Question 1

European immigration to the South was discouraged by

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A)  competition with slave labor. 
B)  southern anti-Catholicism. 
C)  Irish antislavery groups. 
D)  immigration barriers enacted by southern states. 
E)  their inability to tolerate the hot climate. 
A)  competition with slave labor. 
B)  southern anti-Catholicism. 
C)  Irish antislavery groups. 
D)  immigration barriers enacted by southern states. 
E)  their inability to tolerate the hot climate.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Colonization Society

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The American Colonization Society (ACS)

Question 3

Why did the North,on the whole,react negatively to the radical abolitionists? Did the abolitionist arguments really affect northern public opinion?

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The North, on the whole, reacted negativ

Question 4

In 1860 the slave population in the United States

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A)  was about one million. 
B)  totaled more than two million. 
C)  numbered nearly four million. 
D)  was declining rapidly. 
E)  was largely female. 
A)  was about one million. 
B)  totaled more than two million. 
C)  numbered nearly four million. 
D)  was declining rapidly. 
E)  was largely female.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818 – F

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"third race"

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The term "third race" is not a widely re

Question 7

Most of the large majority of Southern whites who did not own slaves nonetheless supported the slave system partly because

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A)  they dreamed of one day owning slaves themselves. 
B)  they were fiercely loyal to the planter aristocracy. 
C)  they generally hated the individual black people they knew. 
D)  they wanted Northern textile manufacturing to continue to flourish. 
E)  they benefited economically from the plantation system. 
A)  they dreamed of one day owning slaves themselves. 
B)  they were fiercely loyal to the planter aristocracy. 
C)  they generally hated the individual black people they knew. 
D)  they wanted Northern textile manufacturing to continue to flourish. 
E)  they benefited economically from the plantation system.

Question 8

Consider the common forms of quiet,everyday resistance that slaves used,as well as the more dramatic individual and collective forms of resistance.Why was organized rebellion the rarest and least successful form of resistance? Which types of resistance do you think were the most effective for slaves seeking to maintain dignity and undermine masters´ control?

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The common forms of quiet, everyday resi

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by

Question 10

Abolitionist sentiment first began to appear around the time of the ____,especially among ____.

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A)  first black codes; freed African Americans 
B)  American Revolution; Quakers 
C)  drafting of the Constitution; New England Federalists 
D)  Era of Good Feelings; former slaves turned abolitionists 
E)  Second Great Awakening; reform-minded women 
A)  first black codes; freed African Americans 
B)  American Revolution; Quakers 
C)  drafting of the Constitution; New England Federalists 
D)  Era of Good Feelings; former slaves turned abolitionists 
E)  Second Great Awakening; reform-minded women

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-planter aristocracy

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The planter aristocracy refers to the we

Question 12

In the pre-Civil War South,the most uncommon and LEAST successful form of slave resistance was

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A)  feigned laziness. 
B)  sabotage of plantation equipment. 
C)  running away. 
D)  armed insurrection. 
E)  stealing food and other goods. 
A)  feigned laziness. 
B)  sabotage of plantation equipment. 
C)  running away. 
D)  armed insurrection. 
E)  stealing food and other goods.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-breakers

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Breakers refer to the large, powerful wa

Question 14

The South's "positive good" arguments for slavery claimed that slaves themselves

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A)  showed their approval by never rebelling. 
B)  were constantly expressing their gratitude to masters. 
C)  benefited from receiving education and job training. 
D)  were better off than Native Americans. 
E)  were better off than most northern wage earners. 
A)  showed their approval by never rebelling. 
B)  were constantly expressing their gratitude to masters. 
C)  benefited from receiving education and job training. 
D)  were better off than Native Americans. 
E)  were better off than most northern wage earners.

Question 15

What was one of the ways that white slaveholders of the South coped with their own brutality and fears of slave reprisals?

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A)  Forming alliances with white imperialists in Africa 
B)  Demanding federal military protection of the "peculiar institution" 
C)  Organizing a movement to send blacks back to Africa 
D)  Turning their backs on Christianity 
E)  Developing an elaborate theory of biological racial difference and white superiority 
A)  Forming alliances with white imperialists in Africa 
B)  Demanding federal military protection of the "peculiar institution" 
C)  Organizing a movement to send blacks back to Africa 
D)  Turning their backs on Christianity 
E)  Developing an elaborate theory of biological racial difference and white superiority

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elijah P.Lovejoy

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Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-1837) was an Ame

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"sold down the river"

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The phrase "sold down the river" has its

Question 18

Who led a slave rebellion in 1831 in which sixty white Virginians were killed?

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A)  Nat Turner 
B)  David Walker 
C)  Frederick Douglass 
D)  Denmark Vesey 
E)  Gabriel 
A)  Nat Turner 
B)  David Walker 
C)  Frederick Douglass 
D)  Denmark Vesey 
E)  Gabriel

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cotton Kingdom

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The Cotton Kingdom refers to the souther

Question 20

The suppression of the international slave trade after 1807 led to

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A)  an expansion in the internal slave trade in the United States. 
B)  the elimination of all slave importations into the United States. 
C)  the rapid demise of slavery in the Caribbean and South America. 
D)  a complete reliance on natural population growth to augment the slave labor force of the cotton-growing regions. 
E)  the widely accepted practice of forced "breeding" of slaves. 
A)  an expansion in the internal slave trade in the United States. 
B)  the elimination of all slave importations into the United States. 
C)  the rapid demise of slavery in the Caribbean and South America. 
D)  a complete reliance on natural population growth to augment the slave labor force of the cotton-growing regions. 
E)  the widely accepted practice of forced "breeding" of slaves.

Exam 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

European immigration to the South was discouraged by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Colonization Society

Why did the North,on the whole,react negatively to the radical abolitionists? Did the abolitionist arguments really affect northern public opinion?

In 1860 the slave population in the United States

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frederick Douglass

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"third race"

Most of the large majority of Southern whites who did not own slaves nonetheless supported the slave system partly because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Uncle Tom's Cabin

Abolitionist sentiment first began to appear around the time of the ____,especially among ____.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -planter aristocracy

In the pre-Civil War South,the most uncommon and LEAST successful form of slave resistance was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -breakers

The South's "positive good" arguments for slavery claimed that slaves themselves

What was one of the ways that white slaveholders of the South coped with their own brutality and fears of slave reprisals?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elijah P.Lovejoy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"sold down the river"

Who led a slave rebellion in 1831 in which sixty white Virginians were killed?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cotton Kingdom

The suppression of the international slave trade after 1807 led to

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