13-16 multiple choice

What were the independent farmers who lived in the orbit of the planter class called?

• Plantation belt Yeoman

• Lucky

• Upcountry Yeoman

• poor whites

Slave ____________________________ was common, outright ______________________ was rare.

• rebellion / restistance

• resistance / rebellion

• rebellion / obedience

• resistance / obedience

  _________________ required slaves’ absolute obedience to all whites.

• Slave codes

• Jim Crow Laws

• Klan Codes

• All the above

The system of regulations in the South confined most free African Americans to a life of (check all that apply)

• poverty

• dependence

• safety

• peace

Despite enormous advantages for the North, the South was convinced they would win because of the economic clout of their main product; __________________________________.

• cotton

• wheat

• tobacco

_______% of black men, ages 18 to 45 in the free states fought as Union soldiers

• 71

• 50

• 35

• 0

As long as upcountry yeomen were free to lead their own lives, how did they feel on the issue of slavery? (check all that apply)

• defended slavery

• defended white supremacy

• disagreed with slavery

• disagreed with white supremacy

 Why were the National Banking Act, Legal Tender Act, and sweeping tax laws finally passed?

• Dem. convinced Rep. of their necessity

• Dem. strength in Congress was cut in half

• Rep. strength in Congress was cut in half

• Rep convinced Dem of their necessity 

By 1840 cotton accounted for more than ______% of US exports.

• 10

• 30

• 60

• 50

 In 1862 Congress passed a second ________________ that freed all slaves of rebel masters.

• Emancipation Act

• Spoils Act  

• Confiscation Act 

• Contraband Act