Question 1

Free blacks in the South were allowed to:

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A)  own property. 
B)  be bought and sold. 
C)  carry a firearm. 
D)  testify in court. 
E)  vote. 
A)  own property. 
B)  be bought and sold. 
C)  carry a firearm. 
D)  testify in court. 
E)  vote.

Question 2

John C.Calhoun and George Fitzhugh:

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A)  agreed that slavery was not a necessary evil but something actually positive and good. 
B)  fought a famous duel that demonstrated the southern commitment to the idea of defending one's honor. 
C)  competed for power in Andrew Jackson's administration. 
D)  were known as two of the most vicious slaveholders,who regularly whipped their slaves. 
E)  agreed on the need for slavery but disagreed as to whether it actually was beneficial to society. 
A)  agreed that slavery was not a necessary evil but something actually positive and good. 
B)  fought a famous duel that demonstrated the southern commitment to the idea of defending one's honor. 
C)  competed for power in Andrew Jackson's administration. 
D)  were known as two of the most vicious slaveholders,who regularly whipped their slaves. 
E)  agreed on the need for slavery but disagreed as to whether it actually was beneficial to society.

Question 3

Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not; slaves led vastly healthier lives in regions other than the American South. 
B)  Southern Protestant churches encouraged better treatment of southern slaves than the Roman Catholic Church did with slaves in the Caribbean and South America. 
C)  The rising value of slaves made it profitable for slaveowners to take better care of them. 
D)  Laws in the South were far more protective of slaves than were laws concerning slaves elsewhere. 
E)  Southern slaves had a greater likelihood of becoming free than did other New World slaves. 
A)  They did not; slaves led vastly healthier lives in regions other than the American South. 
B)  Southern Protestant churches encouraged better treatment of southern slaves than the Roman Catholic Church did with slaves in the Caribbean and South America. 
C)  The rising value of slaves made it profitable for slaveowners to take better care of them. 
D)  Laws in the South were far more protective of slaves than were laws concerning slaves elsewhere. 
E)  Southern slaves had a greater likelihood of becoming free than did other New World slaves.

Question 4

When not in the field,slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies,slave revolts in the United States were:

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A)  larger in scale but less frequent. 
B)  smaller in scale but more frequent. 
C)  larger in scale and more frequent. 
D)  smaller in scale and less frequent. 
E)  bloodier and more successful. 
A)  larger in scale but less frequent. 
B)  smaller in scale but more frequent. 
C)  larger in scale and more frequent. 
D)  smaller in scale and less frequent. 
E)  bloodier and more successful.

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-white gold

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 7

Which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?

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A)  Nat Turner's Rebellion. 
B)  The nullification crisis. 
C)  The development of domestic ideology. 
D)  The closing of the African slave trade. 
E)  The secession crisis. 
A)  Nat Turner's Rebellion. 
B)  The nullification crisis. 
C)  The development of domestic ideology. 
D)  The closing of the African slave trade. 
E)  The secession crisis.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Second Middle Passage refers to the

Question 9

Celia was:

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A)  the pen name of Floride Calhoun,who secretly criticized her husband,John's,views on slavery. 
B)  a slave tried for killing her master while resisting a sexual assault. 
C)  the name used to signify a southern plantation mistress in writings about the institution. 
D)  a slave who became famous for helping other slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. 
E)  a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
A)  the pen name of Floride Calhoun,who secretly criticized her husband,John's,views on slavery. 
B)  a slave tried for killing her master while resisting a sexual assault. 
C)  the name used to signify a southern plantation mistress in writings about the institution. 
D)  a slave who became famous for helping other slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. 
E)  a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Question 10

After Nat Turner's Rebellion,the Virginia legislature discussed ending slavery in that state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the nineteenth century,which product was the world's major crop produced by slave labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tobacco. 
B)  Indigo. 
C)  Sorghum. 
D)  Cotton. 
E)  Rice. 
A)  Tobacco. 
B)  Indigo. 
C)  Sorghum. 
D)  Cotton. 
E)  Rice.

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Yeoman farmers

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

Despite unimaginable hardships,slaves were able to maintain a sense of identity and a determination to attain freedom.Describe how slave culture aided those endeavors and drove slaves' desire for freedom.Be sure to consider African heritage and slave family life,folklore,and religious life in your response.

Accepted Answer

Despite the unimaginable hardships they

Question 14

Slaves frequently named children after other family members to retain family continuity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Harriet Tubman

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 16

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

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818 – F

Question 17

Northerners who were not abolitionists did what in regards to slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many hoped to become slave owners. 
B)  A majority wanted the North to secede the union. 
C)  They faced a dilemma of conscience and law. 
D)  Most became members of the Underground Railroad. 
E)  Boycotted abolitionists' bazaars. 
A)  Many hoped to become slave owners. 
B)  A majority wanted the North to secede the union. 
C)  They faced a dilemma of conscience and law. 
D)  Most became members of the Underground Railroad. 
E)  Boycotted abolitionists' bazaars.

Question 18

What was the biggest fear of a slave of any age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Being whipped. 
B)  Not being taught to read. 
C)  Not being fed. 
D)  Having to work in a cotton field. 
E)  A family member being sold. 
A)  Being whipped. 
B)  Not being taught to read. 
C)  Not being fed. 
D)  Having to work in a cotton field. 
E)  A family member being sold.

Question 19

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Free blacks in the South were allowed to:

John C.Calhoun and George Fitzhugh:

Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

When not in the field,slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies,slave revolts in the United States were:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -white gold

Which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?

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

Celia was:

After Nat Turner's Rebellion,the Virginia legislature discussed ending slavery in that state.

In the nineteenth century,which product was the world's major crop produced by slave labor?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Yeoman farmers

Slaves frequently named children after other family members to retain family continuity.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Harriet Tubman

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

Northerners who were not abolitionists did what in regards to slavery?

What was the biggest fear of a slave of any age?

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

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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Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

Free blacks in the South were allowed to:

John C.Calhoun and George Fitzhugh:

Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

When not in the field,slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies,slave revolts in the United States were:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -white gold

Which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?

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

Celia was:

After Nat Turner's Rebellion,the Virginia legislature discussed ending slavery in that state.

In the nineteenth century,which product was the world's major crop produced by slave labor?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Yeoman farmers

Slaves frequently named children after other family members to retain family continuity.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Harriet Tubman

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

Northerners who were not abolitionists did what in regards to slavery?

What was the biggest fear of a slave of any age?

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

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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