Question 1

By 1860,the economic investment represented by the slave population exceeded the value of the nation's factories,railroads,and banks combined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In the southern slave society,white women on plantations were seen as weak and helpless.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What did the Reverend Charles C.Jones of Georgia do that made him different from most other slaveowners?

Accepted Answer

A)  He improved slave housing and medical care. 
B)  He executed slaves who performed poorly. 
C)  He refused to allow slaves to learn about Christianity. 
D)  He taught his slaves to read and write. 
E)  He pushed for an end to slavery 
A)  He improved slave housing and medical care. 
B)  He executed slaves who performed poorly. 
C)  He refused to allow slaves to learn about Christianity. 
D)  He taught his slaves to read and write. 
E)  He pushed for an end to slavery

Question 4

Which of the following statements is accurate about the work done by southern slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  The leasing of slaves ended by 1800. 
B)  Slaves were prohibited from supervising white laborers. 
C)  By the time of the Civil War, about 200,000 worked in industrial-type occupations. 
D)  The federal government used only ex-slaves to build public structures in the South. 
E)  After not being able to abolish slavery in the 1830s in Virginia, the state banned slaves from doing work in tobacco fields. 
A)  The leasing of slaves ended by 1800. 
B)  Slaves were prohibited from supervising white laborers. 
C)  By the time of the Civil War, about 200,000 worked in industrial-type occupations. 
D)  The federal government used only ex-slaves to build public structures in the South. 
E)  After not being able to abolish slavery in the 1830s in Virginia, the state banned slaves from doing work in tobacco fields.

Question 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-silent sabotage

Accepted Answer

A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two, if any, slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale 
A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two, if any, slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John C.Calhoun

Accepted Answer

A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave 
A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Cotton has a significant historical sign

Question 8

Paternalism both masked and justified the brutal reality of slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Seeing themselves as a chosen people,blacks viewed which Biblical story as playing a central role in their version of Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Genesis. 
B)  Jonah and the whale. 
C)  Moses and the exodus from Egypt. 
D)  Noah and the ark. 
E)  Book of Revelation. 
A)  Genesis. 
B)  Jonah and the whale. 
C)  Moses and the exodus from Egypt. 
D)  Noah and the ark. 
E)  Book of Revelation.

Question 11

What was the name of the vibrant community of former slaves freed by Virginian Richard Randolph?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sea Island. 
B)  Mount Vernon. 
C)  Israel Hill. 
D)  Sherman's Land. 
E)  Promised Land. 
A)  Sea Island. 
B)  Mount Vernon. 
C)  Israel Hill. 
D)  Sherman's Land. 
E)  Promised Land.

Question 12

The term "Lords of the Loom" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  early New England factory owners. 
B)  preachers who wove heart-wrenching stories of slave suffering into their sermons. 
C)  planters who established textile operations on their plantations. 
D)  master artisans who produced cloth in the South. 
E)  an influential 1840s novel about slavery. 
A)  early New England factory owners. 
B)  preachers who wove heart-wrenching stories of slave suffering into their sermons. 
C)  planters who established textile operations on their plantations. 
D)  master artisans who produced cloth in the South. 
E)  an influential 1840s novel about slavery.

Question 13

A slave that worked primarily in cotton fields most likely lived in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Richmond, Virginia. 
B)  western North Carolina. 
C)  Natchez, Mississippi. 
D)  Jacksonville, Florida. 
E)  eastern Tennessee. 
A)  Richmond, Virginia. 
B)  western North Carolina. 
C)  Natchez, Mississippi. 
D)  Jacksonville, Florida. 
E)  eastern Tennessee.

Question 14

Defenders of American slavery claimed that British emancipation in the 1830s had been a failure because:

Accepted Answer

A)  many newly freed slaves moved to West Africa, where they became reenslaved later. 
B)  of the violence it spawned in the West Indies during the 1840s. 
C)  many of those freed had moved to the United States, where they could obtain only menial jobs. 
D)  the freed slaves grew less sugarcane, which hurt the economy of the Caribbean. 
E)  the freed slaves could not take care of themselves and many begged their ex-masters to support them. 
A)  many newly freed slaves moved to West Africa, where they became reenslaved later. 
B)  of the violence it spawned in the West Indies during the 1840s. 
C)  many of those freed had moved to the United States, where they could obtain only menial jobs. 
D)  the freed slaves grew less sugarcane, which hurt the economy of the Caribbean. 
E)  the freed slaves could not take care of themselves and many begged their ex-masters to support them.

Question 15

In 1850,a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 to 5. 
B)  6 to 10. 
C)  15 to 20. 
D)  25 to 30. 
E)  at least 35. 
A)  1 to 5. 
B)  6 to 10. 
C)  15 to 20. 
D)  25 to 30. 
E)  at least 35.

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave 
A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave

Question 17

In the New Testament,Jesus did not condemn slavery.What did this mean to southern slaveholders?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Bible was not good for defending slavery. 
B)  The New Testament could be used to endorse slavery. 
C)  Jesus was a slaveholder. 
D)  Slavery did not exist in the ancient Middle East. 
E)  Jesus left the freeing of slaves to Moses. 
A)  The Bible was not good for defending slavery. 
B)  The New Testament could be used to endorse slavery. 
C)  Jesus was a slaveholder. 
D)  Slavery did not exist in the ancient Middle East. 
E)  Jesus left the freeing of slaves to Moses.

Question 18

As a general rule,slaveowners never allowed their slaves to listen to a white preacher in church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

The Amistad was a Spanish slave ship tha

Question 20

Free blacks in the South were allowed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  own property. 
B)  be bought and sold. 
C)  carry a firearm. 
D)  testify in court. 
E)  vote. 
A)  own property. 
B)  be bought and sold. 
C)  carry a firearm. 
D)  testify in court. 
E)  vote.

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

By 1860,the economic investment represented by the slave population exceeded the value of the nation's factories,railroads,and banks combined.

In the southern slave society,white women on plantations were seen as weak and helpless.

What did the Reverend Charles C.Jones of Georgia do that made him different from most other slaveowners?

Which of the following statements is accurate about the work done by southern slaves?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -silent sabotage

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John C.Calhoun

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

Paternalism both masked and justified the brutal reality of slavery.

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

Seeing themselves as a chosen people,blacks viewed which Biblical story as playing a central role in their version of Christianity?

What was the name of the vibrant community of former slaves freed by Virginian Richard Randolph?

The term "Lords of the Loom" refers to:

A slave that worked primarily in cotton fields most likely lived in:

Defenders of American slavery claimed that British emancipation in the 1830s had been a failure because:

In 1850,a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Frederick Douglass

In the New Testament,Jesus did not condemn slavery.What did this mean to southern slaveholders?

As a general rule,slaveowners never allowed their slaves to listen to a white preacher in church.

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

Free blacks in the South were allowed to:

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