Question 1

Instructions: On the accompanying map of the South, draw in lines to indicate the following: 
  
Tidewater, Virginia

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Question 2

According to Frederick Douglass, slaves sang most when they were

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A)   escaping from the plantation.
B)   extremely unhappy.
C)   very happy.
D)   about to be married.
E)   about to be sold to a new master.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Planters

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Question 4

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions:  Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: 
    
Georgia

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Question 5

Describe daily life for a typical plantation slave. What were the characteristics of the slave's health and diet, and the nature and structure of the slave family? How much practical freedom did a slave enjoy?

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Question 6

How did the rise of cotton cultivation affect the society and economy of the Old South?

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Question 7

Which of the following is not a reason that music and dance were important to slaves?

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A)   They allowed slaves to demonstrate religious beliefs.
B)   They allowed slaves to lessen the tedium of work.
C)   They allowed slaves to express the sorrows of slavery.
D)   They allowed slaves to call for deliverance from earthly travails.
E)   They allowed slaves to use church music as coded signals to begin an uprising.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

Compare and contrast the Upper South with the Lower South. In what ways were they similar and different? Why did they possess a basic political unity that was destined to put them in political opposition to the North?

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Question 9

Was king cotton a benefit or a hindrance to the South's development? Explain by examining such topics as economic diversification, cotton and the environment, and plantation life.

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Question 10

One of the South's chief defenders of slavery, George Fitzhugh, argued that

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A)   ancient slave societies had produced the world's great intellectuals, such as Plato.
B)   northern factory workers labored under harsh, inhumane conditions, whereas southern slaves were well fed and better cared for in comparison.
C)   there were slaves in the Bible.
D)   attacks on slavery were really attacks on the family - especially the southern family.
E)   None of these choicesF) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

What was the largest group of southern whites in the antebellum period?

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A)   Planters
B)   Small slaveholders
C)   Nonslaveholding yeomen
D)   Urban shopkeepers
E)   People of the pine barrensF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

In 1860, about what percent of slave owners owned more than 20 slaves?

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A)   Only about 12 percent.
B)   Only about 20 percent.
C)   Only about 30 percent.
D)   Only about 40 percent.
E)   Only about 50 percent.F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

Where did over half of all free blacks in the Lower South live?

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A)   In rural areas
B)   In cities
C)   On plantations
D)   In shacks on river banks or near railroad lines
E)   In small coastal villagesF) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of slavery?

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A)   Family life was very important to a slave's existence.
B)   Religion offered slaves hope and a meaning to life.
C)   Most slaves gladly accepted the limits on their freedom in return for security.
D)   Slaves sometimes protested in small but significant ways.
E)   Most slaves worked in agriculture.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

Which of the following is an accurate statement about slave uprisings in the antebellum South?

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A)   They occurred frequently.
B)   They were infrequent but usually bloody.
C)   There were only three, and only one resulted in white deaths.
D)   No slave uprising occurred after 1787.
E)   Slaveowners had no fear of them.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Explain the southern proslavery argument, and account for why it continued despite abolitionist criticism. Why did southerners increasingly defend slavery as a positive good rather than simply a necessary evil? Why did southern pro-emancipation sentiment decline?

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Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Frederick Douglass

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Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Spirituals

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Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
William Tiler Johnson

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Question 20

Explain why there were so few slave uprisings in the antebellum South, and why the Nat Turner rebellion scared the south so much.

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Exam 12: The Old South and Slavery

According to Frederick Douglass, slaves sang most when they were

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Explain the southern proslavery argument, and account for why it continued despite abolitionist criticism. Why did southerners increasingly defend slavery as a positive good rather than simply a necessary evil? Why did southern pro-emancipation sentiment decline?

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In 1860, about what percent of slave owners owned more than 20 slaves?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Spirituals

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Where did over half of all free blacks in the Lower South live?

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about slave uprisings in the antebellum South?

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Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of slavery?

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Compare and contrast the Upper South with the Lower South. In what ways were they similar and different? Why did they possess a basic political unity that was destined to put them in political opposition to the North?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Planters

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Which of the following is not a reason that music and dance were important to slaves?

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One of the South's chief defenders of slavery, George Fitzhugh, argued that

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Was king cotton a benefit or a hindrance to the South's development? Explain by examining such topics as economic diversification, cotton and the environment, and plantation life.

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How did the rise of cotton cultivation affect the society and economy of the Old South?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Frederick Douglass

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MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the South that correctly identifies each of the following: Georgia

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Describe daily life for a typical plantation slave. What were the characteristics of the slave's health and diet, and the nature and structure of the slave family? How much practical freedom did a slave enjoy?

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Explain why there were so few slave uprisings in the antebellum South, and why the Nat Turner rebellion scared the south so much.

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Instructions: On the accompanying map of the South, draw in lines to indicate the following: Tidewater, Virginia

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What was the largest group of southern whites in the antebellum period?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William Tiler Johnson

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