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The focus on cotton and other cash crops has obscured the degree to which: |
the antebellum South fed itself from its own fields |
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During the nineteenth century, major slave rebellions: |
were rare |
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Which of the following was NOT part of the myth of the Old South’s superiority? |
One southerner could defeat ten northerners in combat. |
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Most southern men prided themselves on adhering to a moral code based on: |
a prickly sense of honor |
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Slaves forced to migrate to the Old Southwest were particularly despondent over: |
the breakup of family ties that resulted from the migration |
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Why was organized resistance to slavery by slaves risky? |
Southern whites possessed overwhelming authority and firepower. |
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The movie Gone with the Wind: |
presents a mythic view of the Old South |
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As southerners moved farther west and south between 1812 and 1860: |
cotton production soared |
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In the antebellum period, which of the following was in the Old Southwest? |
Mississippi |
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The frequency of dueling in the South was probably caused by: |
southerners’ exalted sense of honor |
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Slave religion: |
mixed African and Christian elements |
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The South’s population: |
had a high proportion of native-born, both black and white |
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Plantation mistresses: |
supervised the domestic household |
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Why were slave women valued by slave owners? |
Their ability to reproduce increased the number of slaves owned. |
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Which of the following was NOT a major motivation for whipping a slave? |
for failing to recognize the moral superiority of the overseer and driver |
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To be called a "planter," one had to: |
own at least twenty slaves |
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The legal prohibition that denied slaves the right to marry: |
did not stop slaves from choosing partners and forging a family life |
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On a plantation, the position responsible for managing the agricultural production in every way was the: |
overseer |
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Slaves living in southern cities had a much different experience from those on farms because: |
they were able to interact with an extended interracial community |
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The plantation mistress: |
generally confronted a double standard in terms of moral and sexual behavior |
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Life in the Old Southwest was characterized by: |
a lack of women |
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Poor whites were often employed as: |
day laborers |
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By 1860, the significance of Britain to the southern economy was based on the fact that: |
Britain was a major importer of southern cotton |
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The most numerous white southerners were the: |
yeoman farmers |
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By the 1830s, most Baptists and Methodists in the South: |
defended slavery |
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Some free blacks were: |
people of mixed ancestry called mulattoes |
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By 1860, slavery was most concentrated: |
in the Lower South |
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A typical form of resistance pursued by slaves entailed: |
malingering, feigning illness, and sabotage |
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All of the following statements about southern free blacks are true EXCEPT: |
there were no women were among them |
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The rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as: |
a slave code |
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When in 1855 a slave named Celia killed her sexually abusive master, she was: |
hanged |
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What portion of the South’s white population had no proprietary interest in slaves? |
two thirds |
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Which of the following was not a part of the "masculine" culture of the Old Southwest’s frontier? |
gender equality |
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The slave revolt led by Nat Turner: |
killed more than 50 whites before its suppression |
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Middling farmers in the South: |
generally supported white supremacy |
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Free blacks in the South: |
sometimes owned slaves |
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Slave owners in the antebellum South acquired additional slaves from: |
the domestic slave trade |
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What was NOT a common way that slaves established their private communities? |
openly attempted to organize religious services |
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The Old Southwest: |
attracted thousands of settlers in the 1820s and 1830s with its low land prices and suitability for cotton production |
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By the antebellum period, all of the following remained significant cash crops in the South EXCEPT: |
indigo |
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Approximately how many slaves joined Christian denominations by 1860? |
20 percent |
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Which of the following statements was generally true of slave life? |
Field hands were organized into work gangs. |
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The development of southern industry: |
lagged behind the North |
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During the first half of the nineteenth century, cotton became the most profitable form of agriculture, surpassing: |
rice |
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How would southern whites attempt to prevent slave rebellions? |
They met any sign of resistance or rebellion with a brutal response. |
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The rapid expansion of the cotton belt in the South: |
ensured that the region became more dependent on enslaved black workers |
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Most slaves in the Lower South: |
labored on large plantations |
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