Question 1

One study showed that how many slave men in the South did agricultural work?

Accepted Answer

A)  50 percent. 
B)  60 percent. 
C)  70 percent. 
D)  80 percent. 
E)  90 percent. 
A)  50 percent. 
B)  60 percent. 
C)  70 percent. 
D)  80 percent. 
E)  90 percent.

Question 2

From 1840 to 1860,the price of a "prime field hand":

Accepted Answer

A)  rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southern whites to enter the slaveholding class. 
B)  rose less than 10 percent, which kept the size of the planter class about the same. 
C)  declined about 15 percent as the supply of slaves in the internal slave trade increased. 
D)  became so inexpensive that the slaveholding class grew to include nearly two-thirds of southern whites. 
E)  declined because labor-intensive agricultural work became less popular in the South. 
A)  rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southern whites to enter the slaveholding class. 
B)  rose less than 10 percent, which kept the size of the planter class about the same. 
C)  declined about 15 percent as the supply of slaves in the internal slave trade increased. 
D)  became so inexpensive that the slaveholding class grew to include nearly two-thirds of southern whites. 
E)  declined because labor-intensive agricultural work became less popular in the South.

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Yeoman farmers

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 4

What did paternalism reinforce?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves must formally get married. 
B)  Slaves need to be watched carefully. 
C)  Slaves must practice Christianity on their own. 
D)  Slaves should learn how to read. 
E)  Slave children should be taught right from wrong by their parents. 
A)  Slaves must formally get married. 
B)  Slaves need to be watched carefully. 
C)  Slaves must practice Christianity on their own. 
D)  Slaves should learn how to read. 
E)  Slave children should be taught right from wrong by their parents.

Question 5

The internal slave trade in the United States involved the movement of hundreds of thousands of enslaved persons from:

Accepted Answer

A)  older states like Virginia to the Lower South. 
B)  Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland. 
C)  the West Indies to the Mississippi River Valley. 
D)  the Lower South to the Upper South. 
E)  the lower Mississippi River Valley to the upper Mississippi River Valley. 
A)  older states like Virginia to the Lower South. 
B)  Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland. 
C)  the West Indies to the Mississippi River Valley. 
D)  the Lower South to the Upper South. 
E)  the lower Mississippi River Valley to the upper Mississippi River Valley.

Question 6

By the 1830s,it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When not in the field,slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

After an 1831 slave rebellion,which state's legislature debated,but did not approve,a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia. 
B)  South Carolina. 
C)  Maryland. 
D)  North Carolina. 
E)  Louisiana. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  South Carolina. 
C)  Maryland. 
D)  North Carolina. 
E)  Louisiana.

Question 9

What was the key to developing an African-American slave community?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was no slave community. 
B)  Slaves needed to be set free by their masters. 
C)  Slaves had to escape bondage before developing a community. 
D)  Slaves needed to have family members near them. 
E)  Slaves had to forget their African pasts. 
A)  There was no slave community. 
B)  Slaves needed to be set free by their masters. 
C)  Slaves had to escape bondage before developing a community. 
D)  Slaves needed to have family members near them. 
E)  Slaves had to forget their African pasts.

Question 10

After escaping slavery in the South,what was the primary reason why Henry "Box" Brown moved to England?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to do lectures in Europe. 
B)  He had family there. 
C)  He wanted to speak to Queen Victoria about his bondage. 
D)  He feared being recaptured. 
E)  He hoped to locate his wife, an ex-slave, too. 
A)  He wanted to do lectures in Europe. 
B)  He had family there. 
C)  He wanted to speak to Queen Victoria about his bondage. 
D)  He feared being recaptured. 
E)  He hoped to locate his wife, an ex-slave, too.

Question 11

A slave from which state had the best chance of escaping to freedom permanently?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alabama 
B)  Tennessee 
C)  South Carolina 
D)  Florida 
E)  Mississippi 
A)  Alabama 
B)  Tennessee 
C)  South Carolina 
D)  Florida 
E)  Mississippi

Question 12

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following statements about religious life among African-Americans in southern cities is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks usually worshipped in churches where they sat side-by-side with whites. 
B)  Urban free blacks sometimes formed their own churches. 
C)  African-Americans, free and slave, were banned from religious services. 
D)  Free blacks could worship publicly, but slaves were not permitted to do so. 
E)  The formation of the Afro-Catholic Church in 1844 was a major development in black Christianity. 
A)  Blacks usually worshipped in churches where they sat side-by-side with whites. 
B)  Urban free blacks sometimes formed their own churches. 
C)  African-Americans, free and slave, were banned from religious services. 
D)  Free blacks could worship publicly, but slaves were not permitted to do so. 
E)  The formation of the Afro-Catholic Church in 1844 was a major development in black Christianity.

Question 14

Andrew Johnson of Tennessee and Joseph Brown of Georgia rose to political power:

Accepted Answer

A)  because of their membership in and identification with the planter class. 
B)  in the 1850s, as members of the small but influential southern Republican Party. 
C)  as self-proclaimed spokesmen of the common man against the great planters. 
D)  as proponents of gradual emancipation plans in order to destroy the "slavocracy." 
E)  after gaining popularity for creating public education systems in their states. 
A)  because of their membership in and identification with the planter class. 
B)  in the 1850s, as members of the small but influential southern Republican Party. 
C)  as self-proclaimed spokesmen of the common man against the great planters. 
D)  as proponents of gradual emancipation plans in order to destroy the "slavocracy." 
E)  after gaining popularity for creating public education systems in their states.

Question 15

Slave rebellions were rare but important.Compare the slave rebellions (merely planned or actually carried out)of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner.What did Vesey attempt to do? What did Turner attempt to do? How were these men similar? How did they view slavery and freedom? How did white society react to them,and why?

Accepted Answer

Slave rebellions were indeed rare but ha

Question 16

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was minimal, which explains why northerners opposed slavery. 
B)  Many northerners profited from investing in real-estate partnerships that controlled southern plantations. 
C)  A few New York shipping companies benefited from slavery, but the institution had little effect otherwise. 
D)  Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North. 
E)  Southern slavery drained resources from the North and helped keep the whole nation in a depression during the 1850s. 
A)  It was minimal, which explains why northerners opposed slavery. 
B)  Many northerners profited from investing in real-estate partnerships that controlled southern plantations. 
C)  A few New York shipping companies benefited from slavery, but the institution had little effect otherwise. 
D)  Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North. 
E)  Southern slavery drained resources from the North and helped keep the whole nation in a depression during the 1850s.

Question 17

The internal slave trade was a key component in supporting the cotton kingdom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

For the most part,white southerners defended the "peculiar institution" whether or not they had slaves,whether they were rich or poor,and whether they lived on large plantations or small farms.Why was this the case?

Accepted Answer

The defense of slavery by white southern

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Harriet Tubman

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 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-gang labor

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

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

One study showed that how many slave men in the South did agricultural work?

From 1840 to 1860,the price of a "prime field hand":

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Yeoman farmers

What did paternalism reinforce?

The internal slave trade in the United States involved the movement of hundreds of thousands of enslaved persons from:

By the 1830s,it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

When not in the field,slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

After an 1831 slave rebellion,which state's legislature debated,but did not approve,a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

What was the key to developing an African-American slave community?

After escaping slavery in the South,what was the primary reason why Henry "Box" Brown moved to England?

A slave from which state had the best chance of escaping to freedom permanently?

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

Which of the following statements about religious life among African-Americans in southern cities is true?

Andrew Johnson of Tennessee and Joseph Brown of Georgia rose to political power:

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

The internal slave trade was a key component in supporting the cotton kingdom.

For the most part,white southerners defended the "peculiar institution" whether or not they had slaves,whether they were rich or poor,and whether they lived on large plantations or small farms.Why was this the case?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Harriet Tubman

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -gang labor

A New World

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

A New Century and New Crises

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