Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The Gag Resolution refers to a series of

Question 2

Those in the North who opposed the abolitionists believed that these opponents of slavery

Accepted Answer

A)  were creating disorder in America. 
B)  were defending the American way of life. 
C)  deserved the right to speak freely. 
D)  had turned their backs on religion. 
E)  were undermining fundamental American beliefs. 
A)  were creating disorder in America. 
B)  were defending the American way of life. 
C)  deserved the right to speak freely. 
D)  had turned their backs on religion. 
E)  were undermining fundamental American beliefs.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nat Turner

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner was an African American slave

Question 4

Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  the prohibition of the Atlantic slave trade after 1807. 
B)  purchase by northern abolitionists. 
C)  fleeing to mountain hideaways. 
D)  purchasing their way out of slavery with money earned after hours. 
E)  the objection to slaveholding by some white women. 
A)  the prohibition of the Atlantic slave trade after 1807. 
B)  purchase by northern abolitionists. 
C)  fleeing to mountain hideaways. 
D)  purchasing their way out of slavery with money earned after hours. 
E)  the objection to slaveholding by some white women.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Liberty party

Accepted Answer

The Liberty Party was a minor political

Question 6

As a substitute for the wage-incentive system,slaveowners most often used the

Accepted Answer

A)  promise of eventual freedom. 
B)  reward of some legal rights. 
C)  right to hold private property. 
D)  whip as a motivator. 
E)  threat of death. 
A)  promise of eventual freedom. 
B)  reward of some legal rights. 
C)  right to hold private property. 
D)  whip as a motivator. 
E)  threat of death.

Question 7

In arguing for the continuation of slavery after 1830,southerners

Accepted Answer

A)  placed themselves in opposition to much of the rest of the Western world. 
B)  were in opposition to the North but on the side of the Western world. 
C)  failed to compare slaves with the northern factory worker. 
D)  allowed considerable dissent in the South. 
E)  aligned themselves with leading European intellectuals. 
A)  placed themselves in opposition to much of the rest of the Western world. 
B)  were in opposition to the North but on the side of the Western world. 
C)  failed to compare slaves with the northern factory worker. 
D)  allowed considerable dissent in the South. 
E)  aligned themselves with leading European intellectuals.

Question 8

All of the following are true statements about free blacks except

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A)  they were banned from entering several northern states. 
B)  they were always vulnerable to being hijacked back into slavery in the South. 
C)  slaveholders feared that they were living examples of what might be achieved with emancipation. 
D)  in the North, they forged ties with the Irish, who similarly worked in menial jobs. 
E)  most states denied them the right to vote. 
A)  they were banned from entering several northern states. 
B)  they were always vulnerable to being hijacked back into slavery in the South. 
C)  slaveholders feared that they were living examples of what might be achieved with emancipation. 
D)  in the North, they forged ties with the Irish, who similarly worked in menial jobs. 
E)  most states denied them the right to vote.

Question 9

In 1839,enslaved Africans rose up aboard the Spanish slave ship

Accepted Answer

A)  Isabelle. 
B)  Amistad. 
C)  Gerriere. 
D)  La Nina. 
E)  El Liberte. 
A)  Isabelle. 
B)  Amistad. 
C)  Gerriere. 
D)  La Nina. 
E)  El Liberte.

Question 10

To what extent were abolitionists extremists when they undertook to abolish slavery?

Accepted Answer

The extent to which abolitionists were c

Question 11

The voice of white southern abolitionism fell silent at the beginning of the

Accepted Answer

A)  1790s. 
B)  1820s. 
C)  1830s. 
D)  1840s. 
E)  1850s. 
A)  1790s. 
B)  1820s. 
C)  1830s. 
D)  1840s. 
E)  1850s.

Question 12

Members of the planter aristocracy

Accepted Answer

A)  produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North. 
B)  dominated society and politics in the South. 
C)  provided democratic rule in the South. 
D)  promoted tax-supported public education. 
E)  kept up with developments in modern thought. 
A)  produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North. 
B)  dominated society and politics in the South. 
C)  provided democratic rule in the South. 
D)  promoted tax-supported public education. 
E)  kept up with developments in modern thought.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by

Question 14

As a result of white southerners' brutal treatment of their slaves and their fear of potential slave rebellions,the South

Accepted Answer

A)  formed alliances with white imperialists in Africa. 
B)  adopted British attitudes toward the "peculiar institution." 
C)  emancipated many slaves. 
D)  shed its image as a reactionary backwater. 
E)  developed a theory of biological racial superiority. 
A)  formed alliances with white imperialists in Africa. 
B)  adopted British attitudes toward the "peculiar institution." 
C)  emancipated many slaves. 
D)  shed its image as a reactionary backwater. 
E)  developed a theory of biological racial superiority.

Question 15

Before the Civil War,free blacks

Accepted Answer

A)  were far more numerous in the North than in the South. 
B)  were often the mulatto offspring of white fathers and black mothers. 
C)  were often forbidden basic civil rights. 
D)  found their greatest friends and sympathizers in poor Irish immigrants. 
E)  were disliked in the North as well as the South. 
A)  were far more numerous in the North than in the South. 
B)  were often the mulatto offspring of white fathers and black mothers. 
C)  were often forbidden basic civil rights. 
D)  found their greatest friends and sympathizers in poor Irish immigrants. 
E)  were disliked in the North as well as the South.

Question 16

Arrange the following in chronological order: the founding of the (A)American Colonization Society,(B)American Anti-Slavery Society,and (C)Liberty party.

Accepted Answer

A)  A, B, C 
B)  C, A, B 
C)  B, C, A 
D)  A, C, B 
E)  C, B, A 
A)  A, B, C 
B)  C, A, B 
C)  B, C, A 
D)  A, C, B 
E)  C, B, A

Question 17

After 1830,most people in the North

Accepted Answer

A)  held that the Constitution sanctioned slavery. 
B)  were generally indifferent toward slavery or its expansion. 
C)  were alarmed by the radicalism of abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison. 
D)  quickly rallied to the support of proponents of immediate abolition. 
E)  believed that Christianity and slavery were incompatible. 
A)  held that the Constitution sanctioned slavery. 
B)  were generally indifferent toward slavery or its expansion. 
C)  were alarmed by the radicalism of abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison. 
D)  quickly rallied to the support of proponents of immediate abolition. 
E)  believed that Christianity and slavery were incompatible.

Question 18

"Varying Viewpoints" notes that Ulrich B.Phillips made certain claims about slavery that have been challenged in recent years.Which of the following is not one of his conclusions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves were racially inferior. 
B)  Slavery was a dying economic institution. 
C)  Planters treated their slaves with kindly paternalism. 
D)  Slaves were passive by nature and did not abhor slavery. 
E)  Slavery was comparable to the Nazi concentration camps. 
A)  Slaves were racially inferior. 
B)  Slavery was a dying economic institution. 
C)  Planters treated their slaves with kindly paternalism. 
D)  Slaves were passive by nature and did not abhor slavery. 
E)  Slavery was comparable to the Nazi concentration camps.

Question 19

All of the following were weaknesses of the slave plantation system except that

Accepted Answer

A)  it relied on a one-crop economy. 
B)  it repelled a large-scale European immigration. 
C)  it stimulated racism among poor whites. 
D)  it created an aristocratic political elite. 
E)  its land continued to remain in the hands of the small farmers. 
A)  it relied on a one-crop economy. 
B)  it repelled a large-scale European immigration. 
C)  it stimulated racism among poor whites. 
D)  it created an aristocratic political elite. 
E)  its land continued to remain in the hands of the small farmers.

Question 20

It has been argued that both Britain and the North were tied to the South with "cotton threads." Explain.

Accepted Answer

Both Britain and the North were tied to

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

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

Those in the North who opposed the abolitionists believed that these opponents of slavery

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nat Turner

Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Liberty party

As a substitute for the wage-incentive system,slaveowners most often used the

In arguing for the continuation of slavery after 1830,southerners

All of the following are true statements about free blacks except

In 1839,enslaved Africans rose up aboard the Spanish slave ship

To what extent were abolitionists extremists when they undertook to abolish slavery?

The voice of white southern abolitionism fell silent at the beginning of the

Members of the planter aristocracy

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

As a result of white southerners' brutal treatment of their slaves and their fear of potential slave rebellions,the South

Before the Civil War,free blacks

Arrange the following in chronological order: the founding of the (A)American Colonization Society,(B)American Anti-Slavery Society,and (C)Liberty party.

After 1830,most people in the North

"Varying Viewpoints" notes that Ulrich B.Phillips made certain claims about slavery that have been challenged in recent years.Which of the following is not one of his conclusions?

All of the following were weaknesses of the slave plantation system except that

It has been argued that both Britain and the North were tied to the South with "cotton threads." Explain.

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

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