History 011 - US History to 1877 » Spring 2022 » Quiz 12

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

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