Question 1

The "peculiar institution" was _________________.

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Question 2

During the first half of the nineteenth century, the South underwent a much less fundamental transformation than did the North.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Consider the American revolutionary era in the 1760s and 1770s with the slave revolts of the 1820s and 1830s.What factors made participants in the slave revolts much less likely to succeed in their struggle for independence?

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There are several factors that made part...

Question 4

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

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Question 5

It was common for slaves to hold an entirely hostile attitude toward their owners.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The "peculiar institution" was a Southern reference to

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A)  the plantation.
B)  manufacturing.
C)  capitalism.
D)  slavery.
E)  democracy.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

The South failed to develop a large industrial economy for all of the following reasons 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) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Explain why the Southern economy remained largely agricultural during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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The Southern economy remained largely ag...

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the Southern aristocratic ideal is FALSE?

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A)  wealthy Southern whites adopted an elaborate code of "chivalry."
B)  dueling became a prominent facet of southern planter life.
C)  wealthy Southern whites prided themselves on their egalitarianism.
D)  wealthy Southern whites pretended to avoid such "coarse" occupations as trade and commerce.
E)  wealthy Southern whites often gravitated toward the military.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

In the mid-nineteenth century, slavery in the Western world existed only in the United States, Brazil, ___________and _____________.

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The answer of In the mid-nineteenth century, slavery in the...

Question 12

For the most part, slaves rejected Christianity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Describe the distinguishing class features of the people who were known as either "planters," "plain folk," "hill people," or "crackers."

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The terms "planters," "plain folk," "hil...

Question 14

The name given to the effort by whites and blacks to help runaway slaves escape was the

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A)  Frederick Douglass road.
B)  underground railroad.
C)  Fugitive Slave Act.
D)  Cumberland passage.
E)  Second Middle Passage.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 15

To overcome communication barriers, African slaves learned a simple, common language known as "___________" English.

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The answer of To overcome communication barriers, African slaves learned...

Question 16

Between 1800 and 1860, was slavery in the American South becoming stronger or weaker? Explain.

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Between 1800 and 1860, slavery in the Am...

Question 17

Which of the following is TRUE of American slave families in the antebellum South?

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A)  a child of a slave could not be sold after he or she had reached three years of age.
B)  blacks typically had weaker family ties than did whites, due to the uncertainties of their lives.
C)  up to one-third of families were broken apart by the sale of family members.
D)  most slaves who ran away did so to avoid punishment.
E)  newly arrived slaves to a plantation were often shunned by the black community.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Prior to 1860, the Southern aristocratic ideals were largely myths.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Southern planter class was quite similar to the landed aristocracies of Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Society in the antebellum South placed the plantation owner at the top of the social order.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

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Between 1800 and 1860, was slavery in the American South becoming stronger or weaker? Explain.

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

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Which of the following statements about the Southern aristocratic ideal is FALSE?

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Which of the following is TRUE of American slave families in the antebellum South?

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The Southern planter class was quite similar to the landed aristocracies of Europe.

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

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In the mid-nineteenth century, slavery in the Western world existed only in the United States, Brazil, ___________and _____________.

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Society in the antebellum South placed the plantation owner at the top of the social order.

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The "peculiar institution" was _________________.

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Prior to 1860, the Southern aristocratic ideals were largely myths.

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Consider the American revolutionary era in the 1760s and 1770s with the slave revolts of the 1820s and 1830s.What factors made participants in the slave revolts much less likely to succeed in their struggle for independence?

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Explain why the Southern economy remained largely agricultural during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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It was common for slaves to hold an entirely hostile attitude toward their owners.

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The name given to the effort by whites and blacks to help runaway slaves escape was the

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Describe the distinguishing class features of the people who were known as either "planters," "plain folk," "hill people," or "crackers."

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The South failed to develop a large industrial economy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the South underwent a much less fundamental transformation than did the North.

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