Question 1

For the most part, white southerners defended the "peculiar institution" whether or not they had slaves, whether they were rich or poor, and whether they lived on large plantations or small farms. Why was this the case?

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The defense of slavery by white southern...

Question 2

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

MATCHING
-Nat Turner

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A)  southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy
B)  led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia
C)  favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba
D)  favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa
E)  escaped slave who led abolitionist movementF) slave executed for conspiracyG) defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical societyH) outspoken proslavery politicianI) part of an organization helping slaves escape to the NorthJ) slave executed for killing her masterK) southern editorL) Twelve Years a SlaveM) B) and J)
N) A) and K)

Question 4

As a general rule, slave owners never allowed their slaves to listen to a white preacher in church.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-the slave family

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The slave family refers to the family st...

Question 6

Frederick Douglass argued that:

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A)   slaves were truer to the principles of the Declaration of Independence than were most white Americans.
B)   the United States should adopt a gradual emancipation plan that would eliminate slavery within forty years.
C)   free blacks would be better off if they moved to Liberia, where a colony of former American slaves had been founded.
D)   blacks should not serve in the U.S. army during the Civil War because of the racial discrimination they faced.
E)   free African Americans should "let down their buckets where they were" and accept inequality, at least for a period of time.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

MATCHING
-Frederick Douglass

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A)  southern politician who spoke against the slavocracy
B)  led a "successful" slave rebellion in Virginia
C)  favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Cuba
D)  favored returning the slaves of the Amistad to Africa
E)  escaped slave who led abolitionist movementF) slave executed for conspiracyG) defended slavery as a natural part of hierarchical societyH) outspoken proslavery politicianI) part of an organization helping slaves escape to the NorthJ) slave executed for killing her masterK) southern editorL) Twelve Years a SlaveM) C) and H)
N) D) and L)

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818 – F...

Question 9

MATCHING
-Israel Hill

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A)  system to help slaves escape to the North
B)  slave trade within the United States
C)  poor work and breakage of tools
D)  slavery
E)  managed slaves in the fieldF) community of freed Virginian slavesG) treating slaves in a fatherly mannerH) working in the fields side-by-sideI) had one or two, if any, slavesJ) boundary line between Pennsylvania and MarylandK) cottonL) trickster taleM) D) and E)
N) G) and K)

Question 10

Black Christianity is best described as a blend between African traditions and Christian beliefs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

By 1860 the South's most populous city was New Orleans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

By the late 1830s, the South's proslavery argument:

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A)   rested on the premise that slavery was a necessary evil.
B)   was based entirely on secular evidence.
C)   had not yet been accepted by major southern political figures.
D)   claimed that slavery was essential to human economic and cultural progress.
E)   was roundly criticized by southern newspaper editors, ministers, and academics.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

In 1860, what percentage of southern white families were in the slaveowning class?

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A)   10 percent
B)   25 percent
C)   40 percent
D)   55 percent
E)   75 percentF) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-paternalism

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The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 15

"Silent sabotage" can be defined as when slaves:

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A)   ran away.
B)   did poor work and broke tools.
C)   learned how to read and write.
D)   secretly met to worship.
E)   named their children after kin.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Although the importation of slaves from Africa was prohibited beginning in 1808, the sale and trade of slaves within the United States flourished in later years.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

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A)   a fugitive slave arriving in a free state.
B)   a slave marriage.
C)   the birth of a slave baby.
D)   surviving the Middle Passage.
E)   a slave's promotion from field hand to domestic servant.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-slave resistance

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Slave resistance refers to the various w...

Question 19

Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

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A)   They did not; slaves led vastly healthier lives in regions other than the American South.
B)   Southern Protestant churches encouraged better treatment of southern slaves than the Roman Catholic Church did with slaves in the Caribbean and South America.
C)   The rising value of slaves made it profitable for slaveowners to take better care of them.
D)   Laws in the South were far more protective of slaves than were laws concerning slaves elsewhere.
E)   Southern slaves had a greater likelihood of becoming free than did other New World slaves.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

Which of the following stories did NOT play a central role in black Christianity?

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A)   Moses and the exodus from Egypt
B)   Noah and the ark
C)   David and Goliath
D)   Jonah and the whale
E)   Daniel and the lion's denF) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Exam 11: The Peculiar Institution

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -paternalism

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MATCHING -Nat Turner

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -slave resistance

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As a general rule, slave owners never allowed their slaves to listen to a white preacher in church.

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For the most part, white southerners defended the "peculiar institution" whether or not they had slaves, whether they were rich or poor, and whether they lived on large plantations or small farms. Why was this the case?

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Black Christianity is best described as a blend between African traditions and Christian beliefs.

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -the slave family

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By the late 1830s, the South's proslavery argument:

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Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

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"Silent sabotage" can be defined as when slaves:

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Frederick Douglass

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By 1860 the South's most populous city was New Orleans.

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Although the importation of slaves from Africa was prohibited beginning in 1808, the sale and trade of slaves within the United States flourished in later years.

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MATCHING -Israel Hill

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MATCHING -Frederick Douglass

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In 1860, what percentage of southern white families were in the slaveowning class?

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Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

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Which of the following stories did NOT play a central role in black Christianity?

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Frederick Douglass argued that:

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