Question 1

Which of the following arguments was offered by southerners as a defense of slavery?

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A)   Blacks as a race are more physical and less intellectual than whites; therefore, slavery is the natural condition of blacks.
B)   By climate and geography, the South is destined to be and to remain a slave society.
C)   Slavery is the major means by which all nonwhites throughout the world may ultimately be lifted to a more civilized state.
D)   God has decreed that slavery be used to carry His message to the infidels of the world.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Which of the following was generally true of slaves in the South Carolina and Georgia low country?

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A)   They worked under the task system.
B)   They were free to determine their own work patterns.
C)   They were separated into a strict hierarchy of field slaves and house slaves.
D)   They frequently engaged in work stoppages in an attempt to improve working conditions.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which of the following is true of landless whites in the South between 1830 and 1860?

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A)   They usually relied on public relief agencies for food, clothing, and shelter.
B)   They often struggled to save enough money from their meager wages to buy land.
C)   They were usually able to obtain steady employment.
D)   Their economic status was comparable to that of most yeoman farmers.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

In the period from 1830 to 1860, the North and the South were different in which of the following ways?

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A)   The South, unlike the North, did not experience the booms and busts of the market economy.
B)   Entrepreneurs in the South, unlike those in the North, operated outside the newly emerging market economy.
C)   The South attracted fewer immigrants than the North.
D)   Wealth and property were more evenly divided in the North than in the South.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following is an explanation for the absence of serious conflict between slaveholders and non- slaveholders in the antebellum South?

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A)   Nonslaveholders recognized and accepted the superiority of the planter class.
B)   Despite their wealth and power, slaveholders did not expect special privileges.
C)   They closely relied on each other economically.
D)   A sense of shared racial superiority among whites muted class differences.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-slave culture

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Question 7

Which of the following arguments was most likely to have been used by southerners in the 1830s and 1840s to defend the institution of slavery?

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A)   It is true that slavery is an evil within human society, but for economic reasons it is presently a necessary evil.
B)   Society is ordered in a particular way by the dictates of nature, and nature has ordained that blacks are born to be slaves.
C)   All whites are born to be free and equal, but all nonwhites are frowned on by God and were born to be slaves.
D)   Human beings are equal in the sight of God only if they have accepted the tenets of Christianity; therefore, non-Christians may be enslaved.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Discuss the lifestyle of southern slaveholders and the paternalistic ideology that was a central part of their belief system.

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The lifestyle of southern slaveholders w...

Question 9

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-President James Monroe's removal message of 1824

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President James Monroe's removal message...

Question 10

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S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the "fancy trade"

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The "fancy trade" refers to the practice...

Question 11

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S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
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-slaves' music

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The item "slaves' music" refers to the m...

Question 12

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Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Trail of Tears

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The Trail of Tears was a forced relocati...

Question 13

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S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-democratic reform movements in the antebellum South

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Question 14

In 1808 Congress banned

Accepted Answer

A)   the slave trade in Washington,D.C.
B)   the importation of slaves.
C)   the sale of slaves across state lines.
D)   slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Discuss the conditions under which slaves lived, worked, ate, and slept on a typical southern plantation.

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Question 16

Stories such as the 'Brer Rabbit folktales were actually stories about

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A)   racial violence on the plantation.
B)   survival and resistance.
C)   violent rebellion against the slave system.
D)   the importance of family.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

In Worcester v. Georgia, Chief Justice John Marshall

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A)   ruled that matters pertaining to Indian tribes should be settled by Congress rather than the courts.
B)   ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force in the Cherokee nation.
C)   upheld the removal of Native Americans from the South.
D)   declared that the state government of Georgia could seize Indian lands within its borders.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The absence of highly developed schools, churches, and libraries in the South between 1800 and 1860 may be explained by which of the following?

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A)   Southerners did not enjoy socializing as much as their northern counterparts.
B)   Most southerners were far too busy to devote time to nonwork activities.
C)   Southerners were afraid that the presence of such institutions would lead to a mixture of the races.
D)   The South's low population density meant that financing and operating such institutions was difficult.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 19

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Question 20

Small southern farmers who migrated into the area west of the Appalachians in the early nineteenth century wanted to

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A)   take advantage of the expanding market economy by becoming commercial farmers.
B)   establish a nonslaveholding agrarian society.
C)   take advantage of the lucrative fur trade in the region.
D)   acquire rich, fertile farmland.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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