Question 1

Seeing themselves as a chosen people,blacks viewed which Biblical story as playing a central role in their version of Christianity?

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A)   Genesis.
B)   Jonah and the whale.
C)   Moses and the exodus from Egypt.
D)   Noah and the ark.
E)   Book of Revelation.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Fugitive slaves:

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A)   generally understood that the North Star led to freedom.
B)   were more likely to be women than men,because they were trying to escape sexual assault.
C)   succeeded in escaping more frequently from the Deep South because they had access to ships leaving ports like New Orleans and Charleston.
D)   benefited from the refusal of non-slaveowners to participate in patrols that looked for fugitives.
E)   who escaped to Canada were routinely returned to slavery by the British authorities.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Mason-Dixon Line

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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) 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 taleM) E) and J)
N) E) and I)

Question 4

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

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A)   a fugitive slave arriving in a free state.
B)   a slave marriage.
C)   the birth of a slave baby.
D)   surviving the Middle Passage.
E)   a slave's promotion from field hand to domestic servant.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

To qualify as a member of the planter class,a person had to be engaged in southern agriculture and:

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A)   own at least ten slaves.
B)   grow specifically cotton or sugarcane.
C)   own at least twenty slaves.
D)   live in a large mansion.
E)   own at least fifty slaves.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Slavery did not affect northern merchants and manufacturers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Martin Van Buren

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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 SlaveM) B) and H)
N) A) and J)

Question 8

What resulted from the sexual exploitation of slave women?

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A)   Church ministers criticized the activity as a sin.
B)   Most slave men were unaware of the exploitation of their wives and relatives.
C)   Some wives of plantation owners resented when this happened and then punished slaves.
D)   Many of the babies that resulted from the exploitation were sent to Africa.
E)   Slaveowners often publicly discussed their exploitations.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 9

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 10

Paternalism both masked and justified the brutal reality of slavery.

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A) True 
 B)False

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

Question 12

The end of slavery in most Latin American nations:

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A)   resulted from violent slave revolts that rocked Latin America from 1822 to 1855.
B)   involved gradual emancipation accompanied by recognition of owners' legal rights to slave property.
C)   was inspired by the emancipation of slaves that occurred as a result of the American Civil War.
D)   followed a pattern very different from that established in the northern United States.
E)   did not happen until the United States made emancipation an aim of the Spanish-American War.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Plantation owners dominated U.S.southern life and:

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A)   spread slavery to Cuba and other Caribbean islands.
B)   wanted to avoid a Civil War at all costs.
C)   focused on reuniting slave families.
D)   promoted African-American culture.
E)   exerted enormous influence on the national scene.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

When comparing colonial slavery to nineteenth-century slavery,what was a major difference?

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A)   In the colonial period,slaves rarely worked in cotton fields.
B)   Few slaves in the colonial period had a desire to run away.
C)   The colonial period had no cash crops.
D)   Slaves in the nineteenth century had a stronger feeling of connection to Africa.
E)   Slaves in the nineteenth century were more accepting of their condition.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

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) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 16

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

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Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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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Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Major group slave resistance events occurred more frequently at sea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Martin Van Buren

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