Question 1

After 1830,southerners increasingly argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  slavery was a positive good endorsed by the Bible and Aristotle. 
B)  slavery was morally problematic but economically necessary. 
C)  slavery could not be ended because emancipation would deepen racial conflict. 
D)  poorer whites as well as blacks could be enslaved. 
E)  leading European intellectuals accepted slavery on racial grounds. 
A)  slavery was a positive good endorsed by the Bible and Aristotle. 
B)  slavery was morally problematic but economically necessary. 
C)  slavery could not be ended because emancipation would deepen racial conflict. 
D)  poorer whites as well as blacks could be enslaved. 
E)  leading European intellectuals accepted slavery on racial grounds.

Question 2

Cotton became important to the prosperity of the entire nation because

Accepted Answer

A)  about three-fourths of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills. 
B)  western merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. 
C)  it generated about half of the United States' export earnings after 1840. 
D)  northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. 
E)  cotton futures had come to dominate investment and trading activity. 
A)  about three-fourths of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills. 
B)  western merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. 
C)  it generated about half of the United States' export earnings after 1840. 
D)  northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. 
E)  cotton futures had come to dominate investment and trading activity.

Question 3

Plantation mistresses

Accepted Answer

A)  had little contact with slaves. 
B)  were often active in the women's rights movement. 
C)  frequently had moral doubts about slavery. 
D)  commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves. 
E)  tended to be harsh in their treatment of slaves. 
A)  had little contact with slaves. 
B)  were often active in the women's rights movement. 
C)  frequently had moral doubts about slavery. 
D)  commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves. 
E)  tended to be harsh in their treatment of slaves.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The American Anti-Slavery Society was a

Question 5

Match each abolitionist below with his role in the movement.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Plantation agriculture in the South

Accepted Answer

A)  had become largely unprofitable by the time of the Civil War. 
B)  succeeded in a great variety of crops and climates. 
C)  was financially risky. 
D)  brought many immigrants to the South. 
E)  encouraged southern democracy. 
A)  had become largely unprofitable by the time of the Civil War. 
B)  succeeded in a great variety of crops and climates. 
C)  was financially risky. 
D)  brought many immigrants to the South. 
E)  encouraged southern democracy.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sojourner Truth

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree

Question 8

Elaborate on the authors' comment that with the invention of the cotton gin,"the slave [was] ...chained to the gin and the planter to the slave."

Accepted Answer

The authors' comment about the invention

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lane Rebels

Accepted Answer

The Lane Rebels were a group of students

Question 10

In the 1850s,Britain depended on the American South for how much of the raw cotton used by its leading industry,cotton textiles?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 percent 
B)  40 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  75 percent 
E)  almost 100 percent 
A)  10 percent 
B)  40 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  75 percent 
E)  almost 100 percent

Question 11

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

Accepted Answer

A)  they opposed slavery. 
B)  they could not afford the purchase price. 
C)  they found that slavery was not profitable on small farms. 
D)  their racism would not allow them to work alongside African Americans. 
E)  they feared the possibility of slave revolts. 
A)  they opposed slavery. 
B)  they could not afford the purchase price. 
C)  they found that slavery was not profitable on small farms. 
D)  their racism would not allow them to work alongside African Americans. 
E)  they feared the possibility of slave revolts.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Mulattoes historically refers to individ

Question 13

What most fervently inspired many abolitionists to take action against slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831 
B)  the founding of the Republican party 
C)  Frederick Douglass's speeches 
D)  the Second Great Awakening 
E)  the founding of Liberia in 1822 
A)  Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831 
B)  the founding of the Republican party 
C)  Frederick Douglass's speeches 
D)  the Second Great Awakening 
E)  the founding of Liberia in 1822

Question 14

The South became the Cotton Kingdom in the early nineteenth century partly because of

Accepted Answer

A)  the collapse of the tobacco market. 
B)  the arrival of slaves from Egypt who were experienced in cotton cultivation. 
C)  the opening of rich river bottomlands in the Gulf Coast states. 
D)  the eradication of the boll weevil. 
E)  the growth of textile production in the region. 
A)  the collapse of the tobacco market. 
B)  the arrival of slaves from Egypt who were experienced in cotton cultivation. 
C)  the opening of rich river bottomlands in the Gulf Coast states. 
D)  the eradication of the boll weevil. 
E)  the growth of textile production in the region.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-black belt

Accepted Answer

The term "Black Belt" has multiple histo

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gag Resolution

Accepted Answer

The Gag Resolution refers to a series of

Question 17

What was the political and civil status of slaves in the antebellum South?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had no civil or political rights. 
B)  They had no civil rights but could vote in elections under the direction of their masters. 
C)  They were allowed to testify in court on a limited basis, but had no other political or civil rights. 
D)  They could legally marry, but otherwise lacked civil rights. 
E)  They had no rights except when they could prove that their father was white. 
A)  They had no civil or political rights. 
B)  They had no civil rights but could vote in elections under the direction of their masters. 
C)  They were allowed to testify in court on a limited basis, but had no other political or civil rights. 
D)  They could legally marry, but otherwise lacked civil rights. 
E)  They had no rights except when they could prove that their father was white.

Question 18

By 1860,there were about _____ free blacks living in the South,roughly the same number in the North.

Accepted Answer

A)  10,000 
B)  100,000 
C)  250,000 
D)  750,000 
E)  a million 
A)  10,000 
B)  100,000 
C)  250,000 
D)  750,000 
E)  a million

Question 19

To what extent did the existence of slavery shape the entire social structure and culture of the South? Why was slavery generally favored even by the vast majority of white southerners who held no slaves?

Accepted Answer

The existence of slavery had a profound

Question 20

What explains the outburst of abolitionism after about 1830? Could slavery have been abolished peacefully before that time? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The outburst of abolitionism after about

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

After 1830,southerners increasingly argued that

Cotton became important to the prosperity of the entire nation because

Plantation mistresses

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

Match each abolitionist below with his role in the movement.

Plantation agriculture in the South

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sojourner Truth

Elaborate on the authors' comment that with the invention of the cotton gin,"the slave [was] ...chained to the gin and the planter to the slave."

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lane Rebels

In the 1850s,Britain depended on the American South for how much of the raw cotton used by its leading industry,cotton textiles?

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

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

What most fervently inspired many abolitionists to take action against slavery?

The South became the Cotton Kingdom in the early nineteenth century partly because of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -black belt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gag Resolution

What was the political and civil status of slaves in the antebellum South?

By 1860,there were about _____ free blacks living in the South,roughly the same number in the North.

To what extent did the existence of slavery shape the entire social structure and culture of the South? Why was slavery generally favored even by the vast majority of white southerners who held no slaves?

What explains the outburst of abolitionism after about 1830? Could slavery have been abolished peacefully before that time? Why or why not?

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The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

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