Question 1

Prior to the Civil War,why did the South remain agriculturally based instead of diversifying its economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southerners shunned the idea of capitalism. 
B)  Planters made good profits and feared economic change. 
C)  There were too few cities in the South to support industry. 
D)  The South's earlier experiment with textile manufacture had failed. 
A)  Southerners shunned the idea of capitalism. 
B)  Planters made good profits and feared economic change. 
C)  There were too few cities in the South to support industry. 
D)  The South's earlier experiment with textile manufacture had failed. B

Question 2

Which statement characterizes white southerners in the antebellum South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most worked small farms with the help of only a few slaves. 
B)  The average white southerner owned about twenty slaves. 
C)  Most white southerners did not own slaves. 
D)  The majority of whites considered themselves planters. 
A)  Most worked small farms with the help of only a few slaves. 
B)  The average white southerner owned about twenty slaves. 
C)  Most white southerners did not own slaves. 
D)  The majority of whites considered themselves planters. C

Question 3

Explain how plain folk in both the plantation belt and the upcountry viewed the idea of white supremacy,and what led them to adopt these views.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Plantation Belt: Yeomen in the plantation belt lived within the orbit of the planter class and were tied to planters through patterns of reciprocity and mutual obligation.Many of these plain folk aspired to plantation life and,consequently,adopted the views of slave owners,in particular the view of the necessity of white supremacy.
Upcountry: Upcountry yeomen,though they had less contact with planters,also accepted white supremacy.They believed the planters' argument that the existing social order served all southerners' interests.By supporting slavery and white supremacy,even middling and poor whites felt they were part of the South's ruling class.

Question 4

Elite southerners maintained their power over the yeoman majority by

Accepted Answer

A)  using violent intimidation to gain votes. 
B)  convincing yeomen of their shared interests. 
C)  raising voter requirements to weed out poor voters. 
D)  proclaiming their moral superiority. 
A)  using violent intimidation to gain votes. 
B)  convincing yeomen of their shared interests. 
C)  raising voter requirements to weed out poor voters. 
D)  proclaiming their moral superiority.

Question 5

The economy of the upcountry South depended on

Accepted Answer

A)  slave ownership. 
B)  cash crops. 
C)  servant labor. 
D)  barter. 
A)  slave ownership. 
B)  cash crops. 
C)  servant labor. 
D)  barter.

Question 6

Which staple crop was grown almost exclusively along a narrow strip of coast stretching from the Carolinas into Georgia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tobacco 
B)  Sugar 
C)  Hemp 
D)  Rice 
A)  Tobacco 
B)  Sugar 
C)  Hemp 
D)  Rice

Question 7

Why were open slave revolts uncommon in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heavily armed whites outnumbered blacks two to one by 1860. 
B)  The majority of slaves believed slavery was better than being free and poor. 
C)  Slave religion discouraged open revolt. 
D)  Slaves lacked the organizational skills needed to stage a revolt. 
A)  Heavily armed whites outnumbered blacks two to one by 1860. 
B)  The majority of slaves believed slavery was better than being free and poor. 
C)  Slave religion discouraged open revolt. 
D)  Slaves lacked the organizational skills needed to stage a revolt.

Question 8

Historians use the term planter to identify whites who owned at least how many slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Five 
B)  Ten 
C)  Twenty 
D)  Fifty 
A)  Five 
B)  Ten 
C)  Twenty 
D)  Fifty

Question 9

How important was agriculture to the economy of the North in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  It played no role in the northern economy. 
B)  It dominated the northern economy as it did in the South. 
C)  It combined with commerce and manufacturing in a mixed economy. 
D)  It flourished in New England only. 
A)  It played no role in the northern economy. 
B)  It dominated the northern economy as it did in the South. 
C)  It combined with commerce and manufacturing in a mixed economy. 
D)  It flourished in New England only.

Question 10

Which statement describes the daily lives of southern women on the plantation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Elite women had few responsibilities. 
B)  They worked long hours performing plantation duties. 
C)  Women's only responsibility was to bear children. 
D)  They were only responsible for educating their children. 
A)  Elite women had few responsibilities. 
B)  They worked long hours performing plantation duties. 
C)  Women's only responsibility was to bear children. 
D)  They were only responsible for educating their children.

Question 11

By the 1850s,the political system of the white South

Accepted Answer

A)  had extended suffrage for all adult white males. 
B)  had restricted suffrage to keep yeomen from holding office. 
C)  was characterized by poor voter turnout. 
D)  was largely free from partisan voting. 
A)  had extended suffrage for all adult white males. 
B)  had restricted suffrage to keep yeomen from holding office. 
C)  was characterized by poor voter turnout. 
D)  was largely free from partisan voting.

Question 12

Although a new nation was created under the Constitution in 1789,there were already significant differences between the North and the South.Discuss the evolution of the South as a distinctive region economically.What role did slavery play? How did white southerners enforce slavery and argue its positive aspects?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Westward M

Question 13

Which of the following restrictions was placed on the 260,000 free blacks in the South by 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  They could not legally marry. 
B)  They could not participate in politics. 
C)  They could not own any property. 
D)  They could not own slaves. 
A)  They could not legally marry. 
B)  They could not participate in politics. 
C)  They could not own any property. 
D)  They could not own slaves.

Question 14

Explain how the politics of slavery helped knit together all of white society in the South.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
White Supr

Question 15

Why did planters promote Christianity in the slave quarters?

Accepted Answer

A)  They didn't want infidels playing with their children. 
B)  They hoped that religion would help the slaves live longer. 
C)  They believed Christianity would make slaves more obedient. 
D)  Evangelicals were advocating Christianizing the slaves. 
A)  They didn't want infidels playing with their children. 
B)  They hoped that religion would help the slaves live longer. 
C)  They believed Christianity would make slaves more obedient. 
D)  Evangelicals were advocating Christianizing the slaves.

Question 16

How did white Virginians respond to the violence of Nat Turner's rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many emancipated their slaves. 
B)  The legislature passed laws to encourage more lenient treatment of slaves. 
C)  They blamed the revolt on outside agitators. 
D)  Planters started to openly criticize the institution of slavery. 
A)  Many emancipated their slaves. 
B)  The legislature passed laws to encourage more lenient treatment of slaves. 
C)  They blamed the revolt on outside agitators. 
D)  Planters started to openly criticize the institution of slavery.

Question 17

Most plantation mistresses kept their opinions on issues to themselves,but the diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut echoed most women in railing against

Accepted Answer

A)  miscegenation. 
B)  racial discrimination. 
C)  the institution of slavery. 
D)  the South's lack of public schools. 
A)  miscegenation. 
B)  racial discrimination. 
C)  the institution of slavery. 
D)  the South's lack of public schools.

Question 18

Why was the cotton kingdom also a slave empire?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Success of

Question 19

The large numbers of blacks in the antebellum South had profound effects on the region.Give several examples of how blacks influenced southern culture.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Black Infl

Question 20

The lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" portrays anxiety over what possible effect of emancipation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free blacks taking white jobs 
B)  Interracial marriage 
C)  Revenge killing of white slave owners by free blacks 
D)  The economic collapse of the South 
A)  Free blacks taking white jobs 
B)  Interracial marriage 
C)  Revenge killing of white slave owners by free blacks 
D)  The economic collapse of the South

Prior to the Civil War,why did the South remain agriculturally based instead of diversifying its economy?

Which statement characterizes white southerners in the antebellum South?

Explain how plain folk in both the plantation belt and the upcountry viewed the idea of white supremacy,and what led them to adopt these views.

Elite southerners maintained their power over the yeoman majority by

The economy of the upcountry South depended on

Which staple crop was grown almost exclusively along a narrow strip of coast stretching from the Carolinas into Georgia?

Why were open slave revolts uncommon in the South?

Historians use the term planter to identify whites who owned at least how many slaves?

How important was agriculture to the economy of the North in the mid-nineteenth century?

Which statement describes the daily lives of southern women on the plantation?

By the 1850s,the political system of the white South

Which of the following restrictions was placed on the 260,000 free blacks in the South by 1860?

Explain how the politics of slavery helped knit together all of white society in the South.

Why did planters promote Christianity in the slave quarters?

How did white Virginians respond to the violence of Nat Turner's rebellion?

Most plantation mistresses kept their opinions on issues to themselves,but the diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut echoed most women in railing against

Why was the cotton kingdom also a slave empire?

The large numbers of blacks in the antebellum South had profound effects on the region.Give several examples of how blacks influenced southern culture.

The lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" portrays anxiety over what possible effect of emancipation?

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Exam 13: The Slave South 1820-1860

Prior to the Civil War,why did the South remain agriculturally based instead of diversifying its economy?

Which statement characterizes white southerners in the antebellum South?

Explain how plain folk in both the plantation belt and the upcountry viewed the idea of white supremacy,and what led them to adopt these views.

Elite southerners maintained their power over the yeoman majority by

The economy of the upcountry South depended on

Which staple crop was grown almost exclusively along a narrow strip of coast stretching from the Carolinas into Georgia?

Why were open slave revolts uncommon in the South?

Historians use the term planter to identify whites who owned at least how many slaves?

How important was agriculture to the economy of the North in the mid-nineteenth century?

Which statement describes the daily lives of southern women on the plantation?

By the 1850s,the political system of the white South

Which of the following restrictions was placed on the 260,000 free blacks in the South by 1860?

Explain how the politics of slavery helped knit together all of white society in the South.

Why did planters promote Christianity in the slave quarters?

How did white Virginians respond to the violence of Nat Turner's rebellion?

Most plantation mistresses kept their opinions on issues to themselves,but the diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut echoed most women in railing against

Why was the cotton kingdom also a slave empire?

The large numbers of blacks in the antebellum South had profound effects on the region.Give several examples of how blacks influenced southern culture.

The lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" portrays anxiety over what possible effect of emancipation?

Ancient America Before 1492

Europeans Encounter the New World 1492-1600

The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 1601-1700

The Northern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 1601-1700

Colonial America in the Eighteenth Century 1701-1770

The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis 1754-1775

The War for America 1775-1783

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