Question 1

In the aftermath of the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion, the Virginia legislature _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  approved a plan, subsequently vetoed by the governor, for the abolition of slavery. 
B)  approved a measure requiring all free blacks to leave the state or be enslaved. 
C)  began a debate on slavery that continued and grew more bitter as the years passed. 
D)  debated but then rejected a measure calling for the gradual abolition of slavery. 
A)  approved a plan, subsequently vetoed by the governor, for the abolition of slavery. 
B)  approved a measure requiring all free blacks to leave the state or be enslaved. 
C)  began a debate on slavery that continued and grew more bitter as the years passed. 
D)  debated but then rejected a measure calling for the gradual abolition of slavery.

Question 2

Slave narratives suggest that slaves considered the worst aspect of their enslavement to be the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  physical pain they endured from whippings and beatings 
B)  psychological trauma of being considered inferiors 
C)  unsanitary conditions in which they were forced to live 
D)  coercion, lack of freedom, and little hope for change, all of which were part of the nature of slavery itself 
A)  physical pain they endured from whippings and beatings 
B)  psychological trauma of being considered inferiors 
C)  unsanitary conditions in which they were forced to live 
D)  coercion, lack of freedom, and little hope for change, all of which were part of the nature of slavery itself

Question 3

Slave cabins were usually ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  crowded but sanitary 
B)  clean and spacious 
C)  unhealthy 
D)  comfortable 
A)  crowded but sanitary 
B)  clean and spacious 
C)  unhealthy 
D)  comfortable

Question 4

Most planters in the boom states of Alabama and Mississippi in the 1840s _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  were descended from old Virginia and South Carolina families 
B)  lived in grand plantation mansions 
C)  had begun to see the slave-labor system as a hindrance to economic progress 
D)  were newly rich 
A)  were descended from old Virginia and South Carolina families 
B)  lived in grand plantation mansions 
C)  had begun to see the slave-labor system as a hindrance to economic progress 
D)  were newly rich

Question 5

Which of the following is true of Southern society between 1830 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  The increased opportunities that accompanied the cotton boom led to a more nearly even distribution of wealth. 
B)  Slaveholders became less and less concerned about the loyalty of nonslaveholders. 
C)  The percentage of white Southern families owning slaves steadily declined. 
D)  As Southern society became more democratic, it also became more tolerant of dissent. 
A)  The increased opportunities that accompanied the cotton boom led to a more nearly even distribution of wealth. 
B)  Slaveholders became less and less concerned about the loyalty of nonslaveholders. 
C)  The percentage of white Southern families owning slaves steadily declined. 
D)  As Southern society became more democratic, it also became more tolerant of dissent.

Question 6

In response to the Nat Turner Rebellion, many southern states passed laws:

Accepted Answer

A)  Forbidding masters from freeing their slaves 
B)  Making it easier for slaves to purchase their freedom and the freedom of others 
C)  Allowing slaves more freedom of movement 
D)  Against educating Blacks 
A)  Forbidding masters from freeing their slaves 
B)  Making it easier for slaves to purchase their freedom and the freedom of others 
C)  Allowing slaves more freedom of movement 
D)  Against educating Blacks

Question 7

Discuss the black family in the context of the slave community.

Accepted Answer

The black family within the slave commun

Question 8

Which of the following is an explanation for the absence of serious conflict between slaveholders and nonslaveholders in the antebellum South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nonslaveholders recognized and accepted the superiority of the slaveholding planter class. 
B)  Despite their wealth and power, slaveholders did not expect special privileges. 
C)  They closely relied on each other economically. 
D)  Socially and economically, the two groups operated independently of each other. 
A)  Nonslaveholders recognized and accepted the superiority of the slaveholding planter class. 
B)  Despite their wealth and power, slaveholders did not expect special privileges. 
C)  They closely relied on each other economically. 
D)  Socially and economically, the two groups operated independently of each other.

Question 9

Which of the following was generally true of slaves in the South Carolina and Georgia low country?

Accepted Answer

A)  They worked under the task system. 
B)  They were free to determine their own work patterns. 
C)  They were separated into a strict hierarchy of field slaves and house slaves. 
D)  They frequently engaged in work stoppages in an attempt to improve working conditions. 
A)  They worked under the task system. 
B)  They were free to determine their own work patterns. 
C)  They were separated into a strict hierarchy of field slaves and house slaves. 
D)  They frequently engaged in work stoppages in an attempt to improve working conditions.

Question 10

Which of the following was a major demographic characteristic of Southern society between 1830 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  The population became increasingly urban. 
B)  The number of foreign-born residents equaled that of the North. 
C)  The region's population density was low. 
D)  The region had many more women than men. 
A)  The population became increasingly urban. 
B)  The number of foreign-born residents equaled that of the North. 
C)  The region's population density was low. 
D)  The region had many more women than men.

Question 11

The law Congress passed in 1808

Accepted Answer

A)  regulated the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
B)  banned the importation of slaves. 
C)  prohibited the transport of slaves across state lines. 
D)  allowed slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory. 
A)  regulated the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
B)  banned the importation of slaves. 
C)  prohibited the transport of slaves across state lines. 
D)  allowed slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory.

Question 12

Defend the following statement: "As the South grew and expanded between 1830 and 1860, it bore the distinguishing features of a slave society."

Accepted Answer

The statement that "As the South grew an

Question 13

Which of the following is true of Nat Turner?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was convicted and executed in the early 1830s for having planned and executed a violent slave revolt. 
B)  He became an outspoken abolitionist after escaping to the North. 
C)  He regularly conducted raids into the slave states to help blacks escape to freedom. 
D)  He conducted extensive interviews with runaway slaves in writing antislavery pamphlets published in the 1830s. 
A)  He was convicted and executed in the early 1830s for having planned and executed a violent slave revolt. 
B)  He became an outspoken abolitionist after escaping to the North. 
C)  He regularly conducted raids into the slave states to help blacks escape to freedom. 
D)  He conducted extensive interviews with runaway slaves in writing antislavery pamphlets published in the 1830s.

Question 14

Discuss the lifestyle of southern slaveholders and the paternalistic ideology that was a central part of their belief system. Explain what the letters of Paul Carrington Cameron reveal concerning the sincerity of the slaveholder's paternalism toward his slaves.

Accepted Answer

The lifestyle of southern slaveholders w

Question 15

In their defense of slavery, Southerners often demonstrated a belief in

Accepted Answer

A)  egalitarianism among all whites. 
B)  maintaining the social order as God and nature prescribed it. 
C)  the eventual emergence of a truly integrated society. 
D)  education as a way to achieve the goal of equality among all people. 
A)  egalitarianism among all whites. 
B)  maintaining the social order as God and nature prescribed it. 
C)  the eventual emergence of a truly integrated society. 
D)  education as a way to achieve the goal of equality among all people.

Question 16

Stories such as the "Brer Rabbit folktales" were actually stories about ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  racial violence on the plantation 
B)  survival and resistance 
C)  violent rebellion against the slave system 
D)  the importance of family 
A)  racial violence on the plantation 
B)  survival and resistance 
C)  violent rebellion against the slave system 
D)  the importance of family

Question 17

By the early antebellum period, American slaves _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  became more conscious of their separate tribal and ethnic differences based on their African past 
B)  had cast off all cultural influences from their African past 
C)  saw themselves as a single group unified by race 
D)  had rejected Christianity as a white man's religion that encouraged cruelty and oppression 
A)  became more conscious of their separate tribal and ethnic differences based on their African past 
B)  had cast off all cultural influences from their African past 
C)  saw themselves as a single group unified by race 
D)  had rejected Christianity as a white man's religion that encouraged cruelty and oppression

Question 18

Which of the following is true of landless whites in the South between 1830 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  They usually relied on public relief agencies for food, clothing, and shelter. 
B)  They often struggled to save enough money from their meager wages to buy land. 
C)  They were usually able to obtain steady employment. 
D)  Their economic status was comparable to that of most yeoman farmers. 
A)  They usually relied on public relief agencies for food, clothing, and shelter. 
B)  They often struggled to save enough money from their meager wages to buy land. 
C)  They were usually able to obtain steady employment. 
D)  Their economic status was comparable to that of most yeoman farmers.

Question 19

Compare and contrast the Amistad case with Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, paying particular attention to the concepts of individual freedom, race, states' rights, and national sovereignty.

Accepted Answer

The Amistad case and Cherokee Nation v.

Question 20

Discuss the variety of arguments used by southerners to defend the institution of slavery in the pre-Civil War era.

Accepted Answer

Southerners used a variety of arguments

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

In the aftermath of the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion, the Virginia legislature _____________.

Slave narratives suggest that slaves considered the worst aspect of their enslavement to be the __________.

Slave cabins were usually ____________.

Most planters in the boom states of Alabama and Mississippi in the 1840s _________________.

Which of the following is true of Southern society between 1830 and 1860?

In response to the Nat Turner Rebellion, many southern states passed laws:

Discuss the black family in the context of the slave community.

Which of the following is an explanation for the absence of serious conflict between slaveholders and nonslaveholders in the antebellum South?

Which of the following was generally true of slaves in the South Carolina and Georgia low country?

Which of the following was a major demographic characteristic of Southern society between 1830 and 1860?

The law Congress passed in 1808

Defend the following statement: "As the South grew and expanded between 1830 and 1860, it bore the distinguishing features of a slave society."

Which of the following is true of Nat Turner?

Discuss the lifestyle of southern slaveholders and the paternalistic ideology that was a central part of their belief system. Explain what the letters of Paul Carrington Cameron reveal concerning the sincerity of the slaveholder's paternalism toward his slaves.

In their defense of slavery, Southerners often demonstrated a belief in

Stories such as the "Brer Rabbit folktales" were actually stories about ______________.

By the early antebellum period, American slaves _________.

Which of the following is true of landless whites in the South between 1830 and 1860?

Compare and contrast the Amistad case with Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, paying particular attention to the concepts of individual freedom, race, states' rights, and national sovereignty.

Discuss the variety of arguments used by southerners to defend the institution of slavery in the pre-Civil War era.

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