Question 1

Slave marriages

Accepted Answer

A) were not recognized by the law. 
B) were discouraged by slave owners. 
C) were legally binding. 
D) were not recognized or respected within the slave community. 
E) did not exist. 
A) were not recognized by the law. 
B) were discouraged by slave owners. 
C) were legally binding. 
D) were not recognized or respected within the slave community. 
E) did not exist.

Question 2

Southern yeoman farm communities relied largely on ____________________ for business transactions.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Southern yeoman farm communities relied largely on...

Question 3

In the plantation counties of coastal South Carolina

Accepted Answer

A) slave labor forces tended to be small. 
B) overseers closely supervised slaves in field work. 
C) slaves made up 80 percent of the population. 
D) work was organized by the "gang system." 
E) the healthy climate resulted in few diseases. 
A) slave labor forces tended to be small. 
B) overseers closely supervised slaves in field work. 
C) slaves made up 80 percent of the population. 
D) work was organized by the "gang system." 
E) the healthy climate resulted in few diseases.

Question 4

In 1790 the future of the plantation was in doubt due to the fall in value of tobacco.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The system of master-slave relations that developed in the nineteenth-century United States is best described as

Accepted Answer

A) paternal. 
B) mutual dependence. 
C) maternal. 
D) fraternal. 
E) social. 
A) paternal. 
B) mutual dependence. 
C) maternal. 
D) fraternal. 
E) social.

Question 6

By ____________________ most blacks considered themselves Christians.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By ____________________ most blacks considered themselves Christians....

Question 7

Slaves relied on ____________________ to create an extended family.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Slaves relied on ____________________ to create an...

Question 8

The system of master-slave relations that developed in the nineteenth-century United States is best described as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The system of master-slave relations that developed...

Question 9

In 1860,the value of southern slaves exceeded the investments in banking,railroads,and manufacturing combined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In 1860,the southern slave population was collectively worth

Accepted Answer

A) $400 million. 
B) $900 million. 
C) $1.3 billion. 
D) $2 billion. 
E) $3 billion. 
A) $400 million. 
B) $900 million. 
C) $1.3 billion. 
D) $2 billion. 
E) $3 billion.

Question 11

Slaves attended camp meetings and joined Baptist and Methodist congregations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Slave families and slave communities lost many of their members as slaves were sold to work in which region?

Accepted Answer

A) Southeast 
B) Southwest 
C) Caribbean 
D) New England 
E) South America 
A) Southeast 
B) Southwest 
C) Caribbean 
D) New England 
E) South America

Question 13

Nat Turner began his slave revolt after seeing a(n)____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Nat Turner began his slave revolt after...

Question 14

Between 1790 and 1850,the southern planters became more dependent on

Accepted Answer

A) France. 
B) Britain. 
C) Spain. 
D) Mexico. 
E) Portugal. 
A) France. 
B) Britain. 
C) Spain. 
D) Mexico. 
E) Portugal.

Question 15

Under the task system of slavery

Accepted Answer

A) masters allowed slaves to chose their work. 
B) slaves were unlikely to be punished. 
C) slaves worked less hard than under the gang system. 
D) one master would watch over slaves working on several plantations at one time. 
E) slaves were assigned daily specific work to be done. 
A) masters allowed slaves to chose their work. 
B) slaves were unlikely to be punished. 
C) slaves worked less hard than under the gang system. 
D) one master would watch over slaves working on several plantations at one time. 
E) slaves were assigned daily specific work to be done.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Gabriel's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

In 1800,a plot to overthrow Virginia's s

Question 17

Between 1800 and 1860,the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture

Accepted Answer

A) rose in north and fell in the south. 
B) fell in the north and rose in the south. 
C) rose both in the north and the south. 
D) fell in both the north and the south. 
E) had seen almost no change in either the north or the south. 
A) rose in north and fell in the south. 
B) fell in the north and rose in the south. 
C) rose both in the north and the south. 
D) fell in both the north and the south. 
E) had seen almost no change in either the north or the south.

Question 18

Few yeoman farmers in the south were wholly subject to market fluctuations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The terms used in both industry and agriculture to describe the economic advantages of concentrating capital,units of production,and output is ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The terms used in both industry and...

Question 20

When the international slave trade ended,an internal slave trade developed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: The Old South, 1790-1850

Slave marriages

Southern yeoman farm communities relied largely on ____________________ for business transactions.

In the plantation counties of coastal South Carolina

In 1790 the future of the plantation was in doubt due to the fall in value of tobacco.

The system of master-slave relations that developed in the nineteenth-century United States is best described as

By ____________________ most blacks considered themselves Christians.

Slaves relied on ____________________ to create an extended family.

The system of master-slave relations that developed in the nineteenth-century United States is best described as ____________________.

In 1860,the value of southern slaves exceeded the investments in banking,railroads,and manufacturing combined.

In 1860,the southern slave population was collectively worth

Slaves attended camp meetings and joined Baptist and Methodist congregations.

Slave families and slave communities lost many of their members as slaves were sold to work in which region?

Nat Turner began his slave revolt after seeing a(n)____________________.

Between 1790 and 1850,the southern planters became more dependent on

Under the task system of slavery

IDENTIFICATIONS -Gabriel's Rebellion

Between 1800 and 1860,the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture

Few yeoman farmers in the south were wholly subject to market fluctuations.

The terms used in both industry and agriculture to describe the economic advantages of concentrating capital,units of production,and output is ____________________.

When the international slave trade ended,an internal slave trade developed.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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