Question 1

In the South, the paternalist ethos:

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A)   reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him.
B)   declined after the War of 1812 as southern society became more centered on market relations rather than on personal relations.
C)   suffered because southern slaveholders lived among their slaves, so that the groups' constant exposure to each other made southern slavery more openly violent than elsewhere.
D)   brought southern society closer to northern ideals.
E)   encouraged southern women to become more active and better educated so that they could help their husbands in their paternal roles.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-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 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) ExodusL) fled to CanadaM) I) and L)
N) A) and H)

Question 4

Which of the following would have been a reflection of the paternalist ethos in southern slavery?

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A)   Slaves saw the slaveholder as their true parent.
B)   Abolitionists in the North became more accepting of slavery.
C)   It could result in fewer sales of slaves and more keeping of slave families together.
D)   The owner felt responsible for his slaves because the slaves could not take care of themselves.
E)   As slavery became paternalistic, more owners freed their slaves.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

New Orleans was the only city of significant size in the South before the Civil War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Discuss the relationship between masters and slaves in the American South. Did masters have all the power in this relationship, or did the enslaved exert some power? Points to consider include paternalism, the size of slaveholdings, slavery and the law, forms of slave resistance, and labor organization (task and gang systems).

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The relationship between masters and sla...

Question 7

Denmark Vesey's conspiracy:

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A)   reflected a combination of American and African influences.
B)   took place in 1831 and was a success.
C)   reflected the belief of the conspirators that the Bible endorsed slavery.
D)   was discovered, but Vesey escaped North to freedom.
E)   resulted in over twenty deaths of white men, women, and children.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

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) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Nat Turner's Rebellion

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Nat Turner's Rebellion was a significant...

Question 11

The U.S. slave population by 1860 was approximately:

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A)   1 million.
B)   2 million.
C)   3 million.
D)   4 million.
E)   5 million.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 12

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

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The Second Middle Passage refers to the ...

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-peculiar institution

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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) three-fourths of the world's supplyG) treating slaves in a fatherly mannerH) working in the fields side-by-sideI) escaped bondageJ) Charleston, South CarolinaK) guaranteed equality for whitesL) trickster taleM) H) and J)
N) F) and I)

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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Question 15

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

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A)   With other slaves, Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion.
B)   Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home.
C)   Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion.
D)   A slave on a large plantation slowed down the work pace.
E)   Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-George Fitzhugh

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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) ExodusL) fled to CanadaM) A) and B)
N) D) and E)

Question 17

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

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Free blacks were African Americans who w...

Question 18

The Haitian slave revolt was successful and the attempts by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner ultimately failed because:

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A)   slaves in the United States had less desire to be free.
B)   slaves in Haiti had the help of the Spanish government.
C)   Haiti had a population that was primarily of African heritage while most of the United States had a higher percentage of whites.
D)   none of the black leaders of revolts in the United States were literate.
E)   In the United States, the slaves rebelling had no weapons.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

Most of the slaves who successfully escaped lived in the Upper South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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Fugitive slaves were enslaved individual...

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