Question 1

Joseph Cinqué led a slave rebellion:

Accepted Answer

A)  that nearly captured a fort in Charleston, South Carolina. 
B)  aboard the Amistad. 
C)  that inspired the gag rule. 
D)  in southern Virginia. 
E)  that established the Republic of Haiti. 
A)  that nearly captured a fort in Charleston, South Carolina. 
B)  aboard the Amistad. 
C)  that inspired the gag rule. 
D)  in southern Virginia. 
E)  that established the Republic of Haiti. B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

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. A

Question 4

John
C. Calhoun's key contribution to the proslavery argument was the claim that slavery was a necessary evil.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Slaves had a few legal rights, but they were not well enforced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Celia was:

Accepted Answer

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 7

Free blacks in the United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  had the same rights as whites in the North but faced far more restrictions on their freedom in the South. 
B)  tended to live in rural areas if they lived in the Lower South. 
C)  sometimes became wealthy enough to own slaves. 
D)  made up nearly one-third of the African-American population in the South. 
E)  could testify in court and vote in most states, but could carry firearms only with the approval of the local sheriff. 
A)  had the same rights as whites in the North but faced far more restrictions on their freedom in the South. 
B)  tended to live in rural areas if they lived in the Lower South. 
C)  sometimes became wealthy enough to own slaves. 
D)  made up nearly one-third of the African-American population in the South. 
E)  could testify in court and vote in most states, but could carry firearms only with the approval of the local sheriff.

Question 8

The Brer Rabbit stories of slave folklore:

Accepted Answer

A)  celebrated how the weak could outsmart the more powerful. 
B)  borrowed heavily from English folktales but did add some African elements. 
C)  formed the basis of Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
D)  introduced the character Paul Bunyan to American culture. 
E)  were largely unknown until the making of a series of animated films in the twentieth century. 
A)  celebrated how the weak could outsmart the more powerful. 
B)  borrowed heavily from English folktales but did add some African elements. 
C)  formed the basis of Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
D)  introduced the character Paul Bunyan to American culture. 
E)  were largely unknown until the making of a series of animated films in the twentieth century.

Question 9

Fugitive slaves:

Accepted Answer

A)  generally understood that the North Star led to freedom. 
B)  were more likely to be women than men, because they were trying to escape sexual assault. 
C)  succeeded in escaping more frequently from the Deep South because they had access to ships leaving ports like New Orleans and Charleston. 
D)  benefited from the refusal of non-slaveowners to participate in patrols that looked for fugitives. 
E)  who escaped to Canada were routinely returned to slavery by the British authorities. 
A)  generally understood that the North Star led to freedom. 
B)  were more likely to be women than men, because they were trying to escape sexual assault. 
C)  succeeded in escaping more frequently from the Deep South because they had access to ships leaving ports like New Orleans and Charleston. 
D)  benefited from the refusal of non-slaveowners to participate in patrols that looked for fugitives. 
E)  who escaped to Canada were routinely returned to slavery by the British authorities.

Question 10

On the plantation, the white employee in charge of ensuring a profitable crop for the plantation master was called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  journeyman. 
B)  slave driver. 
C)  chain gang. 
D)  overseer. 
E)  deputy master. 
A)  journeyman. 
B)  slave driver. 
C)  chain gang. 
D)  overseer. 
E)  deputy master.

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

MATCHING
-Andrew Johnson

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 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 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 13

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 14

MATCHING
-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 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 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

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, slave family life, folklore, and religious life in your response.

Accepted Answer

Despite the unimaginable hardships faced

Question 16

Most white southerner families owned at least one slave.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

From 1840 to 1860, the price of a "prime field hand":

Accepted Answer

A)  rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southern whites to enter the slaveholding class. 
B)  rose less than 10 percent, which kept the size of the planter class about the same. 
C)  declined about 15 percent as the supply of slaves in the internal slave trade increased. 
D)  became so inexpensive that the slaveholding class grew to include nearly two-thirds of southern whites. 
E)  declined because labor-intensive agricultural work became less popular in the South. 
A)  rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southern whites to enter the slaveholding class. 
B)  rose less than 10 percent, which kept the size of the planter class about the same. 
C)  declined about 15 percent as the supply of slaves in the internal slave trade increased. 
D)  became so inexpensive that the slaveholding class grew to include nearly two-thirds of southern whites. 
E)  declined because labor-intensive agricultural work became less popular in the South.

Question 18

MATCHING
-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 19

Which of the following was NOT true of the South and its economy in the period from 1800 to 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern cities, like New Orleans and Baltimore, lay mainly on the periphery of the South. 
B)  The South produced nearly two-fifths of the nation's manufactured goods, especially cotton textiles. 
C)  Slavery helped to discourage the immigration of white workers to the South, with notable exceptions such as New Orleans. 
D)  Slavery proved very profitable for most slave owners. 
E)  Southern banks existed mainly to finance plantations. 
A)  Southern cities, like New Orleans and Baltimore, lay mainly on the periphery of the South. 
B)  The South produced nearly two-fifths of the nation's manufactured goods, especially cotton textiles. 
C)  Slavery helped to discourage the immigration of white workers to the South, with notable exceptions such as New Orleans. 
D)  Slavery proved very profitable for most slave owners. 
E)  Southern banks existed mainly to finance plantations.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Fugitive slaves were enslaved individual

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

Joseph Cinqué led a slave rebellion:

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

The term "Lords of the Loom" refers to:

John C. Calhoun's key contribution to the proslavery argument was the claim that slavery was a necessary evil.

Slaves had a few legal rights, but they were not well enforced.

Celia was:

Free blacks in the United States:

The Brer Rabbit stories of slave folklore:

Fugitive slaves:

On the plantation, the white employee in charge of ensuring a profitable crop for the plantation master was called the:

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

MATCHING -Andrew Johnson

Slave families:

MATCHING -John Quincy Adams

Most white southerner families owned at least one slave.

From 1840 to 1860, the price of a "prime field hand":

MATCHING -Yeoman farmers

Which of the following was NOT true of the South and its economy in the period from 1800 to 1860?

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

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 -1789

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

Americas Gilded Age, 1870 -1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890 -1900

The Progressive Era, 1900 -1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916 -1920

From Business Culture to the Great Depression: the Twenties, 1920 -1932

The New Deal, 1932 -1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War Ii, 1941 -1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945 -1953

An Affluent Society, 1953 -1960

The Sixties, 1960 -1968

The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 -1988

Globalization and Its Discontents,1989 -2000

September 11 and the Next American Century

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