Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The Amistad was a Spanish slave ship tha

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Lloyd Garrison

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent A

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Wilberforce

Accepted Answer

William Wilberforce (1759–1833) was a Br

Question 4

Until the eve of the Civil War,most people in the North

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A)  believed that the Constitution sanctioned slavery to a degree. 
B)  felt that they had little economic stake in slavery one way or the other. 
C)  felt it was important for the U.S. to maintain slavery since the British had abandoned it. 
D)  expected that slavery would be abolished through gradual emancipation. 
E)  believed that Christianity and slavery were incompatible. 
A)  believed that the Constitution sanctioned slavery to a degree. 
B)  felt that they had little economic stake in slavery one way or the other. 
C)  felt it was important for the U.S. to maintain slavery since the British had abandoned it. 
D)  expected that slavery would be abolished through gradual emancipation. 
E)  believed that Christianity and slavery were incompatible.

Question 5

Some have argued that slavery in the southern United States,unlike that in some other countries,was characterized more by an attitude of "paternalism" than by raw exploitation and frequent violence (as was common in some slave countries).What arguments are there for this perspective? What criticisms would you make of such an argument?

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The argument for the perspective that sl

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Theodore Dwight Weld

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Theodore Dwight Weld (1803–1895) was a p

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-radical abolitionism

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Radical abolitionism was a movement in t

Question 8

Explain why the "Gag Resolution" symbolized the threat that slavery constituted for all Americans,North and South.

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The "Gag Resolution" symbolized the thre

Question 9

The governing structure of the South was closest to

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A)  an oligarchy. 
B)  a theocracy. 
C)  a pure democracy. 
D)  an egalitarian commonwealth. 
E)  a monarchy. 
A)  an oligarchy. 
B)  a theocracy. 
C)  a pure democracy. 
D)  an egalitarian commonwealth. 
E)  a monarchy.

Question 10

In the 1830s the abolitionist movement took on new momentum and energy,encouraged by the

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A)  British abolition of slavery in the British West Indies. 
B)  widespread fear of slave revolts after Nat Turner's rebellion. 
C)  success of the American Colonization Society. 
D)  growing movement of voluntary emancipation by slave masters. 
E)  growing political strength of the antislavery Liberty party. 
A)  British abolition of slavery in the British West Indies. 
B)  widespread fear of slave revolts after Nat Turner's rebellion. 
C)  success of the American Colonization Society. 
D)  growing movement of voluntary emancipation by slave masters. 
E)  growing political strength of the antislavery Liberty party.

Question 11

Why was the colonization movement of the early to mid-nineteenth century,which proposed sending African Americans back to Africa,attractive to many whites,yet never very popular with free blacks themselves?

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The colonization movement of the early t

Question 12

Slavery's greatest psychological horror,which served as the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin,was

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A)  the forced separation of families in slave auctions. 
B)  slaveowners' frequent use of the whip. 
C)  the deliberate "breeding" of slave women. 
D)  the isolation of slaves on remote frontier plantations. 
E)  forcible sexual assault by slaveowners. 
A)  the forced separation of families in slave auctions. 
B)  slaveowners' frequent use of the whip. 
C)  the deliberate "breeding" of slave women. 
D)  the isolation of slaves on remote frontier plantations. 
E)  forcible sexual assault by slaveowners.

Question 13

Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as

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A)  supporting their right to full citizenship. 
B)  disliking the race but liking individual blacks. 
C)  advocating black movement into the new territories. 
D)  politically sympathetic but socially segregationist. 
E)  prejudiced and perhaps even more hostile than Southerners. 
A)  supporting their right to full citizenship. 
B)  disliking the race but liking individual blacks. 
C)  advocating black movement into the new territories. 
D)  politically sympathetic but socially segregationist. 
E)  prejudiced and perhaps even more hostile than Southerners.

Question 14

In 1836,Congress's responded to the growing pile of antislavery petitions it received by

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A)  considering a constitutional amendment to end the three-fifths compromise. 
B)  banning public assemblies called for the purpose of discussing slavery. 
C)  forbidding the transfer of slaves across state lines. 
D)  ending the international slave trade. 
E)  passing the Gag Resolution. 
A)  considering a constitutional amendment to end the three-fifths compromise. 
B)  banning public assemblies called for the purpose of discussing slavery. 
C)  forbidding the transfer of slaves across state lines. 
D)  ending the international slave trade. 
E)  passing the Gag Resolution.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Arthur and Lewis Tappan

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Arthur (1786–1865) and Lewis Tappan (178

Question 16

Match each abolitionist below with his publication.

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A)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
B)  A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 
E)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
A)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
B)  A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 
E)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-David Walker

Accepted Answer

David Walker was an African American abo

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Liberator

Accepted Answer

The Liberator was a prominent abolitioni

Question 19

Why did many of the poorest whites,who in no way benefited from slavery,vigorously defend the "peculiar institution"?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were grateful to the planter aristocracy for backing public education. 
B)  They embraced their presumed racial superiority to black slaves. 
C)  They were almost always economically better off than the slaves. 
D)  They admired the virtues and values of the plantation aristocracy. 
E)  They benefited from the economic growth of the region. 
A)  They were grateful to the planter aristocracy for backing public education. 
B)  They embraced their presumed racial superiority to black slaves. 
C)  They were almost always economically better off than the slaves. 
D)  They admired the virtues and values of the plantation aristocracy. 
E)  They benefited from the economic growth of the region.

Question 20

As their main crop,southern subsistence farmers raised

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A)  cotton. 
B)  tobacco. 
C)  corn. 
D)  rice. 
E)  sugar cane. 
A)  cotton. 
B)  tobacco. 
C)  corn. 
D)  rice. 
E)  sugar cane.

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Lloyd Garrison

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Wilberforce

Until the eve of the Civil War,most people in the North

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Theodore Dwight Weld

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -radical abolitionism

Explain why the "Gag Resolution" symbolized the threat that slavery constituted for all Americans,North and South.

The governing structure of the South was closest to

In the 1830s the abolitionist movement took on new momentum and energy,encouraged by the

Why was the colonization movement of the early to mid-nineteenth century,which proposed sending African Americans back to Africa,attractive to many whites,yet never very popular with free blacks themselves?

Slavery's greatest psychological horror,which served as the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin,was

Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as

In 1836,Congress's responded to the growing pile of antislavery petitions it received by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Arthur and Lewis Tappan

Match each abolitionist below with his publication.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -David Walker

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Liberator

Why did many of the poorest whites,who in no way benefited from slavery,vigorously defend the "peculiar institution"?

As their main crop,southern subsistence farmers raised

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