Question 1

The internal slave trade in the United States involved the movement of hundreds of thousands of enslaved persons from:

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A)   older states like Virginia to the Lower South.
B)   Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland.
C)   the West Indies to the Mississippi River Valley.
D)   the Lower South to the Upper South.
E)   the lower Mississippi River Valley to the upper Mississippi River Valley.

Question 2

After an 1831 slave rebellion,which state's legislature debated,but did not approve,a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

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A)   Virginia.
B)   South Carolina.
C)   Maryland.
D)   North Carolina.
E)   Louisiana.

Question 3

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements about religious life among African-Americans in southern cities is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Blacks usually worshipped in churches where they sat side-by-side with whites.
B)   Urban free blacks sometimes formed their own churches.
C)   African-Americans, free and slave, were banned from religious services.
D)   Free blacks could worship publicly, but slaves were not permitted to do so.
E)   The formation of the Afro-Catholic Church in 1844 was a major development in black Christianity.

Question 5

After escaping slavery in the South,what was the primary reason why Henry "Box" Brown moved to England?

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A)   He wanted to do lectures in Europe.
B)   He had family there.
C)   He wanted to speak to Queen Victoria about his bondage.
D)   He feared being recaptured.
E)   He hoped to locate his wife, an ex-slave, too.

Question 6

One study showed that how many slave men in the South did agricultural work?

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A)   50 percent.
B)   60 percent.
C)   70 percent.
D)   80 percent.
E)   90 percent.

Question 7

The internal slave trade was a key component in supporting the cotton kingdom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A slave from which state had the best chance of escaping to freedom permanently?

Accepted Answer

A)   Alabama
B)   Tennessee
C)   South Carolina
D)   Florida
E)   Mississippi

Question 9

Slave rebellions were rare but important.Compare the slave rebellions (merely planned or actually carried out)of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner.What did Vesey attempt to do? What did Turner attempt to do? How were these men similar? How did they view slavery and freedom? How did white society react to them,and why?

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Question 10

Andrew Johnson of Tennessee and Joseph Brown of Georgia rose to political power:

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A)   because of their membership in and identification with the planter class.
B)   in the 1850s, as members of the small but influential southern Republican Party.
C)   as self-proclaimed spokesmen of the common man against the great planters.
D)   as proponents of gradual emancipation plans in order to destroy the "slavocracy."
E)   after gaining popularity for creating public education systems in their states.

Question 11

When not in the field,slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Harriet Tubman

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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 the 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 Slave

Question 13

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

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A)   It was minimal, which explains why northerners opposed slavery.
B)   Many northerners profited from investing in real-estate partnerships that controlled southern plantations.
C)   A few New York shipping companies benefited from slavery, but the institution had little effect otherwise.
D)   Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North.
E)   Southern slavery drained resources from the North and helped keep the whole nation in a depression during the 1850s.

Question 14

What was the key to developing an African-American slave community?

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A)   There was no slave community.
B)   Slaves needed to be set free by their masters.
C)   Slaves had to escape bondage before developing a community.
D)   Slaves needed to have family members near them.
E)   Slaves had to forget their African pasts.

Question 15

From 1840 to 1860,the price of a "prime field hand":

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A)   rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southern whites to enter the slaveholding class.
B)   rose less than 10 percent, which kept the size of the planter class about the same.
C)   declined about 15 percent as the supply of slaves in the internal slave trade increased.
D)   became so inexpensive that the slaveholding class grew to include nearly two-thirds of southern whites.
E)   declined because labor-intensive agricultural work became less popular in the South.

Question 16

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 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Yeoman farmers

Accepted Answer

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 tale

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-gang labor

Accepted Answer

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 tale

Question 19

By the 1830s,it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What did paternalism reinforce?

Accepted Answer

A)   Slaves must formally get married.
B)   Slaves need to be watched carefully.
C)   Slaves must practice Christianity on their own.
D)   Slaves should learn how to read.
E)   Slave children should be taught right from wrong by their parents.

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