Question 1

The nuclear family was the dominant kinship model among the slaves of the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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 3

One actual slave revolt in the nineteenth-century South was led by

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A)  Nat Turner.
B)  Denmark Vesey.
C)  Gabriel Prosser.
D)  Frederick Douglass.
E)  Harriet Tubman.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Short-staple cotton

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A)  helped to keep the South a predominantly agricultural region.
B)  was less coarse than long-staple cotton.
C)  was easier to process than long-staple cotton.
D)  was more susceptible to disease than long-grain cotton.
E)  was only grown in the coastal regions of the upper South.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

Sexual relationships between white Southern men and female slaves was

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A)  virtually unheard of.
B)  against the law in all slave states.
C)  encouraged by proponents of slavery such as George Fitzhugh.
D)  an accepted cause for divorce in the Southern court system.
E)  a common practice.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

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) C) and D)

Question 7

In the late 1850s, many of the great landholders of the lower South were

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A)  still first-generation settlers.
B)  part of a wealthy leisure class.
C)  from longstanding aristocratic families.
D)  rooted to one plantation for many generations.
E)  former Old World aristocrats emigrated from Europe.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

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A)  was nonexistent.
B)  had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years.
C)  had declined in value throughout the 1840s and 1850s.
D)  was equal to one-third of the value of cotton exported that year.
E)  had come to dominate the Southern economy.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

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) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

The slave codes of the American South

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A)  defined anyone with a trace of African ancestry as black.
B)  legalized slave marriages.
C)  were rigidly enforced.
D)  considered it a crime for an owner to kill a slave.
E)  banned blacks from attending church.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

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) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

In the South, small farmers, often as much as great planters, were committed to the plantation system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Slaves were expected by their owners to attend church.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The historian who wrote "The South grew, but did not develop" prior to the Civil War meant

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A)  the Southern population increased but new technology had bypassed the region.
B)  agriculture remained the leading industry of the south but the plantation system was declining.
C)  the South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial economy.
D)  the South had expanded as a geographic region but had developed little prosperity.
E)  the South had created a prosperous plantation system but had not expanded its borders.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 15

During the first half of the nineteenth century, the center of economic power in the South shifted from the upper South to the lower South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

During the first half of the nineteenth century, the "Cotton Kingdom"

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A)  was already losing ground to other staples, such as rice and tobacco.
B)  saw wealthy planters outnumber small planters.
C)  did not rely on large numbers of slaves imported directly from Africa.
D)  was the dominant source of income of the lower South.
E)  still had not adopted the cotton gin, despite the time and resources it saved.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 17

Southern white women had less access to education than their Northern counterparts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In general, slaves had more privacy and a social realm of their own

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A)  on large plantations.
B)  on small plantations.
C)  as household workers as opposed to field workers.
D)  in rural areas as opposed to urban areas.
E)  in the western territories.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The historian who wrote "The South grew, but did not develop" prior to the Civil War meant

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The conditions of a slave's life

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In general, slaves had more privacy and a social realm of their own

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Which of the following statements regarding urban slavery is FALSE?

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

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In the late 1850s, many of the great landholders of the lower South were

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Sexual relationships between white Southern men and female slaves was

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the center of economic power in the South shifted from the upper South to the lower South.

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Southern whites who did not own slaves

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The nuclear family was the dominant kinship model among the slaves of the South.

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One actual slave revolt in the nineteenth-century South was led by

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The slave codes of the American South

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the "Cotton Kingdom"

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Southern white women had less access to education than their Northern counterparts.

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Slaves were expected by their owners to attend church.

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By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

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Short-staple cotton

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In the South, small farmers, often as much as great planters, were committed to the plantation system.

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Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The historian who wrote "The South grew, but did not develop" prior to the Civil War meant

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The conditions of a slave's life

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In general, slaves had more privacy and a social realm of their own

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Which of the following statements regarding urban slavery is FALSE?

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

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In the late 1850s, many of the great landholders of the lower South were

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Sexual relationships between white Southern men and female slaves was

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the center of economic power in the South shifted from the upper South to the lower South.

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Southern whites who did not own slaves

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The nuclear family was the dominant kinship model among the slaves of the South.

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One actual slave revolt in the nineteenth-century South was led by

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The slave codes of the American South

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the "Cotton Kingdom"

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Southern white women had less access to education than their Northern counterparts.

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Slaves were expected by their owners to attend church.

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By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

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Short-staple cotton

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