- Which of these was NOT offered as a defense of slavery?a. That it was a positive good, supported by the Bible.b. That slaves were treated as family members.c. That it was good for Africans, who were inferior people.d. That slaves were better treated and cared for than northern factory workers.e. That slavery provided blacks with minimal education in reading and writing.
- Southern society, more than other parts of the US, resembled British society becausea. there was a small, distinct planter aristocracy.b. state legislatures had one house in which seats were inherited. c. leading voices in the South fought for abolition.d. elite southern favored the writing of Sir Walter Scott.e. women controlled the social activities in their homes.
- The number one form of wealth in the South was a. landb. slavesc. cotton cropsd. tobacco cropse. inheritance.
- What single event halted idealistic discussions in the early republic about the eventual end of slavery?a. The War of 1812.b. The invention of the cotton gin.c. The election of slaveholding presidents like Washington and Jefferson.d. The explosion of tobacco as an export crop.e. The Congressional Gag Order.
- How did abolition in the US differ from the process in other parts of the Americas?a. The US abolished slavery long before most nations in Latin America.b. Violent slave revolts in other nations were integral to abolitionists' cause. c. Slavery was abolished in Latin America before the nations became independent.d. The US promised emancipated slaves land and compensation.e. Abolition in the US was the result of the bloodiest war in American history.
- What was the result of the slave uprising aboard the Amistad in 1839?a. Slaves commandeered the ship and successfully returned to Africa.b. Slaves who rebelled were sentenced to death.c. Slave rebels ultimately won their freedom in court.d. It led to the passage of slave codes in the South.e. The conflict led to a fire that claimed the lives of all passengers and destroyed the ship.
- From the outset, the US government grappled with the uncomfortable question of slavery in all of the following measures EXCEPT the a. Northwest Ordinance in 1787.b. constitutional ban on slave imports beginning in 1808.c. Missouri Compromise in 1820.d. Nonimportation Act of 1807.e. Compromise of 1850.
- How did the two great abolitionists, former slave Fredrick Douglass and northern white businessman William Lloyd Garrison, differ in their strategy for ending slavery?a. Douglas believed the North should break away from the slave holding South; Garrison did not.b. Garrison renounced political remedies; Douglas embraced them.c. Garrison sought the violent overthrow of slavery; Douglas did not.d. Douglas made incendiary speeches; Garrison appealed more to reason, principle and integrity.e. Douglas was prone to theatrics; Garrison was known for his impassioned speeches.
- Which of these economic woes was NOT associated with cotton cultivation in the plantation South?a. A concentration of wealth, economic resources, and power in fewer and fewer hands.b. Excessive land cultivation and soil depletion.c. Overspeculation in land and slaves.d. Increasing vulnerablity to a volatile world market.e. Rising number of new immigrants seeking to profit from the land.
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