Question 1

To "manumit" means to

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

Question 2

The mountain regions were the only parts of the South to resist the movement toward secession when it finally developed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The South failed to develop a large industrial economy due to all of the following factors EXCEPT

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A)  the humid climate.
B)  little access to liquid capital.
C)  the profitability of cotton.
D)  the cultural values.
E)  a shortage of labor.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Between 1840 and 1860,the American South's slave population

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A)  could not meet labor needs.
B)  changed little.
C)  moved from the upper South to the cotton states.
D)  declined in overall numbers.
E)  moved from the cotton states to the upper South.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

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 B)
G) All of the above

Question 6

Prior to 1860,free blacks in the South

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A)  were concentrated in the Deep South.
B)  were required by law to leave the South.
C)  increased in number in the 1850s as laws encouraged owners to free "surplus" slaves.
D)  occasionally attained wealth and prominence and owned slaves themselves.
E)  avoided urban centers such as New Orleans or Natchez where they might attract attention.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

What obstacles to industrialization existed in the South during the nineteenth century?

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There were several obstacles to industri...

Question 8

Prior to 1860,the center of economic power in the South

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A)  was in Charleston,South Carolina.
B)  remained as it had been primarily within the upper South.
C)  remained as it had been primarily within the lower South.
D)  shifted from the lower South to the upper South.
E)  shifted from the upper South to the lower South.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

One actual slave revolt in the nineteenth-century South was led by

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A)  Nat Turner.
B)  Denmark Vesey.
C)  Gabriel Prosser.
D)  Frederick Douglass.
E)  Harriet Tubman.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Shipboard slave revolts like the one on the Amistad became increasingly common throughout the 1850s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

By 1860,the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

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A)  was nonexistent.
B)  had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years.
C)  had declined in value throughout the 1840s and 1850s.
D)  was equal to one-third of the value of cotton exported that year.
E)  had come to dominate the South's economy.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 12

Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?

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A)  Slaves had to grow all of their own food.
B)  Slaves were not given medical care except by their own efforts.
C)  Slave children did no work until they turned twelve years old.
D)  It was uncommon to divide slave families for long periods of time.
E)  Slave mothers had large families,but death rates among black children were high.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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)  created a unique bond between masters and slaves,while isolating blacks and whites from each other and encouraging blacks to develop a society and culture of their own.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 15

Slave spirituals were written down and passed on to generations of African Americans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

________ led the only actual large-scale slave revolt in the United States in the nineteenth century.

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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

The typical white southerners who were not great planters or slave-owners were known as "________."

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The answer of The typical white southerners who were not...

Question 19

Household servants were often the first to leave plantations of their former owners when emancipation came after the Civil War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

________ was the leader of an aborted slave revolt in South Carolina in the early 1820s.

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Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The South failed to develop a large industrial economy due to all of the following factors EXCEPT

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To "manumit" means to

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The mountain regions were the only parts of the South to resist the movement toward secession when it finally developed.

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Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?

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The typical white southerners who were not great planters or slave-owners were known as "________."

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Shipboard slave revolts like the one on the Amistad became increasingly common throughout the 1850s.

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

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Prior to 1860,free blacks in the South

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One actual slave revolt in the nineteenth-century South was led by

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What obstacles to industrialization existed in the South during the nineteenth century?

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Household servants were often the first to leave plantations of their former owners when emancipation came after the Civil War.

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________ was the leader of an aborted slave revolt in South Carolina in the early 1820s.

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Within the American South,the institution of slavery

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Between 1840 and 1860,the American South's slave population

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Slave spirituals were written down and passed on to generations of African Americans.

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

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By 1860,the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

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

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