Question 1

In the period from 1830 to 1860, the North and the South were different in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  The South, unlike the North, did not experience the booms and busts of the market economy. 
B)  Entrepreneurs in the South, unlike those in the North, operated outside the newly emerging market economy. 
C)  Urban growth was slower in the South than in the North. 
D)  Wealth and property were more evenly divided in the North than in the South. 
A)  The South, unlike the North, did not experience the booms and busts of the market economy. 
B)  Entrepreneurs in the South, unlike those in the North, operated outside the newly emerging market economy. 
C)  Urban growth was slower in the South than in the North. 
D)  Wealth and property were more evenly divided in the North than in the South. C

Question 2

Approximately what percentage of white southern families owned no slaves in 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  25 percent 
B)  45 percent 
C)  55 percent 
D)  75 percent 
A)  25 percent 
B)  45 percent 
C)  55 percent 
D)  75 percent D

Question 3

The absence of highly developed schools, churches, and libraries in the South between 1800 and 1860 may be explained by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southerners did not enjoy socializing as much as their northern counterparts. 
B)  Most southerners were far too busy to devote time to nonwork activities. 
C)  Southerners were afraid that the presence of such institutions would lead to a mixture of the races. 
D)  The South's low population density meant that financing and operating such institutions was difficult. 
A)  Southerners did not enjoy socializing as much as their northern counterparts. 
B)  Most southerners were far too busy to devote time to nonwork activities. 
C)  Southerners were afraid that the presence of such institutions would lead to a mixture of the races. 
D)  The South's low population density meant that financing and operating such institutions was difficult. D

Question 4

Until the 1840s, the North and the South were similar in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both regions tried to apply the states' rights doctrine against federal authority with nearly equal frequency. 
B)  Both regions had an equal commitment to industrialization. 
C)  Slavery was clearly profitable in both regions. 
D)  Both regions invested heavily in the building of canals and railroads. 
A)  Both regions tried to apply the states' rights doctrine against federal authority with nearly equal frequency. 
B)  Both regions had an equal commitment to industrialization. 
C)  Slavery was clearly profitable in both regions. 
D)  Both regions invested heavily in the building of canals and railroads.

Question 5

The slave population in North America was unique in which of the following respects?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the only slave population in the New World to experience physical cruelty. 
B)  It was the only slave population in the New World that naturally reproduced itself. 
C)  It was the only slave population in the New World to have legal recourse against abusive masters. 
D)  It was the only slave population in the New World to have an excess of men over women. 
A)  It was the only slave population in the New World to experience physical cruelty. 
B)  It was the only slave population in the New World that naturally reproduced itself. 
C)  It was the only slave population in the New World to have legal recourse against abusive masters. 
D)  It was the only slave population in the New World to have an excess of men over women.

Question 6

Which of the following best describes the diet of most slaves in the antebellum South?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was monotonous and lacked proper nutritional value. 
B)  It was healthy and nutritious. 
C)  It was so inadequate that many slaves lived on the verge of starvation. 
D)  It was usually devoid of meat. 
A)  It was monotonous and lacked proper nutritional value. 
B)  It was healthy and nutritious. 
C)  It was so inadequate that many slaves lived on the verge of starvation. 
D)  It was usually devoid of meat.

Question 7

Which of the following is an explanation for the absence of serious conflict between slaveholders and nonslaveholders in the antebellum South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nonslaveholders recognized and accepted the superiority of the planter class. 
B)  Despite their wealth and power, slaveholders did not expect special privileges. 
C)  They closely relied on each other economically. 
D)  Socially and economically the two groups operated independently of each other. 
A)  Nonslaveholders recognized and accepted the superiority of the planter class. 
B)  Despite their wealth and power, slaveholders did not expect special privileges. 
C)  They closely relied on each other economically. 
D)  Socially and economically the two groups operated independently of each other.

Question 8

Which of the following is true of Nat Turner?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was convicted and executed in the early 1830s for having planned and executed a violent slave revolt. 
B)  He became an outspoken abolitionist after escaping to the North. 
C)  He regularly conducted raids into the slave states to help blacks escape to freedom. 
D)  He conducted extensive interviews with runaway slaves in writing antislavery pamphlets published in the 1830s. 
A)  He was convicted and executed in the early 1830s for having planned and executed a violent slave revolt. 
B)  He became an outspoken abolitionist after escaping to the North. 
C)  He regularly conducted raids into the slave states to help blacks escape to freedom. 
D)  He conducted extensive interviews with runaway slaves in writing antislavery pamphlets published in the 1830s.

Question 9

Which of the following is true of landless whites in the South between 1830 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  They usually relied on public relief agencies for food, clothing, and shelter. 
B)  They often struggled to save enough money from their meager wages to buy land. 
C)  They were usually able to obtain steady employment. 
D)  Their economic status was comparable to that of most yeoman farmers. 
A)  They usually relied on public relief agencies for food, clothing, and shelter. 
B)  They often struggled to save enough money from their meager wages to buy land. 
C)  They were usually able to obtain steady employment. 
D)  Their economic status was comparable to that of most yeoman farmers.

Question 10

Stories such as the 'Brer Rabbit folktales were actually stories about

Accepted Answer

A)  racial violence on the plantation. 
B)  survival and resistance. 
C)  violent rebellion against the slave system. 
D)  the importance of family. 
A)  racial violence on the plantation. 
B)  survival and resistance. 
C)  violent rebellion against the slave system. 
D)  the importance of family.

Question 11

Which of the following arguments was offered by southerners as a defense of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks as a race are more physical and less intellectual than whites; therefore, slavery is the natural condition of blacks. 
B)  By climate and geography, the South is destined to be and to remain a slave society. 
C)  Slavery is the major means by which all nonwhites throughout the world may ultimately be lifted to a more civilized state. 
D)  God has decreed that slavery be used to carry His message to the infidels of the world. 
A)  Blacks as a race are more physical and less intellectual than whites; therefore, slavery is the natural condition of blacks. 
B)  By climate and geography, the South is destined to be and to remain a slave society. 
C)  Slavery is the major means by which all nonwhites throughout the world may ultimately be lifted to a more civilized state. 
D)  God has decreed that slavery be used to carry His message to the infidels of the world.

Question 12

Which of the following is true of the average southern slaveholder?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was born into plantation aristocracy. 
B)  He was a man of great wealth. 
C)  He was refined in manner and generally well educated. 
D)  He was an aspiring farmer rather than a wealthy aristocrat. 
A)  He was born into plantation aristocracy. 
B)  He was a man of great wealth. 
C)  He was refined in manner and generally well educated. 
D)  He was an aspiring farmer rather than a wealthy aristocrat.

Question 13

Largely as a result of having become a slave society, the Old South

Accepted Answer

A)  rejected wealth as a determinant of one's social position. 
B)  accepted the concept that there was honor in all labor, even manual labor. 
C)  rejected the wage labor system of the North and West. 
D)  accepted the concept of democracy more readily that the North. 
A)  rejected wealth as a determinant of one's social position. 
B)  accepted the concept that there was honor in all labor, even manual labor. 
C)  rejected the wage labor system of the North and West. 
D)  accepted the concept of democracy more readily that the North.

Question 14

In response to the Nat Turner Rebellion, many southern states passed laws

Accepted Answer

A)  that forbade masters from freeing their slaves. 
B)  making it easier for slaves to purchase their freedom. 
C)  that allowed slaves more freedom of movement. 
D)  against educating blacks. 
A)  that forbade masters from freeing their slaves. 
B)  making it easier for slaves to purchase their freedom. 
C)  that allowed slaves more freedom of movement. 
D)  against educating blacks.

Question 15

Slave narratives suggest that slaves considered the worst aspect of slavery to be the

Accepted Answer

A)  physical pain they endured from whippings and beatings. 
B)  psychological trauma of being considered inferiors. 
C)  unsanitary conditions in which they were forced to live. 
D)  coercion, lack of freedom, and little hope for change, all of which were part of the nature of slavery itself. 
A)  physical pain they endured from whippings and beatings. 
B)  psychological trauma of being considered inferiors. 
C)  unsanitary conditions in which they were forced to live. 
D)  coercion, lack of freedom, and little hope for change, all of which were part of the nature of slavery itself.

Question 16

"[They have] found out a fearful alchemy by which...blood can be transformed into gold. Instead of listening to the cry of agony, they listen to the ring of dollars and stoop down to pick up the coin." This 1857 quotation most likely refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a northern factory owner. 
B)  a southern planter. 
C)  a small southern tobacco farmer. 
D)  a cotton broker. 
A)  a northern factory owner. 
B)  a southern planter. 
C)  a small southern tobacco farmer. 
D)  a cotton broker.

Question 17

African influences on slave culture

Accepted Answer

A)  can be seen only in the recreational activities of slaves. 
B)  reminded slaves that they had a separate past and a separate identity from their oppressors. 
C)  survived only in areas where slaves were imported from the West Indies. 
D)  disappeared completely after the abolition of the international slave trade. 
A)  can be seen only in the recreational activities of slaves. 
B)  reminded slaves that they had a separate past and a separate identity from their oppressors. 
C)  survived only in areas where slaves were imported from the West Indies. 
D)  disappeared completely after the abolition of the international slave trade.

Question 18

Small southern farmers who migrated into the area west of the Appalachians in the early nineteenth century wanted to

Accepted Answer

A)  take advantage of the expanding market economy by becoming commercial farmers. 
B)  establish a nonslaveholding agrarian society. 
C)  take advantage of the lucrative fur trade in the region. 
D)  acquire rich, fertile farmland. 
A)  take advantage of the expanding market economy by becoming commercial farmers. 
B)  establish a nonslaveholding agrarian society. 
C)  take advantage of the lucrative fur trade in the region. 
D)  acquire rich, fertile farmland.

Question 19

The case of John F. Flintoff demonstrates which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southerners from the mountains generally held antislavery views. 
B)  Evangelical Christianity caused a significant number of white southerners to question the morality of slavery. 
C)  Availability of land and capital in the 1840s made it easy for most nonslaveowning southern farmers to become slaveowners. 
D)  Yeomen farmers generally aspired to become slaveowners. 
A)  Southerners from the mountains generally held antislavery views. 
B)  Evangelical Christianity caused a significant number of white southerners to question the morality of slavery. 
C)  Availability of land and capital in the 1840s made it easy for most nonslaveowning southern farmers to become slaveowners. 
D)  Yeomen farmers generally aspired to become slaveowners.

Question 20

Which of the following was the main determinant of a man's wealth and social position in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  The size and furnishing of his home. 
B)  The amount of land and the number of slaves he owned. 
C)  The value of his stockholdings and the amount of money readily available to him in his bank account. 
D)  The Extent of his involvement in community affairs. 
A)  The size and furnishing of his home. 
B)  The amount of land and the number of slaves he owned. 
C)  The value of his stockholdings and the amount of money readily available to him in his bank account. 
D)  The Extent of his involvement in community affairs.

Exam 10: The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

In the period from 1830 to 1860, the North and the South were different in which of the following ways?

Approximately what percentage of white southern families owned no slaves in 1860?

The absence of highly developed schools, churches, and libraries in the South between 1800 and 1860 may be explained by which of the following?

Until the 1840s, the North and the South were similar in which of the following ways?

The slave population in North America was unique in which of the following respects?

Which of the following best describes the diet of most slaves in the antebellum South?

Which of the following is an explanation for the absence of serious conflict between slaveholders and nonslaveholders in the antebellum South?

Which of the following is true of Nat Turner?

Which of the following is true of landless whites in the South between 1830 and 1860?

Stories such as the 'Brer Rabbit folktales were actually stories about

Which of the following arguments was offered by southerners as a defense of slavery?

Which of the following is true of the average southern slaveholder?

Largely as a result of having become a slave society, the Old South

In response to the Nat Turner Rebellion, many southern states passed laws

Slave narratives suggest that slaves considered the worst aspect of slavery to be the

"[They have] found out a fearful alchemy by which...blood can be transformed into gold. Instead of listening to the cry of agony, they listen to the ring of dollars and stoop down to pick up the coin." This 1857 quotation most likely refers to

African influences on slave culture

Small southern farmers who migrated into the area west of the Appalachians in the early nineteenth century wanted to

The case of John F. Flintoff demonstrates which of the following?

Which of the following was the main determinant of a man's wealth and social position in the South?

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