Question 1

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Gabriel Prosser

Accepted Answer

A) plotted a slave revolt near Richmond in 1800 
B) was hanged for killing her master when defending herself against a sexual assault 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) plantation mistress who was a critic of the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue
F)allegedly plotted slave rebellion in South Carolina
G)free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history just north of New Orleans
I)author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
J)led a slave revolt in 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia 
A) plotted a slave revolt near Richmond in 1800 
B) was hanged for killing her master when defending herself against a sexual assault 
C) ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution 
D) plantation mistress who was a critic of the plantation system 
E) led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue
F)allegedly plotted slave rebellion in South Carolina
G)free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history just north of New Orleans
I)author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
J)led a slave revolt in 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia

Question 2

The slave population in the South showed no significant growth between 1790 and 1830.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  paternalism 
B)  a slave code 
C)  civil law 
D)  slaveocracy 
E)  total control 
A)  paternalism 
B)  a slave code 
C)  civil law 
D)  slaveocracy 
E)  total control

Question 4

Why were slave women valued by slave owners?

Accepted Answer

A)  They exclusively did the household labor. 
B)  They had low birth rates due to their oppression. 
C)  Their ability to reproduce increased the number of slaves owned. 
D)  They were allowed to marry white men. 
E)  They were solely responsible for harvesting the fields. 
A)  They exclusively did the household labor. 
B)  They had low birth rates due to their oppression. 
C)  Their ability to reproduce increased the number of slaves owned. 
D)  They were allowed to marry white men. 
E)  They were solely responsible for harvesting the fields.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Gabriel Prosser

The slave population in the South showed no significant growth between 1790 and 1830.

The rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as:

Why were slave women valued by slave owners?

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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Exam 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Gabriel Prosser

The slave population in the South showed no significant growth between 1790 and 1830.

The rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as:

Why were slave women valued by slave owners?

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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