Question 1

The "peculiar institution" was ________.

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Question 2

Which of the following statements about the southern aristocratic ideal is FALSE?

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A)   Wealthy southern whites adopted an elaborate code of "chivalry."
B)   Dueling became a prominent facet of southern planter life.
C)   Wealthy southern whites prided themselves on their egalitarianism.
D)   Wealthy southern whites pretended to avoid such "coarse" occupations as trade and commerce.
E)   Wealthy southern whites often gravitated toward the military.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

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

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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) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

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 in the South had little working competition from European immigrants.
E)   The line between slavery and freedom in cities was less distinct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

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 South's economy.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

To the degree that the South developed a nonfarm commercial sector,it was largely to serve the needs of the ________ economy.

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Question 7

Regarding religion,American slaves

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A)   were expected to worship in black churches separate from whites.
B)   had mostly converted to Islam by the early nineteenth century.
C)   were usually not allowed to attend a church at all.
D)   shunned Christianity in favor of the polytheistic traditions of Africa.
E)   often incorporated African features into their Christianity.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

Most often,resistance to slavery took the form of open rebellion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

By the time of the Civil War,cotton constituted nearly ________ of the total export trade of the United States.

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A)   one-fourth
B)   one-tenth
C)   one-third
D)   half
E)   two-thirdsF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

The southern planter class was quite similar to the landed aristocracies of Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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-staple cotton.
E)   was only grown in the coastal regions of the upper South.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

James De Bow argued that the South should pursue agricultural development while relying on the North for industrial goods and capital.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Explain why the southern economy remained largely agricultural during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Question 14

Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?

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A)   Slaves had to grow all of their own food.
B)   Slaves were not given medical care except by their own efforts.
C)   Slave children did no work until they turned twelve years old.
D)   It was uncommon to divide slave families for long periods of time.
E)   After 1808, the proportion of blacks to whites in the nation steadily declined.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

The North,unlike the South,experienced great economic growth in the mid-nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The New Orleans magazine publisher,JamesB.D.De Bow,championed

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A)   southern economic independence from the North.
B)   southern commercial and agricultural growth.
C)   closer economic ties with the North.
D)   southern economic independence from the North, and southern commercial and agricultural growth.
E)   closer economic ties with the North, and southern commercial and agricultural growth.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

On the eve of the Civil War,________ was the major means of transportation in the South.

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Question 18

One historian said that the South of the period "grew,but it did not ________."

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Question 19

In the American slave family,

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A)   most couples did not formally marry.
B)   black women typically began bearing children later than white women.
C)   premarital pregnancy was uncommon.
D)   extended kinship networks were strong and important.
E)   premarital cohabitation was frowned upon.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

What is the difference between slave resistance and slave rebellion? Why was one more prevalent than the other?

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Exam 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

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The "peculiar institution" was ________.

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Short-staple cotton

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By the time of the Civil War,cotton constituted nearly ________ of the total export trade of the United States.

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In the American slave family,

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To the degree that the South developed a nonfarm commercial sector,it was largely to serve the needs of the ________ economy.

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Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?

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Most often,resistance to slavery took the form of open rebellion.

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By 1860,the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

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Explain why the southern economy remained largely agricultural during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Which of the following statements regarding urban slavery is FALSE?

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Regarding religion,American slaves

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James De Bow argued that the South should pursue agricultural development while relying on the North for industrial goods and capital.

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Which of the following statements about the southern aristocratic ideal is FALSE?

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

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