Question 1

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

Accepted Answer

A)  With other slaves,Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion. 
B)  Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home. 
C)  Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion. 
D)  A slave on a large plantation slowed down the work pace. 
E)  Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom. 
A)  With other slaves,Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion. 
B)  Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home. 
C)  Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion. 
D)  A slave on a large plantation slowed down the work pace. 
E)  Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom.

Question 2

After an 1831 slave rebellion,which state's legislature debated,but did not approve,a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia. 
B)  South Carolina. 
C)  Maryland. 
D)  North Carolina. 
E)  Louisiana. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  South Carolina. 
C)  Maryland. 
D)  North Carolina. 
E)  Louisiana.

Question 3

Which of the following statements is accurate about the work done by southern slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  The leasing of slaves ended by 1800. 
B)  Slaves were prohibited from supervising white laborers. 
C)  By the time of the Civil War,about 200,000 worked in industrial-type occupations. 
D)  The federal government used only ex-slaves to build public structures in the South. 
E)  After not being able to abolish slavery in the 1830s in Virginia,the state banned slaves from doing work in tobacco fields. 
A)  The leasing of slaves ended by 1800. 
B)  Slaves were prohibited from supervising white laborers. 
C)  By the time of the Civil War,about 200,000 worked in industrial-type occupations. 
D)  The federal government used only ex-slaves to build public structures in the South. 
E)  After not being able to abolish slavery in the 1830s in Virginia,the state banned slaves from doing work in tobacco fields.

Question 4

The term "Lords of the Loom" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  early New England factory owners. 
B)  preachers who wove heart-wrenching stories of slave suffering into their sermons. 
C)  planters who established textile operations on their plantations. 
D)  master artisans who produced cloth in the South. 
E)  an influential 1840s novel about slavery. 
A)  early New England factory owners. 
B)  preachers who wove heart-wrenching stories of slave suffering into their sermons. 
C)  planters who established textile operations on their plantations. 
D)  master artisans who produced cloth in the South. 
E)  an influential 1840s novel about slavery.

Question 5

Which of the following statements about slavery and the law is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because slaves were property,a master could kill any of his slaves for any reason. 
B)  Slaves were legally permitted to possess guns if guns were necessary for their work (tasks such as scaring birds away from rice fields,for example). 
C)  Laws specifically provided for a slave to be taught to read and write if the master so chose. 
D)  A slave could,with permission from his or her master,testify against a white person in court. 
E)  Slaves accused of serious crimes were entitled to their day in court,although they faced all-white judges and juries. 
A)  Because slaves were property,a master could kill any of his slaves for any reason. 
B)  Slaves were legally permitted to possess guns if guns were necessary for their work (tasks such as scaring birds away from rice fields,for example). 
C)  Laws specifically provided for a slave to be taught to read and write if the master so chose. 
D)  A slave could,with permission from his or her master,testify against a white person in court. 
E)  Slaves accused of serious crimes were entitled to their day in court,although they faced all-white judges and juries.

Question 6

In the New Testament,Jesus did not condemn slavery.What did this mean to southern slaveholders?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Bible was not good for defending slavery. 
B)  The New Testament could be used to endorse slavery. 
C)  Jesus was a slaveholder. 
D)  Slavery did not exist in the ancient Middle East. 
E)  Jesus left the freeing of slaves to Moses. 
A)  The Bible was not good for defending slavery. 
B)  The New Testament could be used to endorse slavery. 
C)  Jesus was a slaveholder. 
D)  Slavery did not exist in the ancient Middle East. 
E)  Jesus left the freeing of slaves to Moses.

Question 7

Who said that the language in the Declaration of Independence-that all men were created equal and entitled to liberty-was "the most false and dangerous of all political errors"?

Accepted Answer

A)  James Madison. 
B)  James G.Birney. 
C)  John C.Calhoun. 
D)  Denmark Vesey. 
E)  Solomon Northup. 
A)  James Madison. 
B)  James G.Birney. 
C)  John C.Calhoun. 
D)  Denmark Vesey. 
E)  Solomon Northup.

Question 8

On the eve of the Civil War,approximately how much of the world's cotton supply came from the southern United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  90 percent. 
B)  75 percent. 
C)  50 percent. 
D)  33 percent. 
E)  25 percent. 
A)  90 percent. 
B)  75 percent. 
C)  50 percent. 
D)  33 percent. 
E)  25 percent.

Question 9

Frederick Douglass argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)  slaves were truer to the principles of the Declaration of Independence than were most white Americans. 
B)  the United States should adopt a gradual emancipation plan that would eliminate slavery within forty years. 
C)  free blacks would be better off if they moved to Liberia,where a colony of former American slaves had been founded. 
D)  blacks should not serve in the U.S.army during the Civil War because of the racial discrimination they faced. 
E)  free African-Americans should "let down their buckets where they were" and accept inequality,at least for a period of time. 
A)  slaves were truer to the principles of the Declaration of Independence than were most white Americans. 
B)  the United States should adopt a gradual emancipation plan that would eliminate slavery within forty years. 
C)  free blacks would be better off if they moved to Liberia,where a colony of former American slaves had been founded. 
D)  blacks should not serve in the U.S.army during the Civil War because of the racial discrimination they faced. 
E)  free African-Americans should "let down their buckets where they were" and accept inequality,at least for a period of time.

Question 10

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In 1850,a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 to 5. 
B)  6 to 10. 
C)  15 to 20. 
D)  25 to 30. 
E)  at least 35. 
A)  1 to 5. 
B)  6 to 10. 
C)  15 to 20. 
D)  25 to 30. 
E)  at least 35.

Question 12

In an 1840 letter written from Canada,fugitive slave Joseph Taper asked for divine blessings upon:

Accepted Answer

A)  the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B)  his former master. 
C)  President Martin Van Buren. 
D)  abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. 
E)  Queen Victoria. 
A)  the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B)  his former master. 
C)  President Martin Van Buren. 
D)  abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. 
E)  Queen Victoria.

Question 13

Before his execution,how did Nat Turner see himself?

Accepted Answer

A)  He felt guilty about the killing of whites. 
B)  He felt he was dying for the sin of slavery. 
C)  He regretted that he did not escape permanently. 
D)  He felt as if he had wasted his time. 
E)  He felt as if he should have joined forces with John Brown. 
A)  He felt guilty about the killing of whites. 
B)  He felt he was dying for the sin of slavery. 
C)  He regretted that he did not escape permanently. 
D)  He felt as if he had wasted his time. 
E)  He felt as if he should have joined forces with John Brown.

Question 14

Despite being forbidden by law to marry,many slaves were able to create a family life on the plantation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Slave families:

Accepted Answer

A)  were rare because there were too few female slaves. 
B)  were more common in the West Indies,where living conditions favored their formation and survival. 
C)  were headed by women more frequently than were white families. 
D)  usually were able to stay together because most slaveowners were paternalistic. 
E)  avoided naming children for family members because children so often were sold,and it was better not to build strong kinship ties. 
A)  were rare because there were too few female slaves. 
B)  were more common in the West Indies,where living conditions favored their formation and survival. 
C)  were headed by women more frequently than were white families. 
D)  usually were able to stay together because most slaveowners were paternalistic. 
E)  avoided naming children for family members because children so often were sold,and it was better not to build strong kinship ties.

Question 16

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Turner and his followers assaulted mostly men. 
B)  Fewer than twenty whites were killed during the rebellion. 
C)  Turner escaped capture. 
D)  Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion. 
E)  It occurred in Georgia. 
A)  Turner and his followers assaulted mostly men. 
B)  Fewer than twenty whites were killed during the rebellion. 
C)  Turner escaped capture. 
D)  Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion. 
E)  It occurred in Georgia.

Question 17

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Quincy Adams

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 18

Most white southern families owned at least one slave.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Where did the task labor system originate from?

Accepted Answer

A)  It came from villages in West Africa. 
B)  It had been used in rural areas of England. 
C)  It started in the cotton belt areas of Mississippi and Alabama. 
D)  It had been recommended by southern Native American tribes. 
E)  It was a holdover from the colonial period. 
A)  It came from villages in West Africa. 
B)  It had been used in rural areas of England. 
C)  It started in the cotton belt areas of Mississippi and Alabama. 
D)  It had been recommended by southern Native American tribes. 
E)  It was a holdover from the colonial period.

Question 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-silent sabotage

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

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

After an 1831 slave rebellion,which state's legislature debated,but did not approve,a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

Which of the following statements is accurate about the work done by southern slaves?

The term "Lords of the Loom" refers to:

Which of the following statements about slavery and the law is true?

In the New Testament,Jesus did not condemn slavery.What did this mean to southern slaveholders?

Who said that the language in the Declaration of Independence-that all men were created equal and entitled to liberty-was "the most false and dangerous of all political errors"?

On the eve of the Civil War,approximately how much of the world's cotton supply came from the southern United States?

Frederick Douglass argued that:

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

In 1850,a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

In an 1840 letter written from Canada,fugitive slave Joseph Taper asked for divine blessings upon:

Before his execution,how did Nat Turner see himself?

Despite being forbidden by law to marry,many slaves were able to create a family life on the plantation.

Slave families:

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Quincy Adams

Most white southern families owned at least one slave.

Where did the task labor system originate from?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -silent sabotage

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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

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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

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Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

After an 1831 slave rebellion,which state's legislature debated,but did not approve,a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

Which of the following statements is accurate about the work done by southern slaves?

The term "Lords of the Loom" refers to:

Which of the following statements about slavery and the law is true?

In the New Testament,Jesus did not condemn slavery.What did this mean to southern slaveholders?

Who said that the language in the Declaration of Independence-that all men were created equal and entitled to liberty-was "the most false and dangerous of all political errors"?

On the eve of the Civil War,approximately how much of the world's cotton supply came from the southern United States?

Frederick Douglass argued that:

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

In 1850,a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

In an 1840 letter written from Canada,fugitive slave Joseph Taper asked for divine blessings upon:

Before his execution,how did Nat Turner see himself?

Despite being forbidden by law to marry,many slaves were able to create a family life on the plantation.

Slave families:

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Quincy Adams

Most white southern families owned at least one slave.

Where did the task labor system originate from?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -silent sabotage

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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