Question 1

In the first half of the nineteenth century, why did cotton become the major economic crop of the American South?

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Question 2

The Southern planter class exercised power far in excess of its numbers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Most "plain folk" of the Old South

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A)  owned at least one slave.
B)  were subsistence farmers.
C)  were passionately anti-slavery.
D)  were subsistence farmers who owned at least one slave.
E)  were subsistence farmers who were passionately anti-slavery.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

From the selections below, the most common form of resistance to slavery was

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A)  group rebellions.
B)  arson.
C)  running away.
D)  subtle defiance.
E)  poisoning.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Within the American South, the institution of slavery

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A)  isolated blacks and whites from each other.
B)  created a unique bond between masters and slaves.
C)  encouraged blacks to develop a society and culture of their own.
D)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

Among the features of their religion, American slaves

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A)  were expected to worship in black churches separate from whites.
B)  had mostly converted to Islam by the early nineteenth century.
C)  were usually not allowed to attend a church at all.
D)  shunned Christianity in favor of the polytheistic traditions of Africa.
E)  often incorporated African features into their Christianity.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 7

In Southern cities, slave tasks might include mining, lumbering, blacksmith, or carpentry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Perhaps the single strongest unifying factor of pre-Civil War Southern whites was their

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A)  kinship relationships.
B)  contempt of Northern capitalism.
C)  perception of white racial superiority.
D)  fear of federal authority.
E)  intense national pride.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

Compare and contrast the nature of the slave black family and culture with the free white family and culture during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Question 10

The banjo became an important instrument in slave music.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The chance of a runaway slave making a successful escape from the American South was

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A)  highly likely.
B)  likely.
C)  unlikely.
D)  highly unlikely.
E)  impossible.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

Prior to 1860, Southern women differed from Northern women in that they

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A)  tended to have more formal education.
B)  were expected to be more subordinate to men.
C)  had fewer children.
D)  generally had a lesser engagement in the economic life of the family.
E)  were more likely to take a role in public activities.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

The most important new product in the South during the mid-nineteenth century was ___________.

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The answer of The most important new product in the...

Question 14

The slave system may have created separate spheres for blacks and whites, but each race was nonetheless dependent on the other.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 15

The South had an inadequate transportation system and only a rudimentary financial system as late as the middle of the nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 16

On the eve of the Civil War, ____________ was the major means of transportation in the South.

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water

Question 17

In the South, the most significant opposition to the slave system came from the poorest of Southern whites.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

To "manumit" means to

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A)  purchase.
B)  punish.
C)  work by hand.
D)  deny.
E)  free.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

Slave codes prevented slaves from owning property, but they encouraged slaves to marry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

One of the most frequent causes of flight from a slave plantation was to _________.

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The answer of One of the most frequent causes of...

Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

In the first half of the nineteenth century, why did cotton become the major economic crop of the American South?

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The Southern planter class exercised power far in excess of its numbers.

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Compare and contrast the nature of the slave black family and culture with the free white family and culture during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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