B)  Although he grew cotton as a cash crop, he owned no slaves and lived a life marked by hard work and financial insecurity. 
C)  He spent his lifetime aspiring to become a planter. 
D)  He planted only cotton because doing so was the only way to acquire capital for the acquisition of land and slaves. B

Question 3

Which of the following statements is not correct in context of the North and South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northerners and Southerners invoked with nearly equal frequency the doctrine of states' rights against federal authority. 
B)  The geographical sizes of the North and South were different. 
C)  Urban growth was slower in the South than in the North. 
D)  Southerners spoke the same language and worshipped in the same Protestant fashion as Northerners. 
A)  Northerners and Southerners invoked with nearly equal frequency the doctrine of states' rights against federal authority. 
B)  The geographical sizes of the North and South were different. 
C)  Urban growth was slower in the South than in the North. 
D)  Southerners spoke the same language and worshipped in the same Protestant fashion as Northerners. B

Question 4

The Seminole War between 1835 and 1842 ended with _________________

Accepted Answer

A)  the Seminoles surrendering and ceding their lands to the United States 
B)  the extermination of the Seminoles 
C)  the forcible removal of the Seminoles from Florida to the West 
D)  the United States allowing some Seminoles to remain in Florida 
A)  the Seminoles surrendering and ceding their lands to the United States 
B)  the extermination of the Seminoles 
C)  the forcible removal of the Seminoles from Florida to the West 
D)  the United States allowing some Seminoles to remain in Florida

Question 5

The life story of John F. Flintoff demonstrates which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southerners from the mountains generally held antislavery views. 
B)  Evangelical Christianity caused a significant number of white southerners to question the morality of slavery. 
C)  The availability of land and capital in the 1840s made it easy for most nonslaveowning southern farmers to become slaveowners. 
D)  Yeomen farmers generally aspired to become slaveowners. 
A)  Southerners from the mountains generally held antislavery views. 
B)  Evangelical Christianity caused a significant number of white southerners to question the morality of slavery. 
C)  The availability of land and capital in the 1840s made it easy for most nonslaveowning southern farmers to become slaveowners. 
D)  Yeomen farmers generally aspired to become slaveowners.

Question 6

Discuss the similarities and differences between the North and the South in the period from 1830 to 1860.

Accepted Answer

During the period from 1830 to 1860, the

Question 7

Analyze Nat Turner's life and the rebellion he led in the context of the African-American adoption of Christianity.

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner was an African-American slave

Question 8

African influences on slave culture in the New World ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  can be seen only in the recreational activities of slaves 
B)  reminded slaves that they had a separate past and a separate identity from their oppressors 
C)  survived only in areas where slaves were imported from the West Indies 
D)  disappeared completely after the abolition of the international slave trade 
A)  can be seen only in the recreational activities of slaves 
B)  reminded slaves that they had a separate past and a separate identity from their oppressors 
C)  survived only in areas where slaves were imported from the West Indies 
D)  disappeared completely after the abolition of the international slave trade

Question 9

Explain the importance of African influences and of religion in the emergence of a distinctive African American culture. How did slaves' culture in general, and African influences and religion in particular, help slaves survive the ordeal of slavery?

Accepted Answer

The African influences and religion play

Question 10

The antebellum South lagged far behind the North in which area?

Accepted Answer

A)  Population density 
B)  Agricultural trade 
C)  Textile mills 
D)  Industrial growth 
A)  Population density 
B)  Agricultural trade 
C)  Textile mills 
D)  Industrial growth

Question 11

When the Indian removal policy of the 1830s was completed, _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  many Native Americans became dependent on government payments for survival 
B)  a sense of peace, harmony, and renewal among the Cherokee led to the Cherokee Renaissance 
C)  the Native Americans received an amount of land west of the Mississippi equal to the amount of land they had been removed from in the East 
D)  no Native Americans remained east of the Mississippi 
A)  many Native Americans became dependent on government payments for survival 
B)  a sense of peace, harmony, and renewal among the Cherokee led to the Cherokee Renaissance 
C)  the Native Americans received an amount of land west of the Mississippi equal to the amount of land they had been removed from in the East 
D)  no Native Americans remained east of the Mississippi

Question 12

When President Monroe first proposed the policy of Indian removal to the West, he did so in response to pressure from ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the state of Georgia 
B)  Christian missionaries 
C)  the Department of War 
D)  the Native Americans themselves 
A)  the state of Georgia 
B)  Christian missionaries 
C)  the Department of War 
D)  the Native Americans themselves

Question 13

Discuss the conditions under which slaves lived, worked, ate, and slept on a typical southern plantation.

Accepted Answer

Slaves on a typical southern plantation

Question 14

The common belief of slaves in spirits is linked to the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslim concept of the afterlife 
B)  Stories told by masters to frighten slaves into submission 
C)  African concept of the living dead 
D)  Idea that God would deliver the slaves from bondage 
A)  Muslim concept of the afterlife 
B)  Stories told by masters to frighten slaves into submission 
C)  African concept of the living dead 
D)  Idea that God would deliver the slaves from bondage

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the diet of most slaves in the antebellum South?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was monotonous and lacked proper nutritional value. 
B)  It was healthy and nutritious. 
C)  Insufficient amounts were provided so that many slaves lived on the verge of starvation. 
D)  It was usually devoid of meat. 
A)  It was monotonous and lacked proper nutritional value. 
B)  It was healthy and nutritious. 
C)  Insufficient amounts were provided so that many slaves lived on the verge of starvation. 
D)  It was usually devoid of meat.

Question 16

What would explain absence of highly developed schools, churches, and libraries in the South between 1800 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southerners did not enjoy socializing as much as their northern counterparts. 
B)  Most southerners were far too busy to devote time to nonwork activities. 
C)  Southerners were afraid that the presence of such institutions would lead to a mixture of the races. 
D)  The South's low population density meant that financing and operating such institutions was difficult. 
A)  Southerners did not enjoy socializing as much as their northern counterparts. 
B)  Most southerners were far too busy to devote time to nonwork activities. 
C)  Southerners were afraid that the presence of such institutions would lead to a mixture of the races. 
D)  The South's low population density meant that financing and operating such institutions was difficult.

Question 17

Which of the following arguments was most likely to have been used by southerners in the 1830s and 1840s to defend the institution of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is true that slavery is an evil within human society, but for economic reasons it is presently a necessary evil. 
B)  Society is ordered in a particular way by the dictates of nature, and nature has ordained that blacks are born to be slaves. 
C)  All whites are born to be free and equal, but all non-whites are frowned on by God and were born to be slaves. 
D)  Human beings are equal in the sight of God only if they have accepted the tenets of Christianity; therefore, non-Christians may be enslaved. 
A)  It is true that slavery is an evil within human society, but for economic reasons it is presently a necessary evil. 
B)  Society is ordered in a particular way by the dictates of nature, and nature has ordained that blacks are born to be slaves. 
C)  All whites are born to be free and equal, but all non-whites are frowned on by God and were born to be slaves. 
D)  Human beings are equal in the sight of God only if they have accepted the tenets of Christianity; therefore, non-Christians may be enslaved.

Question 18

What impact did slavery have on the southern value system?

Accepted Answer

A)  The presence of slave labor created an egalitarian value system among the white majority. 
B)  Slavery created constant tension between slaveowners and nonslaveowners. 
C)  The availability of slave labor had the effect of devaluing free labor in the South. 
D)  Slavery created a strong sense of community responsibility among the white majority. 
A)  The presence of slave labor created an egalitarian value system among the white majority. 
B)  Slavery created constant tension between slaveowners and nonslaveowners. 
C)  The availability of slave labor had the effect of devaluing free labor in the South. 
D)  Slavery created a strong sense of community responsibility among the white majority.

Question 19

The most famous slave rebel of the pre-Civil War period, ___________, began a slave rebellion in a bid for freedom in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.

Accepted Answer

A)  Nat Turner 
B)  Samuel Fleming 
C)  Mary Chesnut 
D)  Ralph Ellison 
A)  Nat Turner 
B)  Samuel Fleming 
C)  Mary Chesnut 
D)  Ralph Ellison

Question 20

_________________, a self-educated Cherokee, invented a phonetic alphabet for the Cherokee language that enabled his people to have both a Bible and bilingual newspaper in their native language.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sequoyah 
B)  Tecumseh 
C)  Prophet 
D)  Chief John Ross 
A)  Sequoyah 
B)  Tecumseh 
C)  Prophet 
D)  Chief John Ross

Exam 9: The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

Which of the following American values were not associated with the North in the decades before the Civil War?

Which of the following is true of the relatively typical southern yeoman farmer, Ferdinand Steel?

Which of the following statements is not correct in context of the North and South?

The Seminole War between 1835 and 1842 ended with _________________

The life story of John F. Flintoff demonstrates which of the following?

Discuss the similarities and differences between the North and the South in the period from 1830 to 1860.

Analyze Nat Turner's life and the rebellion he led in the context of the African-American adoption of Christianity.

African influences on slave culture in the New World ___________.

Explain the importance of African influences and of religion in the emergence of a distinctive African American culture. How did slaves' culture in general, and African influences and religion in particular, help slaves survive the ordeal of slavery?

The antebellum South lagged far behind the North in which area?

When the Indian removal policy of the 1830s was completed, _________.

When President Monroe first proposed the policy of Indian removal to the West, he did so in response to pressure from ______________________.

Discuss the conditions under which slaves lived, worked, ate, and slept on a typical southern plantation.

The common belief of slaves in spirits is linked to the:

Which of the following best describes the diet of most slaves in the antebellum South?

What would explain absence of highly developed schools, churches, and libraries in the South between 1800 and 1860?

Which of the following arguments was most likely to have been used by southerners in the 1830s and 1840s to defend the institution of slavery?

What impact did slavery have on the southern value system?

The most famous slave rebel of the pre-Civil War period, ___________, began a slave rebellion in a bid for freedom in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.

_________________, a self-educated Cherokee, invented a phonetic alphabet for the Cherokee language that enabled his people to have both a Bible and bilingual newspaper in their native language.

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