Chapter 11 Reading Quiz

Which of the following was not a part of slavery’s impact on the northern economy?

• Slave labor in the southern cotton belt undermined cotton production in the North

• Northern shipping lines transported southern cotton, and northern factories transformed it into cloth

• Profits from the cotton trade helped foster industrial development and internal improvements in the North

• Northern manufacturers made ample profits producing the shoes and clothing that were issued to slaves

Which of the following was not true of the plain white folk of the Old South?

• While some remained mired in poverty, others attained material comfort and self-sufficiency

• While some resented the planter elite, most still supported the system of slavery

• Like slaves, they had few civil or political rights

• Most were only marginally connected to the market revolution

Which of the following was not a central theme of planter ideology?

• Wealth is meant to be consumed, not merely reinvested

• We are the aristocrats of our region; women, children, slaves, and poorer whites depend upon us for guidance and protection

• There is no place for fixed social hierarchies in democratic republic

• the competitive marketplace is where we make our fortunes- but it is not where we derive our values

Which of the following does not apply to the comparative experience of slaves and free blacks in the Old South?

• Between 1800 and 1860 the material conditions of free blacks steadily improved, while those of slaves deteriorated

• Like slaves, most free blacks worked as field hands

• Like slaves, free blacks were legally barred from voting, carrying guns, or testifying in court

• Social hierarchies could be found with each group

Which of the following was not a feature of slave culture?

• A distinctive set of kinship patterns, adapted to the challenges of bondage

• a body of folk customs that reflected the cultural traditions of both africa and America

• A notable indifference to gender roles

• version of Christianity that highlighted symbols of deliverance

Which of the following was not a frequent mode of slave resistance?

• Escape

• Deadly assaults on slaveholders

• Theft of Food

• Sabotaging the efficiency of the plantation

The newly created Republican Party of the 1850s was dedicated to:

• working diligently to expand slavery and tax abatements in the West

• the immediate abolition of slavery

• promoting the idea of popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery

• confining slavery to the states in which it already existed

The most influential African-American of the nineteenth century and the nation’s leading advocate of racial equality was:

• Frederick Douglass

• Nat Turner

• Abe Lincoln

• Harriet Tubman

John C. Calhoun of South Carolina considered “the most false and dangerous of all political errors,” the view that:

• all men are created equal and entitled to liberty

• states had the right to nullify federal law

• slavery was a positive good

• the office of the vice presidency had been created by the founders

As acts of self-empowerment, enslaved individuals often

• Married their masters

• Broke tools

• Participated in organized violent revolution

• all of the above