Question 1

What were the differences between being a slave in the city and a slave in the country?

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Question 2

According to some scholars,the actual material conditions of American slavery may have been better than those of some northern factory workers and better than those of both peasants and industrial workers in much of nineteenth-century Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Rice and sugar production in the antebellum South

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A)   had short growing seasons.
B)   were concentrated in a relatively small geographic area.
C)   had difficulty sustaining profits for growers.
D)   was in considerable decline by the 1850s.
E)   threatened to overwhelm cotton production in the lower South.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

A runaway slave making a successful escape from the American South was

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A)   highly likely.
B)   likely.
C)   unlikely.
D)   highly unlikely.
E)   impossible.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

In 1850,outside of the United States,slavery in the Western Hemisphere also existed in

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A)   Colombia.
B)   Brazil.
C)   the Virgin Islands.
D)   Haiti.
E)   no other country.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

In the South,small farmers,often as much as great planters,were committed to the plantation system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Southern women generally had final authority on issues related to the home and children.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

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Question 9

Prior to 1860,southern white women

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A)   had about the same access to education as northern white women.
B)   were not expected to engage in manual labor, whatever their social standing.
C)   generally lived lives that were isolated from the wider world.
D)   had a birth rate that was lower than the national average.
E)   were more likely to see their children grow to adulthood than northern white women.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 10

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

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A)   could not meet the South's labor needs.
B)   changed little.
C)   dramatically shifted into the Southwest.
D)   declined in overall numbers.
E)   became concentrated in the upper South.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Tobacco cultivation in the antebellum South

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A)   was easy on the soil.
B)   was gradually moving westward.
C)   enjoyed a stable market.
D)   was centered in the lower South.
E)   never made a profit.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

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Question 14

In the late 1850s,many of the great landholders of the lower South were

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A)   still first-generation settlers.
B)   part of a wealthy leisure class.
C)   from longstanding aristocratic families.
D)   rooted to one plantation for many generations.
E)   former Old World aristocrats that emigrated from Europe.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 15

The central ideology of slavery,and the vital instrument of white control,was

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A)   fraternity.
B)   maternalism.
C)   paternalism.
D)   sorority.
E)   egalitarianism.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Most "plain folk" of the Old South

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A)   owned at least one slave.
B)   were never able to move into the planter class.
C)   were passionately antislavery.
D)   were subsistence farmers who owned at least one slave.
E)   were subsistence farmers who were passionately antislavery.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 17

Within the slave family,women had special burdens,but also a special authority.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following statements about the poorest class of white southerners is FALSE?

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A)   They often felt affinity with slaves as members of another oppressed class.
B)   They were known variously as "crackers" or "sand hillers."
C)   They supported themselves by foraging or hunting.
D)   They suffered from pellagra, hookworm, and malaria.
E)   They were forced to resort at times to eating clay.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 19

In the mid-nineteenth century,slavery in the Western world existed only in the United States,Brazil,Cuba,and ________.

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Question 20

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) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

________ led the only actual large-scale slave revolt in the United States in 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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Between 1840 and 1860,the American South's slave population

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Tobacco cultivation in the antebellum South

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According to some scholars,the actual material conditions of American slavery may have been better than those of some northern factory workers and better than those of both peasants and industrial workers in much of nineteenth-century Europe.

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The central ideology of slavery,and the vital instrument of white control,was

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A runaway slave making a successful escape from the American South was

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What were the differences between being a slave in the city and a slave in the country?

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

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In the mid-nineteenth century,slavery in the Western world existed only in the United States,Brazil,Cuba,and ________.

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Which of the following statements about the poorest class of white southerners is FALSE?

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Rice and sugar production in the antebellum South

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Prior to 1860,southern white women

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Southern women generally had final authority on issues related to the home and children.

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

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Within the slave family,women had special burdens,but also a special authority.

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In the late 1850s,many of the great landholders of the lower South were

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In 1850,outside of the United States,slavery in the Western Hemisphere also existed in

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In the South,small farmers,often as much as great planters,were committed to the plantation system.

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