Question 1

Which of the following is true of the relatively typical southern yeoman farmer, Ferdinand Steel?

Accepted Answer

A)  He worked so hard that he had time for neither family nor religion. 
B)  Although he grew cotton as a cash crop, he owned no slaves and lived a life marked by hard work and financial insecurity. 
C)  He spent his lifetime aspiring to become a planter. 
D)  He planted only cotton because doing so was the only way to acquire capital for the acquisition of land and slaves. 
A)  He worked so hard that he had time for neither family nor religion. 
B)  Although he grew cotton as a cash crop, he owned no slaves and lived a life marked by hard work and financial insecurity. 
C)  He spent his lifetime aspiring to become a planter. 
D)  He planted only cotton because doing so was the only way to acquire capital for the acquisition of land and slaves.

Question 2

Which of the following was generally true of slaves in the South Carolina and Georgia low country?

Accepted Answer

A)  They worked under the task system. 
B)  They were free to determine their own work patterns. 
C)  They were separated into a strict hierarchy of field slaves and house slaves. 
D)  They frequently engaged in work stoppages in an attempt to improve working conditions. 
A)  They worked under the task system. 
B)  They were free to determine their own work patterns. 
C)  They were separated into a strict hierarchy of field slaves and house slaves. 
D)  They frequently engaged in work stoppages in an attempt to improve working conditions.

Question 3

Most planters in the boom states of Alabama and Mississippi in the 1840s

Accepted Answer

A)  were descended from old Virginia and South Carolina families. 
B)  lived in grand plantation mansions. 
C)  had begun to see the slave-labor system as a hindrance to economic progress. 
D)  were newly rich. 
A)  were descended from old Virginia and South Carolina families. 
B)  lived in grand plantation mansions. 
C)  had begun to see the slave-labor system as a hindrance to economic progress. 
D)  were newly rich.

Question 4

In their defense of slavery, southerners often demonstrated a belief in

Accepted Answer

A)  egalitarianism among all whites. 
B)  maintaining the social order as God and nature prescribed it. 
C)  the eventual emergence of a truly integrated society. 
D)  education as a way to achieve the goal of equality among all people. 
A)  egalitarianism among all whites. 
B)  maintaining the social order as God and nature prescribed it. 
C)  the eventual emergence of a truly integrated society. 
D)  education as a way to achieve the goal of equality among all people.

Question 5

The common belief of slaves in spirits is linked to the

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslim concept of the afterlife. 
B)  stories told by masters to frighten slaves into submission. 
C)  African concept of the living dead. 
D)  idea that God would deliver the slaves from bondage. 
A)  Muslim concept of the afterlife. 
B)  stories told by masters to frighten slaves into submission. 
C)  African concept of the living dead. 
D)  idea that God would deliver the slaves from bondage.

Question 6

By the early antebellum period, American slaves

Accepted Answer

A)  became more conscious of their separate tribal and ethnic differences based on their African past. 
B)  had cast off all cultural influences from their African past. 
C)  saw themselves as a single group unified by race. 
D)  had rejected Christianity as a white man's religion that encouraged cruelty and oppression. 
A)  became more conscious of their separate tribal and ethnic differences based on their African past. 
B)  had cast off all cultural influences from their African past. 
C)  saw themselves as a single group unified by race. 
D)  had rejected Christianity as a white man's religion that encouraged cruelty and oppression.

Question 7

For which of the following reasons may the South be considered "distinctive" in comparison to the rest of the United States in the period from 1830 to 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most southerners were Protestants while most northerners were Catholics. 
B)  The South was committed to the institution of slavery. 
C)  The South was geographically much smaller than the North. 
D)  Southerners for the most part did not participate in the westward expansion of the nation. 
A)  Most southerners were Protestants while most northerners were Catholics. 
B)  The South was committed to the institution of slavery. 
C)  The South was geographically much smaller than the North. 
D)  Southerners for the most part did not participate in the westward expansion of the nation.

Question 8

With regard to sexual relations between white men and slave women in the antebellum South, white southern women

Accepted Answer

A)  increasingly spoke out against such liaisons in the 1830s and 1840s. 
B)  were supposed to pretend that they did not notice. 
C)  actively sought passage of laws against interracial sexual relations. 
D)  usually placed the blame for such relationships on slave women. 
A)  increasingly spoke out against such liaisons in the 1830s and 1840s. 
B)  were supposed to pretend that they did not notice. 
C)  actively sought passage of laws against interracial sexual relations. 
D)  usually placed the blame for such relationships on slave women.

Question 9

Which of the following was true of free blacks in the South between 1830 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  They often owned land. 
B)  They usually worked as skilled laborers. 
C)  They were legally required to move to a free state or face being enslaved. 
D)  They were not legally permitted to own a gun. 
A)  They often owned land. 
B)  They usually worked as skilled laborers. 
C)  They were legally required to move to a free state or face being enslaved. 
D)  They were not legally permitted to own a gun.

Question 10

Slave cabins were usually

Accepted Answer

A)  crowded but sanitary. 
B)  clean and spacious. 
C)  unhealthy. 
D)  comfortable. 
A)  crowded but sanitary. 
B)  clean and spacious. 
C)  unhealthy. 
D)  comfortable.

Question 11

Which of the following statements about the slave family is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Masters rarely broke up slave families. 
B)  Masters usually discouraged slaves from forming family units. 
C)  Most southern states had legalized slave marriages by 1860. 
D)  Children were often named after relatives of past generations as a way of emphasizing family history. 
A)  Masters rarely broke up slave families. 
B)  Masters usually discouraged slaves from forming family units. 
C)  Most southern states had legalized slave marriages by 1860. 
D)  Children were often named after relatives of past generations as a way of emphasizing family history.

Question 12

Research indicates that in the forty-five years before the Civil War, slavery

Accepted Answer

A)  caused boom-and-bust economic cycles to occur more frequently in the South than they occurred in the North. 
B)  made it impossible for southern planters to participate in the emerging market economy. 
C)  was a profitable labor system. 
D)  caused a greater maldistribution of wealth in southern society than that found in northern society. 
A)  caused boom-and-bust economic cycles to occur more frequently in the South than they occurred in the North. 
B)  made it impossible for southern planters to participate in the emerging market economy. 
C)  was a profitable labor system. 
D)  caused a greater maldistribution of wealth in southern society than that found in northern society.

Question 13

Which of the following is a true statement about slaveowners?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most slaveowners felt a sense of guilt for holding other human beings in bondage. 
B)  Many slaveowners saw slaves as a commodity that could be mortgaged and used as collateral. 
C)  Many slaveowners respected the cultural traditions of their slaves. 
D)  Most slaveowners provided their slaves with clean housing, adequate clothing, and nutritious meals. 
A)  Most slaveowners felt a sense of guilt for holding other human beings in bondage. 
B)  Many slaveowners saw slaves as a commodity that could be mortgaged and used as collateral. 
C)  Many slaveowners respected the cultural traditions of their slaves. 
D)  Most slaveowners provided their slaves with clean housing, adequate clothing, and nutritious meals.

Question 14

When President Monroe first proposed the policy of Indian removal to the West, he did so in response to pressure from

Accepted Answer

A)  the state of Georgia. 
B)  Christian missionaries. 
C)  the Department of War. 
D)  the Native Americans themselves. 
A)  the state of Georgia. 
B)  Christian missionaries. 
C)  the Department of War. 
D)  the Native Americans themselves.

Question 15

Most members of the planter aristocracy saw themselves as

Accepted Answer

A)  the benevolent guardians of an inferior race. 
B)  capitalistic farmers pursuing their own economic self-interest. 
C)  self-sacrificing members of the larger community. 
D)  the champions of the democratic ideal. 
A)  the benevolent guardians of an inferior race. 
B)  capitalistic farmers pursuing their own economic self-interest. 
C)  self-sacrificing members of the larger community. 
D)  the champions of the democratic ideal.

Question 16

When the removal policy of the 1830s was completed,

Accepted Answer

A)  many Native Americans became dependent on government payments for survival. 
B)  a sense of peace, harmony, and renewal among the Cherokee led to the Cherokee Renaissance. 
C)  the Native Americans received an amount of land west of the Mississippi equal to the amount of land they had surrendered in the East. 
D)  no Native Americans remained east of the Mississippi. 
A)  many Native Americans became dependent on government payments for survival. 
B)  a sense of peace, harmony, and renewal among the Cherokee led to the Cherokee Renaissance. 
C)  the Native Americans received an amount of land west of the Mississippi equal to the amount of land they had surrendered in the East. 
D)  no Native Americans remained east of the Mississippi.

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

Which of the following is true of the relatively typical southern yeoman farmer, Ferdinand Steel?

Which of the following was generally true of slaves in the South Carolina and Georgia low country?

Most planters in the boom states of Alabama and Mississippi in the 1840s

In their defense of slavery, southerners often demonstrated a belief in

The common belief of slaves in spirits is linked to the

By the early antebellum period, American slaves

For which of the following reasons may the South be considered "distinctive" in comparison to the rest of the United States in the period from 1830 to 1860?

With regard to sexual relations between white men and slave women in the antebellum South, white southern women

Which of the following was true of free blacks in the South between 1830 and 1860?

Slave cabins were usually

Which of the following statements about the slave family is true?

Research indicates that in the forty-five years before the Civil War, slavery

Which of the following is a true statement about slaveowners?

When President Monroe first proposed the policy of Indian removal to the West, he did so in response to pressure from

Most members of the planter aristocracy saw themselves as

When the removal policy of the 1830s was completed,

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