Question 1

One of the most common violations of the southern paternalistic code of behavior was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  plantation mistress cruelty to house servants 
B)  sexual abuse of female slaves by their masters 
C)  economic fraud against slaves 
D)  defiance of their husbands by plantation mistresses 
A)  plantation mistress cruelty to house servants 
B)  sexual abuse of female slaves by their masters 
C)  economic fraud against slaves 
D)  defiance of their husbands by plantation mistresses B

Question 2

In 1794, Reverend Absalom Jones and Reverend Richard Allen founded the first African American Baptist and Methodist churches in the city of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston 
B)  Philadelphia 
C)  Atlanta 
D)  Charleston 
A)  Boston 
B)  Philadelphia 
C)  Atlanta 
D)  Charleston B

Question 3

The most important export crops of the American colonial period were __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sugar, rice, and tobacco 
B)  indigo, sugar, and sorghum 
C)  cotton, tobacco, and rice 
D)  tobacco, rice, and indigo 
A)  sugar, rice, and tobacco 
B)  indigo, sugar, and sorghum 
C)  cotton, tobacco, and rice 
D)  tobacco, rice, and indigo D

Question 4

How did the Second Great Awakening of the 1790s affect African Americans in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  The number of African American converts and preachers grew rapidly, and African Americans founded their own independent churches. 
B)  Slaves were introduced to Christian tenets and beliefs for the first time since the arrival of the first Africans in the early 1600s. 
C)  Free and enslaved African Americans gave up African-based religious traditions and ceremonies. 
D)  Slaves accepted Christianity because it taught them obedience and peace. 
A)  The number of African American converts and preachers grew rapidly, and African Americans founded their own independent churches. 
B)  Slaves were introduced to Christian tenets and beliefs for the first time since the arrival of the first Africans in the early 1600s. 
C)  Free and enslaved African Americans gave up African-based religious traditions and ceremonies. 
D)  Slaves accepted Christianity because it taught them obedience and peace.

Question 5

What legal consequences did white masters face if they punished slaves excessively, generally abused their slaves, or raped slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  No legal action was taken against them. 
B)  Planters could be sentenced to jail for physically abusing slaves. 
C)  Planters had to pay fines, depending on the seriousness of the punishment. 
D)  Slaves were often removed from plantations of violent masters. 
A)  No legal action was taken against them. 
B)  Planters could be sentenced to jail for physically abusing slaves. 
C)  Planters had to pay fines, depending on the seriousness of the punishment. 
D)  Slaves were often removed from plantations of violent masters.

Question 6

How did the southern defense of slavery affect national politics after the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  By stifling debate in the South, it made compromise with the North impossible. 
B)  Many Northerners came to accept the southern view of slavery. 
C)  Non‒slave owners were driven out of the South. 
D)  Most Southerners increasingly questioned the wisdom of slavery. 
A)  By stifling debate in the South, it made compromise with the North impossible. 
B)  Many Northerners came to accept the southern view of slavery. 
C)  Non‒slave owners were driven out of the South. 
D)  Most Southerners increasingly questioned the wisdom of slavery.

Question 7

The planter ideology presented the male master as a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  father figure 
B)  king or emperor 
C)  corporate executive 
D)  factory supervisor 
A)  father figure 
B)  king or emperor 
C)  corporate executive 
D)  factory supervisor

Question 8

To what does the phrase "black belt" specifically refer in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  areas of greatest slave population 
B)  centers of large plantations 
C)  law codes that restricted free blacks 
D)  an area of fertile soil in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi 
A)  areas of greatest slave population 
B)  centers of large plantations 
C)  law codes that restricted free blacks 
D)  an area of fertile soil in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi

Question 9

How did the cotton gin affect the plantation economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  By making it possible to clean 50 pounds of cotton in a day, the cotton gin made cotton profitable. 
B)  Since only the wealthiest planters could afford a cotton gin, fewer farmers grew cotton. 
C)  Planters needed fewer slaves for their plantations. 
D)  Planters in Virginia became the biggest cotton producers. 
A)  By making it possible to clean 50 pounds of cotton in a day, the cotton gin made cotton profitable. 
B)  Since only the wealthiest planters could afford a cotton gin, fewer farmers grew cotton. 
C)  Planters needed fewer slaves for their plantations. 
D)  Planters in Virginia became the biggest cotton producers.

Question 10

By 1860, America's largest single export was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  tobacco 
B)  cotton 
C)  slaves 
D)  rice 
A)  tobacco 
B)  cotton 
C)  slaves 
D)  rice

Question 11

Which statement best explains why southern cities offered both slaves and free blacks greater opportunities in skilled occupations than did northern cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Low-paying jobs in the South failed to attract as much immigrant labor as similar employment opportunities in the North. 
B)  Southerners trusted slaves and free blacks more than Northerners did. 
C)  The South was more industrial than the North. 
D)  White Southerners refused to do any manual labor. 
A)  Low-paying jobs in the South failed to attract as much immigrant labor as similar employment opportunities in the North. 
B)  Southerners trusted slaves and free blacks more than Northerners did. 
C)  The South was more industrial than the North. 
D)  White Southerners refused to do any manual labor.

Question 12

How would the methods employed by southern plantation owners in managing their slaves be best described?

Accepted Answer

A)  as a system that claimed to be paternalistic, but was actually characterized by force and violence 
B)  based on a familial system with foundations in gentle persuasion and Christian love 
C)  distinguished by constant attention to the welfare of their slaves 
D)  characterized by indifference and inattention on the part of masters 
A)  as a system that claimed to be paternalistic, but was actually characterized by force and violence 
B)  based on a familial system with foundations in gentle persuasion and Christian love 
C)  distinguished by constant attention to the welfare of their slaves 
D)  characterized by indifference and inattention on the part of masters

Question 13

About what percentage of southern white people owned more than fifty slaves in 1830?

Accepted Answer

A)  2.5 percent 
B)  5 percent 
C)  7.5 percent 
D)  10 percent 
A)  2.5 percent 
B)  5 percent 
C)  7.5 percent 
D)  10 percent

Question 14

By the early 1800s, the South __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  had become a slave society 
B)  was a society with slaves 
C)  had begun to question the morality of slavery 
D)  depended less on slavery than during the colonial period 
A)  had become a slave society 
B)  was a society with slaves 
C)  had begun to question the morality of slavery 
D)  depended less on slavery than during the colonial period

Question 15

Aside from the slaves themselves, which group probably benefited least from the southern slave labor system?

Accepted Answer

A)  poor whites 
B)  middle-class professionals 
C)  yeoman farmers 
D)  large planters 
A)  poor whites 
B)  middle-class professionals 
C)  yeoman farmers 
D)  large planters

Question 16

What role did black Christianity play in the slave community?

Accepted Answer

A)  It helped slaves survive, giving them a spiritual freedom whites could not destroy. 
B)  Masters let slaves hold their own religious gatherings as a way to make them content with their status. 
C)  Christian teachings suppressed slaves' longing for freedom and justice. 
D)  Christianity played only a small role, since most slaves practiced African religions. 
A)  It helped slaves survive, giving them a spiritual freedom whites could not destroy. 
B)  Masters let slaves hold their own religious gatherings as a way to make them content with their status. 
C)  Christian teachings suppressed slaves' longing for freedom and justice. 
D)  Christianity played only a small role, since most slaves practiced African religions.

Question 17

Religion in the slave community __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  encouraged many slave rebellions 
B)  counted for little in the slaves' daily lives 
C)  was based entirely upon the slaves' African tribal traditions 
D)  combined African tribal traditions with evangelical Protestantism 
A)  encouraged many slave rebellions 
B)  counted for little in the slaves' daily lives 
C)  was based entirely upon the slaves' African tribal traditions 
D)  combined African tribal traditions with evangelical Protestantism

Question 18

Following the "Alabama Fever" of 1816-1820, several later surges of southern expansion carried cotton planting into __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Georgia 
B)  Texas 
C)  Kentucky 
D)  South Carolina 
A)  Georgia 
B)  Texas 
C)  Kentucky 
D)  South Carolina

Question 19

What did South Carolina Senator James Henry Hammond imply when he boasted that "Cotton is King"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The importance of cotton to the national and global economies entitled the South to play a major role in forming national policy. 
B)  European monarchies needed southern cotton to finance wars against their imperial rivals. 
C)  Profits from the sale of cotton were used to develop a sophisticated system of infrastructure in the South, making it the most dominant region in the nation. 
D)  The large amount of cotton resulted in the establishment of many textile factories in the South, making it a world leader in industrialization. 
A)  The importance of cotton to the national and global economies entitled the South to play a major role in forming national policy. 
B)  European monarchies needed southern cotton to finance wars against their imperial rivals. 
C)  Profits from the sale of cotton were used to develop a sophisticated system of infrastructure in the South, making it the most dominant region in the nation. 
D)  The large amount of cotton resulted in the establishment of many textile factories in the South, making it a world leader in industrialization.

Question 20

Southerners blamed Denmark Vesey's conspiracy on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the invention of the cotton gin 
B)  the publication of the Liberator 
C)  the Missouri Compromise crisis 
D)  British abolition of slavery in the West Indies 
A)  the invention of the cotton gin 
B)  the publication of the Liberator 
C)  the Missouri Compromise crisis 
D)  British abolition of slavery in the West Indies

Exam 10: The South and Slavery

One of the most common violations of the southern paternalistic code of behavior was __________.

In 1794, Reverend Absalom Jones and Reverend Richard Allen founded the first African American Baptist and Methodist churches in the city of __________.

The most important export crops of the American colonial period were __________.

How did the Second Great Awakening of the 1790s affect African Americans in the South?

What legal consequences did white masters face if they punished slaves excessively, generally abused their slaves, or raped slaves?

How did the southern defense of slavery affect national politics after the 1830s?

The planter ideology presented the male master as a __________.

To what does the phrase "black belt" specifically refer in the South?

How did the cotton gin affect the plantation economy?

By 1860, America's largest single export was __________.

Which statement best explains why southern cities offered both slaves and free blacks greater opportunities in skilled occupations than did northern cities?

How would the methods employed by southern plantation owners in managing their slaves be best described?

About what percentage of southern white people owned more than fifty slaves in 1830?

By the early 1800s, the South __________.

Aside from the slaves themselves, which group probably benefited least from the southern slave labor system?

What role did black Christianity play in the slave community?

Religion in the slave community __________.

Following the "Alabama Fever" of 1816-1820, several later surges of southern expansion carried cotton planting into __________.

What did South Carolina Senator James Henry Hammond imply when he boasted that "Cotton is King"?

Southerners blamed Denmark Vesey's conspiracy on __________.

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