Question 1

Which statement describes the life of free black elites in southern cities?

Accepted Answer

A)   They worshiped in white churches.
B)   They had the right to vote.
C)   They still lived in ghettoes.
D)   They never left the state of their birth.

Question 2

What did mid-nineteenth-century southern men need in order to achieve high social standing and success in the world of politics?

Accepted Answer

A)   A reputation for using violence on their slaves
B)   A strong education from a reputable school
C)   Connections to northern industry
D)   An honorable reputation

Question 3

By the 1850s, the political system of the white South

Accepted Answer

A)   had extended suffrage for all adult white males.
B)   had restricted suffrage to keep yeomen from holding office.
C)   was characterized by poor voter turnout.
D)   was largely free from partisan voting.

Question 4

Match the term with the definition.
-Term that reflected the dominance in the southern economy of cotton, the cultivation of which was the key factor in the growth of slavery.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What did plantation owners mean when they described the master-slave relationship in terms of "paternalism"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Masters had no direct contact with their slaves.
B)   A slave's labor and obedience were exchanged for the master's care and guidance.
C)   The master's relationship with his slave mirrored his relationship with God.
D)   The relationship between master and slave was like that of government and citizen.

Question 6

Why did planters promote Christianity in the slave quarters?

Accepted Answer

A)   They didn't want infidels playing with their children.
B)   They hoped that religion would help the slaves live longer.
C)   They believed Christianity would make slaves more obedient.
D)   Evangelicals were advocating Christianizing the slaves.

Question 7

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville observed that the major differences between the North and South revolved around

Accepted Answer

A)   the vast amounts of free land available to southerners.
B)   the fact that the northern states were overcrowded.
C)   the southerners' preference for a weak centralized government.
D)   the southern institution of slavery.

Question 8

How did powerful whites defend slavery from attacks by critics?

Accepted Answer

A)   They triumphed in public debates.
B)   They acknowledged the diversity of opinions.
C)   They argued that all slaves would eventually gain freedom.
D)   They used intimidation tactics to silence critics.

Question 9

The typical plantation belt yeoman aspired to

Accepted Answer

A)   overthrow slavery.
B)   move up to the planter class.
C)   leave the farm and open a shop in town.
D)   earn an education.

Question 10

Discuss the roles and responsibilities of plantation mistresses.

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Answer would ideally include:
Social and...

Question 11

Match the term with the definition.
-Interracial sex. Proslavery spokesmen played on the fears of whites when they suggested that giving blacks equal rights would lead to interracial sex. In reality, slavery led to considerable sexual abuse of black women by their white masters.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Match the term with the definition.
-A substantial landowner who tilled his estate with twenty or more slaves. These wealthy landowners dominated the social and political world of the South. Their values and ideology influenced the values of all southern whites.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Match the term with the definition.
-Laws enacted in southern states in the 1820s and 1830s that required the total submission of slaves. Attacks by antislavery activists and by slaves convinced southern legislators that they had to do everything in their power to strengthen the institution.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Match the term with the definition.
-Farmers who owned and worked on their own small plots of land. Those living within the plantation belt were more dependent on planters than were those in the upcountry, where small farmers dominated.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Why did the South remain agricultural when the economy of the North was diversifying?

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Answer would ideally include:
The South'...

Question 16

Historians use the term planter to identify whites who owned at least how many slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)   Five
B)   Ten
C)   Twenty
D)   Fifty

Question 17

Discuss the southern concepts of paternalism and chivalry. Identify the similarities between them and compare the complex relationship between subordinated women and oppressed slaves.

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Answer would ideally include:
Slave and ...

Exam 13: The Slave South

Match the term with the definition. -Term that reflected the dominance in the southern economy of cotton, the cultivation of which was the key factor in the growth of slavery.

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The typical plantation belt yeoman aspired to

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Historians use the term planter to identify whites who owned at least how many slaves?

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Why did planters promote Christianity in the slave quarters?

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Match the term with the definition. -Farmers who owned and worked on their own small plots of land. Those living within the plantation belt were more dependent on planters than were those in the upcountry, where small farmers dominated.

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What did mid-nineteenth-century southern men need in order to achieve high social standing and success in the world of politics?

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Match the term with the definition. -A substantial landowner who tilled his estate with twenty or more slaves. These wealthy landowners dominated the social and political world of the South. Their values and ideology influenced the values of all southern whites.

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Discuss the roles and responsibilities of plantation mistresses.

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Social and...
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In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville observed that the major differences between the North and South revolved around

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What did plantation owners mean when they described the master-slave relationship in terms of "paternalism"?

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Why did the South remain agricultural when the economy of the North was diversifying?

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By the 1850s, the political system of the white South

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Match the term with the definition. -Laws enacted in southern states in the 1820s and 1830s that required the total submission of slaves. Attacks by antislavery activists and by slaves convinced southern legislators that they had to do everything in their power to strengthen the institution.

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How did powerful whites defend slavery from attacks by critics?

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Match the term with the definition. -Interracial sex. Proslavery spokesmen played on the fears of whites when they suggested that giving blacks equal rights would lead to interracial sex. In reality, slavery led to considerable sexual abuse of black women by their white masters.

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Which statement describes the life of free black elites in southern cities?

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Discuss the southern concepts of paternalism and chivalry. Identify the similarities between them and compare the complex relationship between subordinated women and oppressed slaves.

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Answer would ideally include:
Slave and ...
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Exam 13: The Slave South

Match the term with the definition. -Term that reflected the dominance in the southern economy of cotton, the cultivation of which was the key factor in the growth of slavery.

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The typical plantation belt yeoman aspired to

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Historians use the term planter to identify whites who owned at least how many slaves?

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Why did planters promote Christianity in the slave quarters?

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Match the term with the definition. -Farmers who owned and worked on their own small plots of land. Those living within the plantation belt were more dependent on planters than were those in the upcountry, where small farmers dominated.

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What did mid-nineteenth-century southern men need in order to achieve high social standing and success in the world of politics?

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Match the term with the definition. -A substantial landowner who tilled his estate with twenty or more slaves. These wealthy landowners dominated the social and political world of the South. Their values and ideology influenced the values of all southern whites.

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Discuss the roles and responsibilities of plantation mistresses.

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In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville observed that the major differences between the North and South revolved around

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What did plantation owners mean when they described the master-slave relationship in terms of "paternalism"?

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Why did the South remain agricultural when the economy of the North was diversifying?

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By the 1850s, the political system of the white South

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Match the term with the definition. -Laws enacted in southern states in the 1820s and 1830s that required the total submission of slaves. Attacks by antislavery activists and by slaves convinced southern legislators that they had to do everything in their power to strengthen the institution.

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How did powerful whites defend slavery from attacks by critics?

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Match the term with the definition. -Interracial sex. Proslavery spokesmen played on the fears of whites when they suggested that giving blacks equal rights would lead to interracial sex. In reality, slavery led to considerable sexual abuse of black women by their white masters.

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Which statement describes the life of free black elites in southern cities?

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Discuss the southern concepts of paternalism and chivalry. Identify the similarities between them and compare the complex relationship between subordinated women and oppressed slaves.

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