Question 1

The most pro-Union of the white southerners were

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A)  plantation owners. 
B)  mountain whites. 
C)  small slaveowners. 
D)  nonslaveowning subsistence farmers. 
E)  people with northern economic interests. 
A)  plantation owners. 
B)  mountain whites. 
C)  small slaveowners. 
D)  nonslaveowning subsistence farmers. 
E)  people with northern economic interests.

Question 2

Slaves regarded the least prosperous,nonslaveholding whites as

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A)  potential, yet undesirable, masters. 
B)  their equals in doing the least desirable work. 
C)  violent, rabble-rousers who often picked on slaves. 
D)  hillbillies and "poor white trash" - too lazy to work. 
E)  dirty, diseased, and malnourished. 
A)  potential, yet undesirable, masters. 
B)  their equals in doing the least desirable work. 
C)  violent, rabble-rousers who often picked on slaves. 
D)  hillbillies and "poor white trash" - too lazy to work. 
E)  dirty, diseased, and malnourished.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"positive good"

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The term "positive good" is historically

Question 4

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 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-plantation system

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The plantation system refers to a form o

Question 6

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

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Oligarchy is a form of government in whi

Question 7

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

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The Lane Rebels were a group of students

Question 8

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)  disliking the individuals but liking the race. 
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)  disliking the individuals but liking the race.

Question 9

The idea of transporting blacks back to Africa was

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A)  a recognition of blacks' desire to preserve their culture. 
B)  never carried out. 
C)  advocated by Frederick Douglass. 
D)  proposed by the African nation of Liberia. 
E)  an expression of widespread American racism. 
A)  a recognition of blacks' desire to preserve their culture. 
B)  never carried out. 
C)  advocated by Frederick Douglass. 
D)  proposed by the African nation of Liberia. 
E)  an expression of widespread American racism.

Question 10

To what extent was slavery an exceptionally cruel institution?

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Slavery was an exceptionally cruel insti

Question 11

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

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The text authors' comment that with the

Question 12

Assess the validity of the following statement,"White southerners ...liked the black as an individual but despised the race.The white northerner ...often professed to like the race but disliked individual blacks." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

I do not agree with this statement. It i

Question 13

All of the following were true of slavery in the South except that

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A)  slave life on the frontier was harder than that of life in the more settled areas. 
B)  a distinctive African American slave culture developed. 
C)  a typical planter had too much of his own prosperity riding on the backs of his slaves to beat them on a regular basis. 
D)  by 1860, most slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" of the Deep South. 
E)  most slaves were raised in single unstable parent households. 
A)  slave life on the frontier was harder than that of life in the more settled areas. 
B)  a distinctive African American slave culture developed. 
C)  a typical planter had too much of his own prosperity riding on the backs of his slaves to beat them on a regular basis. 
D)  by 1860, most slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" of the Deep South. 
E)  most slaves were raised in single unstable parent households.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elijah P.Lovejoy

Accepted Answer

Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-1837) was an Ame

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was an Ame

Question 16

For free blacks living in the North

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A)  living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites. 
B)  voting rights were widespread. 
C)  good jobs were plentiful. 
D)  education opened the door to economic opportunity. 
E)  discrimination was common. 
A)  living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites. 
B)  voting rights were widespread. 
C)  good jobs were plentiful. 
D)  education opened the door to economic opportunity. 
E)  discrimination was common.

Question 17

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.

Question 18

Forced separation of spouses,parents,and children was most common

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A)  in the Deep South. 
B)  on the large plantations. 
C)  on small plantations and in the upper South. 
D)  in the decade before the Civil War. 
E)  as a punishment for running away. 
A)  in the Deep South. 
B)  on the large plantations. 
C)  on small plantations and in the upper South. 
D)  in the decade before the Civil War. 
E)  as a punishment for running away.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Denmark Vesey

Accepted Answer

Denmark Vesey was an African American ma

Question 20

The slave culture was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  the breakdown of black family life. 
B)  frequent intermarriage between slaves who were close relatives. 
C)  a hybrid religion of Christian and African elements. 
D)  widespread illiteracy among slaves. 
E)  subtle forms of resistance to slavery. 
A)  the breakdown of black family life. 
B)  frequent intermarriage between slaves who were close relatives. 
C)  a hybrid religion of Christian and African elements. 
D)  widespread illiteracy among slaves. 
E)  subtle forms of resistance to slavery.

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

The most pro-Union of the white southerners were

Slaves regarded the least prosperous,nonslaveholding whites as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"positive good"

Match each abolitionist below with his publication.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -plantation system

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

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

Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as

The idea of transporting blacks back to Africa was

To what extent was slavery an exceptionally cruel institution?

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

Assess the validity of the following statement,"White southerners ...liked the black as an individual but despised the race.The white northerner ...often professed to like the race but disliked individual blacks." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

All of the following were true of slavery in the South except that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elijah P.Lovejoy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Quincy Adams

For free blacks living in the North

As their main crop,southern subsistence farmers raised

Forced separation of spouses,parents,and children was most common

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Denmark Vesey

The slave culture was characterized by

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