Give Me Liberty Quiz Ch. 11

Approximately how many enslaved individuals ran away to the North each year?

1,000

Slaves made up a significant portion of the Old South's

1. field laborers. 2. house servants. 3. skilled artisans.

In the Old South, the percentage of white families that owned slaves was approximately

25%

Who was the most influential African-American of the nineteenth century and the nation's leading advocate of racial equality?

Frederick Douglass

Whose name is most often associated with the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

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

NOT: Between 1800 and 1860, the material conditions of free blacks steadily improved, while those of slaves steadily deteriorated. Does: 1. Social hierarchies could be found within each group. 2. Like slaves, free blacks were legally barred from voting, carrying firearms, or testifying in court. 3. As with slaves, most free blacks worked as field hands.

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

NOT: Slave labor in the southern cotton belt undermined cotton production in the North. Was: 1. Profits from the cotton trade helped foster industrial development and internal improvements in the North. 2. Northern shipping lines transported southern cotton, and northern factories transformed it into cloth. 3. Northern manufacturers made ample profits producing the shoes and clothing that were issued to slaves.

Which was not a condition of slavery?

NOT: Slaves were not allowed to carry shotguns in South Carolina. Was: 1. By the 1830s, it was against the law to teach a slave to read or write. 2. Their choice of whom they might marry could be interfered with by their master. 3. Their choice of how they spent their free time was not immune to interference by slave owners.

Which was not a restriction on free blacks in the Old South?

NOT: They could own dogs and firearms. Was: 1. They could not testify in court. 2. They had to carry a certificate of freedom with them at all times. 3. They were prohibited from striking a white person, even in self-defense.

Which is not part of the generally accepted account of the 1822 conspiracy led by Denmark Vesey?

NOT: Vesey and his followers killed or maimed thirty-seven whites. Was: 1. His lieutenant was named Gullah Jack. 2. Vesey studied the Bible and quoted the Declaration of Independence. 3. Vesey had purchased his freedom after winning the lottery.

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

NOT: a notable indifference to gender roles Was: 1. a version of Christianity that highlighted symbols of deliverance, such as Jonah, Daniel, and especially Moses 2. a distinctive set of kinship patterns, adapted to the challenges of bondage 3. a body of folk customs that reflected the cultural traditions of both Africa and America

Which was not a job slaves occupied?

NOT: businessman Was: 1. coachman 2. field hand 3. domestic worker

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

NOT: deadly assaults on slaveholders Was: 1. theft of food 2. sabotaging the efficiency of the plantation 3. escape

What happened to the 135 enslaved persons who in 1841 seized the ship, the Creole, and sailed to Nassau in search of freedom?

They were given refuge in the British Caribbean.

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.

As acts of self-empowerment, enslaved individuals often

broke tools.

By 1860, more than half of the United States' exports were in

cotton.

Nat Turner

led an 1831 slave uprising in Virginia, killing about sixty whites.

In American slave culture, jumping over a broomstick was associated with which of the following acts?

marriage

In the years before the Civil War, the wealthiest Americans were

planters in South Carolina and Mississippi.

"In southern cities, thousands of slaves were employed as skilled artisans." Define "artisan."

skilled craftsman

In 1860, the largest economic investment in the United States was in

slaves.

Labor on rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia was generally done by

task labor.

Cotton was "king" during the first half of the nineteenth century. Three-fourths of the world's supply came from the United States, and textile manufacturers in New England, Great Britain, France, and Russia depended on the American cotton supply. Define "textile."

woven cloth