Question 1

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 2

On the eve of the Civil War,________ was the major means of transportation in the South.

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Question 3

What is the difference between slave resistance and slave rebellion? Why was one more prevalent than the other?

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Question 4

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

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Question 5

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

Question 6

Most often,resistance to slavery took the form of open rebellion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Southern whites who did not own slaves

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A)  rarely married into the families living on large slave plantations.
B)  openly opposed the planter elite.
C)  were forced to move west to maintain a livelihood.
D)  generally opposed the institution of slavery.
E)  were largely dependent on the plantation economy.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 8

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

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Question 9

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

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A)  Colombia.
B)  Brazil.
C)  the Virgin Islands.
D)  Haiti.
E)  no other country.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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 D)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

By the mid-nineteenth century,slavery in the Western world existed only in the American South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The conditions of a slave's life

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A)  depended in part on the size of the plantation.
B)  were generally the same throughout the slave states.
C)  were explicitly determined by the slave codes.
D)  were defined by the largest plantation owner within a region.
E)  were generally more restricted in large cities.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 14

In the first half of the nineteenth century,why did cotton become the major economic crop of the American South?

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Question 15

Most white southerners owned

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A)  no slaves.
B)  one slave.
C)  two slaves.
D)  three to five slaves.
E)  six to ten slaves.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

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 17

Which of the following statements regarding urban slavery is FALSE?

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A)  Some urban slaves were skilled trade workers.
B)  Urban slaves were prohibited from having contact with free blacks.
C)  Urban slaves were less supervised than rural slaves.
D)  Urban slaves had little working competition from European immigrants.
E)  The line between slavery and freedom in cities was less distinct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

The domestic slave trade was essential to the growth and prosperity of the slave system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Compare and contrast the nature of the slave family and culture with the free white family and culture during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Question 20

Approximately one-third of southern whites owned slaves.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

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Rice and sugar production in the antebellum South

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In the first half of the nineteenth century,why did cotton become the major economic crop of the American South?

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Most often,resistance to slavery took the form of open rebellion.

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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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Southern whites who did not own slaves

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

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Approximately one-third of southern whites owned slaves.

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Which of the following statements regarding urban slavery is FALSE?

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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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By the mid-nineteenth century,slavery in the Western world existed only in the American South.

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The domestic slave trade was essential to the growth and prosperity of the slave system.

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

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