Question 1

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

Accepted Answer

A)  a fugitive slave arriving in a free state. 
B)  a slave marriage. 
C)  the birth of a slave baby. 
D)  surviving the Middle Passage. 
E)  a slave's promotion from field hand to domestic servant. 
A)  a fugitive slave arriving in a free state. 
B)  a slave marriage. 
C)  the birth of a slave baby. 
D)  surviving the Middle Passage. 
E)  a slave's promotion from field hand to domestic servant.

Question 2

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies,slave revolts in the United States were:

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A)  larger in scale but less frequent. 
B)  smaller in scale but more frequent. 
C)  larger in scale and more frequent. 
D)  smaller in scale and less frequent. 
E)  bloodier and more successful. 
A)  larger in scale but less frequent. 
B)  smaller in scale but more frequent. 
C)  larger in scale and more frequent. 
D)  smaller in scale and less frequent. 
E)  bloodier and more successful.

Question 3

Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not; slaves led vastly healthier lives in regions other than the American South. 
B)  Southern Protestant churches encouraged better treatment of southern slaves than the Roman Catholic Church did with slaves in the Caribbean and South America. 
C)  The rising value of slaves made it profitable for slaveowners to take better care of them. 
D)  Laws in the South were far more protective of slaves than were laws concerning slaves elsewhere. 
E)  Southern slaves had a greater likelihood of becoming free than did other New World slaves. 
A)  They did not; slaves led vastly healthier lives in regions other than the American South. 
B)  Southern Protestant churches encouraged better treatment of southern slaves than the Roman Catholic Church did with slaves in the Caribbean and South America. 
C)  The rising value of slaves made it profitable for slaveowners to take better care of them. 
D)  Laws in the South were far more protective of slaves than were laws concerning slaves elsewhere. 
E)  Southern slaves had a greater likelihood of becoming free than did other New World slaves.

Question 4

Slaves had a few legal rights,but they were not well enforced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The slave rebellion aboard the Amistad:

Accepted Answer

A)  nearly captured a fort in Charleston, South Carolina. 
B)  led to a Supreme Court decision freeing the slaves. 
C)  inspired the gag rule. 
D)  took place off the coast of Virginia. 
E)  helped establish the Republic of Haiti. 
A)  nearly captured a fort in Charleston, South Carolina. 
B)  led to a Supreme Court decision freeing the slaves. 
C)  inspired the gag rule. 
D)  took place off the coast of Virginia. 
E)  helped establish the Republic of Haiti.

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-fugitive slaves

Accepted Answer

Fugitive slaves were enslaved individual

Question 7

Despite unimaginable hardships,slaves were able to maintain a sense of identity and a determination to attain freedom.Describe how slave culture aided those endeavors and drove slaves' desire for freedom.Be sure to consider African heritage and slave family life,folklore,and religious life in your response.

Accepted Answer

Despite the unimaginable hardships they

Question 8

Denmark Vesey's conspiracy:

Accepted Answer

A)  reflected a combination of American and African influences. 
B)  took place in 1831 and was a success. 
C)  reflected the belief of the conspirators that the Bible endorsed slavery. 
D)  was discovered, but Vesey escaped North to freedom. 
E)  resulted in over twenty deaths of white men, women, and children. 
A)  reflected a combination of American and African influences. 
B)  took place in 1831 and was a success. 
C)  reflected the belief of the conspirators that the Bible endorsed slavery. 
D)  was discovered, but Vesey escaped North to freedom. 
E)  resulted in over twenty deaths of white men, women, and children.

Question 9

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Urban slaves:

Accepted Answer

A)  most often were domestic servants. 
B)  was a term coined by southerners to describe northern factory workers. 
C)  had less autonomy than plantation slaves because there were more authorities to watch them. 
D)  could work on their own and always kept the majority of their earnings. 
E)  increasingly replaced skilled white laborers as the Civil War approached. 
A)  most often were domestic servants. 
B)  was a term coined by southerners to describe northern factory workers. 
C)  had less autonomy than plantation slaves because there were more authorities to watch them. 
D)  could work on their own and always kept the majority of their earnings. 
E)  increasingly replaced skilled white laborers as the Civil War approached.

Question 11

What was the biggest fear of a slave of any age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Being whipped. 
B)  Not being taught to read. 
C)  Not being fed. 
D)  Having to work in a cotton field. 
E)  A family member being sold. 
A)  Being whipped. 
B)  Not being taught to read. 
C)  Not being fed. 
D)  Having to work in a cotton field. 
E)  A family member being sold.

Question 12

After 1830,defense of slavery by southerners increased and intensified.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

While the North emphasized egalitarianism,the South stressed:

Accepted Answer

A)  unions. 
B)  communal living. 
C)  a code of honor. 
D)  competition. 
E)  social mobility. 
A)  unions. 
B)  communal living. 
C)  a code of honor. 
D)  competition. 
E)  social mobility.

Question 14

Slaves working in the fields generally viewed the overseer as a cruel and heartless man.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Slaves frequently named children after other family members to retain family continuity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The end of slavery in most Latin American nations:

Accepted Answer

A)  resulted from violent slave revolts that rocked Latin America from 1822 to 1855. 
B)  involved gradual emancipation accompanied by recognition of owners' legal rights to slave property. 
C)  was inspired by the emancipation of slaves that occurred as a result of the American Civil War. 
D)  followed a pattern very different from that established in the northern United States. 
E)  did not happen until the United States made emancipation an aim of the Spanish-American War. 
A)  resulted from violent slave revolts that rocked Latin America from 1822 to 1855. 
B)  involved gradual emancipation accompanied by recognition of owners' legal rights to slave property. 
C)  was inspired by the emancipation of slaves that occurred as a result of the American Civil War. 
D)  followed a pattern very different from that established in the northern United States. 
E)  did not happen until the United States made emancipation an aim of the Spanish-American War.

Question 17

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Turner and his followers assaulted mostly men. 
B)  Fewer than twenty whites were killed during the rebellion. 
C)  Turner escaped capture. 
D)  Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion. 
E)  It occurred in Georgia. 
A)  Turner and his followers assaulted mostly men. 
B)  Fewer than twenty whites were killed during the rebellion. 
C)  Turner escaped capture. 
D)  Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion. 
E)  It occurred in Georgia.

Question 19

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

Accepted Answer

A)  With other slaves, Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion. 
B)  Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home. 
C)  Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion. 
D)  A slave on a large plantation slowed down the work pace. 
E)  Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom. 
A)  With other slaves, Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion. 
B)  Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home. 
C)  Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion. 
D)  A slave on a large plantation slowed down the work pace. 
E)  Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom.

Question 20

After Nat Turner's Rebellion,the Virginia legislature discussed ending slavery in that state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies,slave revolts in the United States were:

Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

Slaves had a few legal rights,but they were not well enforced.

The slave rebellion aboard the Amistad:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -fugitive slaves

Denmark Vesey's conspiracy:

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

Urban slaves:

What was the biggest fear of a slave of any age?

After 1830,defense of slavery by southerners increased and intensified.

While the North emphasized egalitarianism,the South stressed:

Slaves working in the fields generally viewed the overseer as a cruel and heartless man.

Slaves frequently named children after other family members to retain family continuity.

The end of slavery in most Latin American nations:

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

After Nat Turner's Rebellion,the Virginia legislature discussed ending slavery in that state.

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Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

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