Question 1

Prior to 1860,affluent southern white women

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A)   had created the most significant challenge to slavery in the South.
B)   occupied a significantly different role from their northern counterparts.
C)   commonly held income-producing jobs.
D)   typically played an important role in public activities.
E)   centered their lives in the home.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 2

During the first half of the nineteenth century,the "cotton kingdom"

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A)   was already losing ground to other staples, such as rice and tobacco.
B)   saw wealthy planters outnumber small planters.
C)   did not rely on large numbers of slaves imported directly from Africa.
D)   was the dominant source of the income of the lower South.
E)   still had not adopted the cotton gin, despite the time and resources that could be saved.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

Describe the lives of most free blacks in the South and how they changed over the half-century leading up to the Civil War.

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Question 4

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) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

The slave family lacked legal marriage.Nevertheless,the "________" consistently emerged as the dominant kinship model among African Americans.

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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) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Slave codes effectively prevented slaves from owning property.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Of the following,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) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

When emancipation came after the Civil War,it was often the ________ who were the first to leave the plantation of their former owners.

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A)   field hands
B)   head drivers
C)   house servants
D)   subdrivers
E)   craftsmenF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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Question 12

Describe the nature of slave codes and the legal justifications that southern states and owners used for the institution of slavery.

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Question 13

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

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Question 14

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

Question 15

Prior to 1860,southern aristocratic ideals were largely myths.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the 1850s,the southern social theorist George Fitzhugh wrote that women

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A)   had an obligation to speak their minds.
B)   should be the manager of home affairs, while men managed business affairs.
C)   possessed as many rights as men.
D)   were like children.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

Most enslaved black couples married with formal wedding vows.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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 20

To "manumit" means to

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

Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

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

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The slave family lacked legal marriage.Nevertheless,the "________" consistently emerged as the dominant kinship model among African Americans.

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During the first half of the nineteenth century,the "cotton kingdom"

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To "manumit" means to

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When emancipation came after the Civil War,it was often the ________ who were the first to leave the plantation of their former owners.

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Slave codes effectively prevented slaves from owning property.

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Prior to 1860,southern aristocratic ideals were largely myths.

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Prior to 1860,free blacks in the South

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Prior to 1860,southern women differed from northern women in that they

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Of the following,the most common form of resistance to slavery was

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

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

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Most enslaved black couples married with formal wedding vows.

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

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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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Prior to 1860,affluent southern white women

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Describe the nature of slave codes and the legal justifications that southern states and owners used for the institution of slavery.

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Describe the lives of most free blacks in the South and how they changed over the half-century leading up to the Civil War.

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