Question 1

Although a new nation was created under the Constitution in 1789, there were already significant differences between the North and the South. Discuss the evolution of the South as a distinctive region economically. What role did slavery play? How did white southerners enforce slavery and argue its positive aspects?

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Question 2

"Be it good or bad, it [slavery] has grown up with our society and institutions, and is so interwoven with them, that to destroy it would be to destroy us as a people. But let me not be understood as admitting, even by implication, that the existing relations between the two races in the slaveholding States is an evil: far otherwise; I hold it to be a good. . . . I appeal to facts. Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically, but morally and intellectually. It came to us in a low, degraded, and savage condition, and in the course of a few generations, it has grown up under the fostering care of our institutions, reviled they have been, to its present comparatively civilized condition. This, with the rapid increase of numbers, is conclusive proof of the general happiness of the race, in spite of all the exaggerated tales to the contrary. . . . I may say with truth, that in few countries so much is left to the share of the laborer, and so little exacted from him, or where there is more kind attention paid to him in sickness or infirmities of age. Compare his condition with the tenants of the poor houses in the more civilized portions of Europe-look at the sick, and the old and infirm slave, on one hand, in the midst of his family and friends, under the kind superintending care of his master and mistress, and compare it with the forlorn and wretched condition of the pauper in the poor house."
Which of the following did John Calhoun give as a justification to allow the South to remain a slave society?

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A)   Slavery improved slaves' spiritual lives by teaching them Christianity.
B)   Slavery was still legal in other countries.
C)   Slaves were better off than their laboring counterparts in Europe.
D)   Without slavery, poor whites would have no way to distinguish themselves from blacks.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

How did larger planters have the time to concentrate on marketing and finance while still running a profitable plantation?

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A)   They left their wives in charge of plantation discipline.
B)   They had so many slaves that they policed themselves.
C)   They hired overseers to go to the fields with the slaves.
D)   They hired white servants to work the fields with the slaves.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" portrays anxiety over what possible effect of emancipation?

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A)   Free blacks taking white jobs
B)   Interracial marriage
C)   Revenge killing of white slave owners by free blacks
D)   The economic collapse of the SouthE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

How did white Virginians respond to the violence of Nat Turner's rebellion?

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A)   Many emancipated their slaves.
B)   The legislature passed laws to encourage more lenient treatment of slaves.
C)   They blamed the revolt on outside agitators.
D)   Planters started to openly criticize the institution of slavery.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Besides planters and their slaves, the population of the antebellum South included plantation belt yeomen, upcountry yeomen, and poor whites. Characterize each group, describing their relationship to the planter class, their aspirations, and their views on slavery.

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Question 7

What did the Whig and Democratic parties have in common?

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A)   Both supported state-run banks.
B)   Both opposed state support of railroads.
C)   Both emphasized the importance of education.
D)   Both declared allegiance to republican equality.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

The large numbers of blacks in the antebellum South had profound effects on the region. Give several examples of how blacks influenced southern culture.

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Question 9

What happened to slave men when they became elderly?

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A)   They were allowed to retire from the plantation.
B)   They primarily worked in the big house.
C)   They became supervisors of the younger slaves.
D)   They moved on to new jobs, like cleaning stables.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Most plantation mistresses kept their opinions on issues to themselves, but the diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut echoed most women in railing against

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A)   miscegenation.
B)   racial discrimination.
C)   the institution of slavery.
D)   the South's lack of public schools.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 11

Which statement describes the daily lives of southern women on the plantation?

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A)   Elite women had few responsibilities.
B)   They worked long hours performing plantation duties.
C)   Women's only responsibility was to bear children.
D)   They were only responsible for educating their children.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

Most runaway slaves

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A)   escaped to Canada.
B)   found refuge in the free North.
C)   were caught and returned.
D)   were executed by angry owners.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

Why were open slave revolts uncommon in the South?

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A)   Heavily armed whites outnumbered blacks two to one by 1860.
B)   The majority of slaves believed slavery was better than being free and poor.
C)   Slave religion discouraged open revolt.
D)   Slaves lacked the organizational skills needed to stage a revolt.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

How did the institution of slavery affect social relations in the South?

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A)   Poor whites identified more with free blacks than with planters.
B)   People who owned no slaves generally disapproved of the planters' practices.
C)   Planters treated whites who owned no slaves as far inferior to themselves.
D)   Whites were unified around race rather than divided by social class.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The rarest job on the plantation for slaves was that of driver, the person who

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A)   transported the slaves to the fields from their quarters.
B)   worked alongside the carpenter, driving in nails.
C)   sat in the farm equipment and managed the animals that pulled it.
D)   made sure all slaves worked hard.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Which statement characterizes white southerners in the antebellum South?

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A)   Most worked small farms with the help of only a few slaves.
B)   The average white southerner owned about twenty slaves.
C)   Most white southerners did not own slaves.
D)   The majority of whites considered themselves planters.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

What does the drawing titled "Camp Meeting, Mid-Nineteenth Century" suggest about those who attended camp meetings and revivals?

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A)   They possessed a relatively low-class status.
B)   They were slaves.
C)   They were wealthy.
D)   They were a racially and economically diverse group.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

By 1860, the southern slave system existed

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A)   exclusively on plantations.
B)   in almost every industry.
C)   only on farms.
D)   in rural but not urban areas.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

The majority of plantation slaves worked as

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A)   skilled artisans.
B)   field hands.
C)   house servants.
D)   tobacco farmers.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Match the term with the definition.
-A surveyor's mark that had established the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in colonial times. By the 1830s, the boundary divided the free North and the slave South.

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A)  chivalry
B)  cotton kingdom
C)  free black
D)  Mason-Dixon line
E)  miscegenationF) paternalismG) plantationH) plantation beltI) planterJ) slave codesK) upcountryL) yeomenM) A) and L)
N) A) and C)

Exam 13: The Slave South

The lithograph "The Fruits of Amalgamation" portrays anxiety over what possible effect of emancipation?

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Which statement characterizes white southerners in the antebellum South?

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By 1860, the southern slave system existed

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The majority of plantation slaves worked as

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The large numbers of blacks in the antebellum South had profound effects on the region. Give several examples of how blacks influenced southern culture.

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Black Infl...
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How did the institution of slavery affect social relations in the South?

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Why were open slave revolts uncommon in the South?

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Most plantation mistresses kept their opinions on issues to themselves, but the diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut echoed most women in railing against

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The rarest job on the plantation for slaves was that of driver, the person who

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What does the drawing titled "Camp Meeting, Mid-Nineteenth Century" suggest about those who attended camp meetings and revivals?

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How did white Virginians respond to the violence of Nat Turner's rebellion?

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Match the term with the definition. -A surveyor's mark that had established the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in colonial times. By the 1830s, the boundary divided the free North and the slave South.

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Most runaway slaves

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Which statement describes the daily lives of southern women on the plantation?

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Besides planters and their slaves, the population of the antebellum South included plantation belt yeomen, upcountry yeomen, and poor whites. Characterize each group, describing their relationship to the planter class, their aspirations, and their views on slavery.

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What happened to slave men when they became elderly?

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How did larger planters have the time to concentrate on marketing and finance while still running a profitable plantation?

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What did the Whig and Democratic parties have in common?

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Exam 13: The Slave South

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