Question 1

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Solomon Northup

Accepted Answer

A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave 
A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave K

Question 2

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was minimal,which explains why northerners opposed slavery. 
B)  Many northerners profited from investing in real-estate partnerships that controlled southern plantations. 
C)  A few New York shipping companies benefited from slavery,but the institution had little effect otherwise. 
D)  Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North. 
E)  Southern slavery drained resources from the North and helped keep the whole nation in a depression during the 1850s. 
A)  It was minimal,which explains why northerners opposed slavery. 
B)  Many northerners profited from investing in real-estate partnerships that controlled southern plantations. 
C)  A few New York shipping companies benefited from slavery,but the institution had little effect otherwise. 
D)  Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North. 
E)  Southern slavery drained resources from the North and helped keep the whole nation in a depression during the 1850s. D

Question 3

A slave that worked primarily in cotton fields most likely lived in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Richmond,Virginia. 
B)  western North Carolina. 
C)  Natchez,Mississippi. 
D)  Jacksonville,Florida. 
E)  eastern Tennessee. 
A)  Richmond,Virginia. 
B)  western North Carolina. 
C)  Natchez,Mississippi. 
D)  Jacksonville,Florida. 
E)  eastern Tennessee. C

Question 4

In 1860,what percentage of southern white families were in the slaveowning class?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 percent. 
B)  25 percent. 
C)  40 percent. 
D)  55 percent. 
E)  75 percent. 
A)  10 percent. 
B)  25 percent. 
C)  40 percent. 
D)  55 percent. 
E)  75 percent.

Question 5

Gender roles under slavery:

Accepted Answer

A)  were the same as those that existed in white society. 
B)  differed from those of white society because men and women alike suffered a sense of powerlessness. 
C)  greatly differed from those of whites when slaves were able to work on their own; the men took on more women's work and vice versa. 
D)  meant that slave husbands refused to let their wives work in the fields. 
E)  were unaffected by the ability of masters to take advantage of female slaves sexually. 
A)  were the same as those that existed in white society. 
B)  differed from those of white society because men and women alike suffered a sense of powerlessness. 
C)  greatly differed from those of whites when slaves were able to work on their own; the men took on more women's work and vice versa. 
D)  meant that slave husbands refused to let their wives work in the fields. 
E)  were unaffected by the ability of masters to take advantage of female slaves sexually.

Question 6

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What was the key to developing an African-American slave community?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was no slave community. 
B)  Slaves needed to be set free by their masters. 
C)  Slaves had to escape bondage before developing a community. 
D)  Slaves needed to have family members near them. 
E)  Slaves had to forget their African pasts. 
A)  There was no slave community. 
B)  Slaves needed to be set free by their masters. 
C)  Slaves had to escape bondage before developing a community. 
D)  Slaves needed to have family members near them. 
E)  Slaves had to forget their African pasts.

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-overseer

Accepted Answer

A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two,if any,slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale 
A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two,if any,slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale

Question 9

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-the Amistad

Accepted Answer

The Amistad was a Spanish slave ship tha

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Second Middle Passage

Accepted Answer

A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two,if any,slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale 
A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two,if any,slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale

Question 11

What was true of the South and slavery in nineteenth-century America?

Accepted Answer

A)  England did not need cotton from the South. 
B)  The South's total population consisted of 20 percent slaves. 
C)  As it moved closer to 1860,the rate of natural increase for the slave population was decreasing. 
D)  The amount of money invested in slavery was a small part of the economy. 
E)  The Old South had developed into the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known. 
A)  England did not need cotton from the South. 
B)  The South's total population consisted of 20 percent slaves. 
C)  As it moved closer to 1860,the rate of natural increase for the slave population was decreasing. 
D)  The amount of money invested in slavery was a small part of the economy. 
E)  The Old South had developed into the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known.

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-paternalism

Accepted Answer

A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two,if any,slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale 
A) system to help slaves escape to the North 
B) slave trade within the United States 
C) poor work and breakage of tools 
D) slavery 
E) managed slaves in the field
F)community of freed Virginian slaves
G)treating slaves in a fatherly manner
H)working in the fields side-by-side
I)had one or two,if any,slaves
J)boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
K)cotton
L)trickster tale

Question 13

By 1860,the economic investment represented by the slave population exceeded the value of the nation's factories,railroads,and banks combined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-George Fitzhugh

Accepted Answer

A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave 
A) southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy 
B) led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia 
C) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba 
D) favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa 
E) escaped slave who led the abolitionist movement
F)slave executed for conspiracy
G)defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical society
H)outspoken proslavery politician
I)part of an organization helping slaves escape to the North
J)slave executed for killing her master
K)southern editor
L)Twelve Years a Slave

Question 15

What was the name of the vibrant community of former slaves freed by Virginian Richard Randolph?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sea Island. 
B)  Mount Vernon. 
C)  Israel Hill. 
D)  Sherman's Land. 
E)  Promised Land. 
A)  Sea Island. 
B)  Mount Vernon. 
C)  Israel Hill. 
D)  Sherman's Land. 
E)  Promised Land.

Question 16

The plantation masters had many means to maintain order among their slaves.According to the text,what was the most powerful weapon the plantation masters had?

Accepted Answer

A)  Requiring slaves to attend church. 
B)  The threat of sale. 
C)  Exploiting the divisions among slaves. 
D)  Withholding food. 
E)  Denying a marriage between two slaves. 
A)  Requiring slaves to attend church. 
B)  The threat of sale. 
C)  Exploiting the divisions among slaves. 
D)  Withholding food. 
E)  Denying a marriage between two slaves.

Question 17

What was the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

A)  It used a system of railways to transport slaves. 
B)  It was a series of interlocking local networks involving abolitionists. 
C)  It used a single,centralized system with tunnels for slaves. 
D)  It employed encrypted codes and clearly defined routes and stations. 
E)  It helped 100,000 slaves to escape. 
A)  It used a system of railways to transport slaves. 
B)  It was a series of interlocking local networks involving abolitionists. 
C)  It used a single,centralized system with tunnels for slaves. 
D)  It employed encrypted codes and clearly defined routes and stations. 
E)  It helped 100,000 slaves to escape.

Question 18

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many northern states had slaves at one time. 
B)  Some slaves ran away to northern states. 
C)  Some slaveholders were originally from the North. 
D)  Most in the North wanted to reopen the importation of slaves. 
E)  Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased. 
A)  Many northern states had slaves at one time. 
B)  Some slaves ran away to northern states. 
C)  Some slaveholders were originally from the North. 
D)  Most in the North wanted to reopen the importation of slaves. 
E)  Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased.

Question 19

Slave religion:

Accepted Answer

A)  was based entirely on what slaves learned and heard from white ministers. 
B)  existed without approval from masters,who thought that letting slaves learn about religion might weaken their control. 
C)  benefited from masters assigning a member of each slave quarters to serve as a slave chaplain. 
D)  combined African traditions and Christian beliefs. 
E)  died out by the early 1820s because of strong opposition from whites. 
A)  was based entirely on what slaves learned and heard from white ministers. 
B)  existed without approval from masters,who thought that letting slaves learn about religion might weaken their control. 
C)  benefited from masters assigning a member of each slave quarters to serve as a slave chaplain. 
D)  combined African traditions and Christian beliefs. 
E)  died out by the early 1820s because of strong opposition from whites.

Question 20

In the South,the paternalist ethos:

Accepted Answer

A)  reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him. 
B)  declined after the War of 1812 as southern society became more centered on market relations rather than on personal relations. 
C)  suffered because southern slaveholders lived among their slaves,so that the groups' constant exposure to each other made southern slavery more openly violent than elsewhere. 
D)  brought southern society closer to northern ideals. 
E)  encouraged southern women to become more active and better educated so that they could help their husbands in their paternal roles. 
A)  reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him. 
B)  declined after the War of 1812 as southern society became more centered on market relations rather than on personal relations. 
C)  suffered because southern slaveholders lived among their slaves,so that the groups' constant exposure to each other made southern slavery more openly violent than elsewhere. 
D)  brought southern society closer to northern ideals. 
E)  encouraged southern women to become more active and better educated so that they could help their husbands in their paternal roles.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Solomon Northup

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

A slave that worked primarily in cotton fields most likely lived in:

In 1860,what percentage of southern white families were in the slaveowning class?

Gender roles under slavery:

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

What was the key to developing an African-American slave community?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -overseer

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -the Amistad

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Second Middle Passage

What was true of the South and slavery in nineteenth-century America?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -paternalism

By 1860,the economic investment represented by the slave population exceeded the value of the nation's factories,railroads,and banks combined.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -George Fitzhugh

What was the name of the vibrant community of former slaves freed by Virginian Richard Randolph?

The plantation masters had many means to maintain order among their slaves.According to the text,what was the most powerful weapon the plantation masters had?

What was the Underground Railroad?

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?

Slave religion:

In the South,the paternalist ethos:

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Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Solomon Northup

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

A slave that worked primarily in cotton fields most likely lived in:

In 1860,what percentage of southern white families were in the slaveowning class?

Gender roles under slavery:

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

What was the key to developing an African-American slave community?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -overseer

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -the Amistad

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Second Middle Passage

What was true of the South and slavery in nineteenth-century America?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -paternalism

By 1860,the economic investment represented by the slave population exceeded the value of the nation's factories,railroads,and banks combined.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -George Fitzhugh

What was the name of the vibrant community of former slaves freed by Virginian Richard Randolph?

The plantation masters had many means to maintain order among their slaves.According to the text,what was the most powerful weapon the plantation masters had?

What was the Underground Railroad?

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?

Slave religion:

In the South,the paternalist ethos:

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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