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Question #1
Proslavery whites defended the institution of slavery in all of the following ways except
A.   they claimed slavery was supported by the Bible.
B.   they said that slaves toiled under better working conditions than factory workers and hired hands in the North.
C.   slaveholders said slavery lifted Africans from the barbarism of the jungle and gave them Christian civilization.
D.   Slaveholders claimed that master-slave relationships resembled a family.
E.   they claimed that slaves were set free once they reached old age.
Question #2
By 1860, slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" located in the border States of Kentuco, Missouri, and Maryland.
A.   old South states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
B.   Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
C.   border states of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland
D.   mountain regions of Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
E.   new Southwest states of Texas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory.
Question #3
All the following were true Of the American economy under Cotton Kingdom except
A.   75 percent of the British supply of cotton came from the South.
B.   the South produced more than half the entire world's supply of cotton.
C.   the South reaped all the profits from the cotton trade.
D.   quick profits from cotton drew planters to its economic enterprise.
E.   cotton accounted for half the value of all American exports after 1840.
Question #4
Who was the leader of a slave rebellion in 1831 in Virginia that led to the " discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives?
A.   John Quincy Adams
B.   Henry Clay
C.   Andrew Jackson
D.   Nat Tumer
Question #5
Forced separation of spouses, parents, and children was most common
A.   in the decade before the Civil War.
B.   as a punishment for running away.
C.   on the large plantations.
D.   on small plantations and in the upper South.
E.   in the Deep South.
Question #6
Slaves were denied an education because
A.   their labor did not require literacy or math skills.
B.   masters believed that reading brought new ideas that might lead to their discontent.
C.   masters feared their slaves might become smarter than White owners.
D.   the cost of education was far more than masters would want to spend on slaves.
E.   it would take time away from their work in the fields and households of white masters.
Question #7
Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as
A.   disliking the individuals but liking the race.
B.   politically sympathetic but socially segregationist.
C.   disliking the race but liking individual blacks.
D.   advocating black movement into the new territories.
E.   supporting their right to full citizenship.
Question #8
All of the following were weaknesses of the slave plantation system except that
A.   it stimulated racism among poor whites.
B.   it created an aristocratic political elite.
C.   it relied on a one-crop economy.
D.   it repelled a large-scale European immigration.
E.   its land continued to remain in the hands of the small farmers.
Question #9
Plantation mistresses
A.   commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves.
B.   were almost universally loved by their slaves.
C.   frequently supported abolitionism.
D.   had little contact with slaves.
E.   primarily controlled male slaves.
Question #10
In the pre-civil War South, the most uncommon and least successful form of slave resistance was
A.   stealing food and other goods.
B.   sabotage of plantation equipment.
C.   armed insurrection.
D.   running away.
E.   feigned laziness.

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