Question 1

Most white southerners were

Accepted Answer

A)  planter aristocrats. 
B)  small slaveowners. 
C)  merchants and artisans. 
D)  "poor white trash." 
E)  subsistence farmers. 
A)  planter aristocrats. 
B)  small slaveowners. 
C)  merchants and artisans. 
D)  "poor white trash." 
E)  subsistence farmers.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harriet Beecher Stowe

Accepted Answer

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was an

Question 3

As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin

Accepted Answer

A)  fewer slaves were needed on the plantations. 
B)  short-staple cotton lost popularity. 
C)  slavery was reinvigorated. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery. 
E)  the African slave trade was legalized. 
A)  fewer slaves were needed on the plantations. 
B)  short-staple cotton lost popularity. 
C)  slavery was reinvigorated. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery. 
E)  the African slave trade was legalized.

Question 4

All told,only about ____ of white southerners owned slaves or belonged to a slaveholding family.

Accepted Answer

A)  one fourth 
B)  one third 
C)  half 
D)  two thirds 
E)  three fourths 
A)  one fourth 
B)  one third 
C)  half 
D)  two thirds 
E)  three fourths

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The Liberator was a prominent abolitioni

Question 6

The profitable southern slave system

Accepted Answer

A)  hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole. 
B)  saw many slaves moving to the upper South. 
C)  led to the textile industry's development in the South first. 
D)  relied almost totally on importing slaves to meet the unquenchable demand for labor. 
E)  enabled the South to afford economic and educational progress. 
A)  hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole. 
B)  saw many slaves moving to the upper South. 
C)  led to the textile industry's development in the South first. 
D)  relied almost totally on importing slaves to meet the unquenchable demand for labor. 
E)  enabled the South to afford economic and educational progress.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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 8

Slaves were

Accepted Answer

A)  regarded primarily as financial investments by their owners. 
B)  the primary form of wealth in the South. 
C)  profitable for their owners. 
D)  often bred like cattle. 
E)  denied any kind of family life. 
A)  regarded primarily as financial investments by their owners. 
B)  the primary form of wealth in the South. 
C)  profitable for their owners. 
D)  often bred like cattle. 
E)  denied any kind of family life.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Abolitionism was a social and political

Question 10

Assess the validity of the following statement,"Slaves were better off than both wage earners in northern industry and free blacks back in Africa." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The statement that "slaves were better o

Question 11

Cotton became important to the prosperity of the North as well as the South because

Accepted Answer

A)  about two-thirds of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills. 
B)  northern merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. 
C)  cotton accounted for about half the value of all United States exports after 1840. 
D)  northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. 
E)  northern investors controlled the cotton futures markets. 
A)  about two-thirds of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills. 
B)  northern merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. 
C)  cotton accounted for about half the value of all United States exports after 1840. 
D)  northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. 
E)  northern investors controlled the cotton futures markets.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-peculiar institution

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

The Cotton Kingdom refers to the souther

Question 14

By 1860,three-quarters of all southern whites did not own slaves,but instead

Accepted Answer

A)  lived and worked in the emerging cities of the South. 
B)  eked out a living in the mountains and backcountry raising corn and hogs. 
C)  owned small farms where they and their families raised cotton. 
D)  farmed a mixture of wheat, tobacco and cotton. 
E)  None of these 
A)  lived and worked in the emerging cities of the South. 
B)  eked out a living in the mountains and backcountry raising corn and hogs. 
C)  owned small farms where they and their families raised cotton. 
D)  farmed a mixture of wheat, tobacco and cotton. 
E)  None of these

Question 15

In society's basement in the South of 1860 were nearly ____ million black human chattels.

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  4 
D)  8 
E)  10 
A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  4 
D)  8 
E)  10

Question 16

Plantation mistresses

Accepted Answer

A)  had little contact with slaves. 
B)  primarily controlled male slaves. 
C)  frequently supported abolitionism. 
D)  commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves. 
E)  were almost universally loved by their slaves. 
A)  had little contact with slaves. 
B)  primarily controlled male slaves. 
C)  frequently supported abolitionism. 
D)  commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves. 
E)  were almost universally loved by their slaves.

Question 17

Many abolitionists turned to political action in 1840,when they backed the presidential candidate of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Free Soil party. 
B)  Republican party. 
C)  Know-Nothing party. 
D)  Liberty party. 
E)  Anti-Masonic party. 
A)  Free Soil party. 
B)  Republican party. 
C)  Know-Nothing party. 
D)  Liberty party. 
E)  Anti-Masonic party.

Question 18

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by

Accepted Answer

A)  Susan B. Anthony. 
B)  Lucrecia Mott. 
C)  Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
D)  Margaret Fuller. 
E)  Harriet Tubman. 
A)  Susan B. Anthony. 
B)  Lucrecia Mott. 
C)  Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
D)  Margaret Fuller. 
E)  Harriet Tubman.

Question 19

____ said the following quote,"I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom."

Accepted Answer

A)  Jefferson Davis 
B)  John C. Calhoun 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
D)  Abraham Lincoln 
E)  Andrew Johnson 
A)  Jefferson Davis 
B)  John C. Calhoun 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
D)  Abraham Lincoln 
E)  Andrew Johnson

Question 20

By 1860,slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" located in the

Accepted Answer

A)  border states of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland. 
B)  Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 
C)  old South states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. 
D)  new Southwest states of Texas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. 
E)  mountain regions of Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky. 
A)  border states of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland. 
B)  Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 
C)  old South states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. 
D)  new Southwest states of Texas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. 
E)  mountain regions of Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

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

Most white southerners were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harriet Beecher Stowe

As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin

All told,only about ____ of white southerners owned slaves or belonged to a slaveholding family.

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

The profitable southern slave system

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

Slaves were

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

Assess the validity of the following statement,"Slaves were better off than both wage earners in northern industry and free blacks back in Africa." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Cotton became important to the prosperity of the North as well as the South because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -peculiar institution

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

By 1860,three-quarters of all southern whites did not own slaves,but instead

In society's basement in the South of 1860 were nearly ____ million black human chattels.

Plantation mistresses

Many abolitionists turned to political action in 1840,when they backed the presidential candidate of the

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by

____ said the following quote,"I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom."

By 1860,slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" located in the

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

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

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

Filters