Question 1

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

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A)  they opposed slavery. 
B)  they could not afford the purchase price. 
C)  their urban location did not require them. 
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)  their urban location did not require them. 
D)  their racism would not allow them to work alongside African Americans. 
E)  they feared the possibility of slave revolts.

Question 2

Proslavery whites defended the institution of slavery in all of the following ways except

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A)  they claimed slavery was supported by the Bible. 
B)  slaveholders said slavery lifted Africans from the barbarism of the jungle and gave them Christian civilization. 
C)  Slaveholders claimed that master-slave relationships resembled a family. 
D)  they said that slaves toiled under better working conditions than factory workers and hired hands in the North. 
E)  they claimed that slaves were set free once they reached old age. 
A)  they claimed slavery was supported by the Bible. 
B)  slaveholders said slavery lifted Africans from the barbarism of the jungle and gave them Christian civilization. 
C)  Slaveholders claimed that master-slave relationships resembled a family. 
D)  they said that slaves toiled under better working conditions than factory workers and hired hands in the North. 
E)  they claimed that slaves were set free once they reached old age.

Question 3

Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because

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A)  it relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil. 
B)  it required leaving cropland fallow every other year. 
C)  excessive water was used for irrigation. 
D)  it was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil. 
E)  its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land. 
A)  it relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil. 
B)  it required leaving cropland fallow every other year. 
C)  excessive water was used for irrigation. 
D)  it was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil. 
E)  its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land.

Question 4

The South's "positive good" argument for slavery claimed that

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A)  slavery was supported by the authority of both the Bible and the Constitution. 
B)  slavery was good for the barbarous Africans because enslavement introduced them to Christianity. 
C)  slaves benefited from receiving education and job training. 
D)  slaves were usually treated as members of the family. 
E)  slaves were better off than most northern wage earners. 
A)  slavery was supported by the authority of both the Bible and the Constitution. 
B)  slavery was good for the barbarous Africans because enslavement introduced them to Christianity. 
C)  slaves benefited from receiving education and job training. 
D)  slaves were usually treated as members of the family. 
E)  slaves were better off than most northern wage earners.

Question 5

The idea of recolonizing blacks back to Africa was

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A)  proposed by William Lloyd Garrison. 
B)  proposed as part of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  advocated by Frederick Douglass. 
D)  suggested by the African nation of Liberia. 
E)  supported by the black leader Martin Delaney. 
A)  proposed by William Lloyd Garrison. 
B)  proposed as part of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  advocated by Frederick Douglass. 
D)  suggested by the African nation of Liberia. 
E)  supported by the black leader Martin Delaney.

Question 6

To what extent were cotton production and slavery more a burden to the South than a benefit?

Accepted Answer

The extent to which cotton production an

Question 7

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

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William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent A

Question 8

William Lloyd Garrison pledged his dedication to

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A)  shipping freed blacks back to Africa. 
B)  outlawing the slave trade. 
C)  preventing the expansion of slavery beyond the South. 
D)  forming an antislavery political party. 
E)  the immediate abolition of slavery in the South. 
A)  shipping freed blacks back to Africa. 
B)  outlawing the slave trade. 
C)  preventing the expansion of slavery beyond the South. 
D)  forming an antislavery political party. 
E)  the immediate abolition of slavery in the South.

Question 9

All of the following were characteristic of slaves in the mid-nineteenth century United States except

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A)  slaves had no civil or political rights. 
B)  slaves usually toiled from dusk to dawn in the fields. 
C)  slaves had minimal protection from murder or unusually cruel punishment. 
D)  slaves were forbidden to testify in court and their marriages were not legal. 
E)  floggings were very uncommon and rare. 
A)  slaves had no civil or political rights. 
B)  slaves usually toiled from dusk to dawn in the fields. 
C)  slaves had minimal protection from murder or unusually cruel punishment. 
D)  slaves were forbidden to testify in court and their marriages were not legal. 
E)  floggings were very uncommon and rare.

Question 10

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 11

Describe the arguments and the ways in which the South reacted to antislavery arguments after the 1830s.

Accepted Answer

After the 1830s, the South reacted stron

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-mulatto population

Accepted Answer

The term "mulatto" historically refers t

Question 13

By 1860,life for slaves was most difficult in the

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A)  Atlantic states of North and South Carolina. 
B)  Deep South states of Georgia and Florida. 
C)  territories of Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico. 
D)  upper South states of Virginia and Maryland. 
E)  newer states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 
A)  Atlantic states of North and South Carolina. 
B)  Deep South states of Georgia and Florida. 
C)  territories of Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico. 
D)  upper South states of Virginia and Maryland. 
E)  newer states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Question 14

Slaves fought the system of slavery in all of the following ways except by

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A)  slowing down the work pace. 
B)  conducting periodic successful slave rebellions. 
C)  sabotaging expensive equipment. 
D)  pilfering goods that their labor had produced. 
E)  running away from their masters. 
A)  slowing down the work pace. 
B)  conducting periodic successful slave rebellions. 
C)  sabotaging expensive equipment. 
D)  pilfering goods that their labor had produced. 
E)  running away from their masters.

Question 15

By the mid-nineteenth century

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A)  most southerners owned slaves. 
B)  the smaller slaveholders owned a majority of the slaves. 
C)  most slaves lived on large plantations. 
D)  slavery was a dying institution. 
E)  southerners were growing defensive about slavery. 
A)  most southerners owned slaves. 
B)  the smaller slaveholders owned a majority of the slaves. 
C)  most slaves lived on large plantations. 
D)  slavery was a dying institution. 
E)  southerners were growing defensive about slavery.

Question 16

The pre-Civil War South was characterized by

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A)  a well-developed martial spirit. 
B)  the lack of free, tax-supported public education. 
C)  a widening gap between rich and poor. 
D)  a ruling planter aristocracy. 
E)  a growing hostility to free speech and a free press. 
A)  a well-developed martial spirit. 
B)  the lack of free, tax-supported public education. 
C)  a widening gap between rich and poor. 
D)  a ruling planter aristocracy. 
E)  a growing hostility to free speech and a free press.

Question 17

Based on "Varying Viewpoints," discuss the various ways in which historians have viewed the relationships between master and slave.

Accepted Answer

Historians have viewed the relationships

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The American Anti-Slavery Society was a

Question 19

Most slaves were raised

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A)  without the benefit of a stable home life. 
B)  in stable two-parent households. 
C)  never knowing anything about their relatives. 
D)  not to display their African cultural roots. 
E)  without religion. 
A)  without the benefit of a stable home life. 
B)  in stable two-parent households. 
C)  never knowing anything about their relatives. 
D)  not to display their African cultural roots. 
E)  without religion.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818 – F

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

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

Proslavery whites defended the institution of slavery in all of the following ways except

Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because

The South's "positive good" argument for slavery claimed that

The idea of recolonizing blacks back to Africa was

To what extent were cotton production and slavery more a burden to the South than a benefit?

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

William Lloyd Garrison pledged his dedication to

All of the following were characteristic of slaves in the mid-nineteenth century United States except

European immigration to the South was discouraged by

Describe the arguments and the ways in which the South reacted to antislavery arguments after the 1830s.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -mulatto population

By 1860,life for slaves was most difficult in the

Slaves fought the system of slavery in all of the following ways except by

By the mid-nineteenth century

The pre-Civil War South was characterized by

Based on "Varying Viewpoints," discuss the various ways in which historians have viewed the relationships between master and slave.

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

Most slaves were raised

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

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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

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

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The War to End War,1917-1918

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Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

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