Chapter 13 Section 4: North and South 1820m- 1860

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a category of white Southerners?

• Yeomen

• Industrialists

• Merchants

• Bankers

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: Very few _______ owners existed in the South.

• Plantation

• Factory

• Store

• Ship

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: Most Southerners were either small farmers without slaves or planters with a _______ of slaves.

• Handful

• Dozen

• Hundred

• Thousand

Multiple Choice

Which group made up the largest group in the south?

• Yeomen

• Tenant Farmers

• Slaves

• Merchants

Multiple Choice

What did rural poor typically plant?

• Wheat

• Corn

• Rice

• Barley

Multiple Choice

What activities did rural poor engage in for food?

• Fishing and hunting

• Trading and selling

• Farming and exporting

• Mining and gathering

Multiple Choice

Yeomen did not have ______.

• land

• slaves

• crops

• houses

Multiple Choice

What type of cabins did rural poor live in?

• Modern

• Crude

• Spacious

• Luxurious

Multiple Choice

The Metoyer family of Louisiana owned thousands of acres of land and more than how many slaves?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

Multiple Choice

The fixed cost for plantation owners remained about the same every ____.

• Month

• Year

• Season

• Week

Multiple Choice

Cotton prices varied from season to season. Where were the best prices found?

• New York

• New Orleans

• Los Angeles

• Chicago

Multiple Choice

What tasks were most field hands responsible for on the plantation?

• Tending to animals

• Working in the house

• Planting and picking crops

• Supervising other workers.

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: On the plantation, _______ were responsible for tending horses, cows, sheep, and pigs.

• House slaves

• Blacksmiths

• Field hands

• Overseers

Multiple Choice

What was the primary role of house slaves on the plantation?

• Supervising other workers

• Working in the fields

• Performing domestic tasks

• Tending to animals

Multiple Choice

Josiah Henson is known for ______ slavery and describing his living conditions.

• Supporting

• Escaping

• Ignoring

• Promoting

Multiple Choice

Traditional African folk stories were ______ down by African Americans.

• Written

• Passed

• Forgotten

• Ignored

Multiple Choice

What did Christianity become for African Americans?

• A) A religion of hope and resistance

• B) A religion of despair

• C) A religion of wealth

• D) A religion of solitude

Multiple Choice

The passionate beliefs of the Southern slaves were expressed in the ______.

• hymns

• spirituals

• dances

• prayers

Multiple Choice

Between which years did the slave codes become more severe?

• 1800 and 1830

• 1830 and 1860

• 1860 and 1900

• 1900 and 1930

Multiple Choice

What was one of the aims of the slave codes?

• To promote education

• To prevent the slave rebellion

• To encourage assembly in large groups

• To allow freedom of movement.

Multiple Choice

Teaching slaves to read and write was considered ____.

• legal

• illegal

• encouraged

• optional

Multiple Choice

Slaves were prohibited from assembling in ____.

• small groups

• large groups

• family gatherings

• public places

Multiple Choice

Who was Nat Turner?

• A famous musician

• A popular religious leader among fellow slaves

• A plantation owner

• A politician

Multiple Choice

In what year did Nat Turner lead a group of followers on a violent rampage?

• 1821

• 1831

• 1841

• 1851

Multiple Choice

Before being captured, Nat Turner's group killed at least how many whites?

• 25

• 35

• 45

• 55

Multiple Choice

Most enslaved people rebelled by working slowly or faking ill. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Some enslaved people rebelled by ______ plantation buildings.

• Painting

• Building

• Setting fire to

• Cleaning

Multiple Choice

Who were two African American leaders who gained their freedom by fleeing to the North?

• Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X and Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois and Sojourner Truth

Multiple Choice

The Underground Railroad was a network of 'safe houses' owned by free blacks and whites who opposed slavery. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

By 1860, the South was the site of several large cities. What were the 10 largest cities in the South known for?

• Manufacturing centers

• Seaports or river ports

• Educational hubs

• Agricultural centers

Multiple Choice

With the coming of the RR, many other cities began to grow as centers of ____.

• Education

• Trade

• Agriculture

• Politics

Multiple Choice

The population of Southern cities included which of the following groups?

• White city dwellers

• Enslaved workers

• Free African Americans

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

Free African Americans founded their own ____.

• Schools

• Churches and institutions

• Businesses

• Political parties

Multiple Choice

Free African Americans were denied an equal share in ____.

• Economic and political life

• Religious life

• Educational opportunities

• Social gatherings

Multiple Choice

Who operated the academy in Wellington, South Carolina?

• Moses Waddel

• John Smith

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: Mathematics, religion, Greek, Latin, and _______ were taught at the Waddel academy.

• public speaking

• art

• music

• science

Multiple Choice

What type of schools did plantation owners send their children to?

• Public schools

• Private schools

• Home schools

• Charter schools

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: Some of the larger cities established _______ school systems.

• private

• public

• charter

• home

Multiple Choice

What was not a subject taught at the academy?

• Greek

• Latin

• Public speaking

• Science

Multiple Choice

In the mid-1800s, education was growing and hundreds of public schools were operating in which state?

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Georgia

Multiple Choice

Many states had charity schools for students whose parents couldn't afford tuition.

• True

• False