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32 Cards in this Set
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As acts of self-empowerment, enslaved individuals often
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broke tools.
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Slaves made up a significant portion of the Old South’s:
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field laborers.
house servants. skilled artisans. *all of the above* |
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John C. Calhoun of South Carolina considered “the most false and dangerous of all political errors,” the view that:
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all men are created equal and entitled to liberty.
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By 1860, more than half of the United States’ exports were in:
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cotton.
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Which of the following was not a part of slavery’s impact on the northern economy?
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Slave labor in the southern cotton belt undermined cotton production in the North.
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In the quotation, “Exalting the superiority of northern society based on ‘free labor,’ ” define “free labor”:
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non-slave labor that is paid
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Labor on rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia was generally done by:
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task labor.
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Which of the following was not true of the plain white folk of the Old South?
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Like slaves, they had few civil or political rights.
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The newly created Republican Party of the 1850s was dedicated to:
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confining slavery to the states in which it already existed.
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Which of the following was not a central theme of planter ideology?
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There is no place for fixed social hierarchies in a democratic republic.
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Which was not a restriction on free blacks in the Old South?
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They could own dogs and firearms.
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Define “planter” as used in this and other chapters of this book in such phrases as “southern planters were successful.”
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the owner or manager of a plantation who himself rarely if ever did the actual physical labor associated with plowing or harvesting crops
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Whose name is most often associated with the Underground Railroad?
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Harriet Tubman
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Which was not a job slaves occupied?
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businessman
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The southern state with the largest free black population in relation to its total African American population was?
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Delaware
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“Slave patrols” were:
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farmers who kept a lookout for runaway slaves.
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In the Old South, the percentage of white families that owned slaves was approximately:
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25 percent.
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Nat Turner:
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led an 1831 slave uprising in Virginia, killing about sixty whites.
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The most influential African-American of the nineteenth century and the nation’s leading advocate of racial equality was:
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Frederick Douglass.
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In 1860, the largest economic investment in the United States was in:
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slaves.
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Which of the following was not a frequent mode of slave resistance?
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deadly assaults on slaveholders
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“In southern cities, thousands of slaves were employed as skilled artisans.” Define “artisan”:
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skilled craftsman
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Which was not the case for free blacks?
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Most free blacks rose to the status of skilled, middle-class workers.
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What happened to the 135 enslaved persons who in 1841 seized the ship, the Creole, and sailed to Nassau in search of freedom?
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They were given refuge in the British Caribbean.
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In American slave culture, jumping over a broomstick was associated with which of the following acts?
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marriage
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In the years before the Civil War, the wealthiest Americans were:
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planters in South Carolina and Mississippi.
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Which was not a condition of slavery?
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Slaves were not allowed to carry shotguns in South Carolina.
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Which of the following does not apply to the comparative experience of slaves and free blacks in the Old South?
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Between 1800 and 1860 the material conditions of free blacks steadily improved, while those of slaves steadily deteriorated.
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Which of the following was not a feature of slave culture?
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a notable indifference to gender roles
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Approximately how many enslaved individuals ran away to the North each year?
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1,000
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Cotton was “King” during the first half of the nineteenth century. Three-fourths of the world’s supply came from the United States, and textile manufacturers in New England, Great Britain, France, and Russia depended on the American cotton supply. Define “textile”:
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woven cloth
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Which is not part of the generally accepted account of the 1822 conspiracy led by Denmark Vesey?
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Vesey and his followers killed or maimed 37 whites.
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