HIST. 1301: U.S. History Unit 2 (11-15) Questions

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

Southern slavery helped finance industrialization and internal improvements in the North.

What role did Christianity play in slavery?

Teaching slaves about Christianity helped to reinforce the owners' ideas on paternalism

A slave from which state had the best chance of escaping to freedom permanently?

Tennessee

Which book was to some extent modeled on the autobiography of fugitive slave Josiah Henson?

Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Which of the following statements about religious life among African-Americans in southern cities is true?

Urban free blacks sometimes formed their own churches.

Historians estimate that approximately ________ slaves per year escaped to the North or Canada.

1,000

The U.S. slave population by 1860 was approximately:

4 million.

Which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?

A slave on a large plantation slowed down the work pace.

Although New Orleans was the only city of significant size in the South, it did not have a rich immigrant culture.

False

At Oneida, celibacy was strictly enforced.

False

Major group slave resistance events occurred more frequently at sea.

False

Most white southern families owned at least one slave.

False

Overall, slaves did not think much about freedom. They were content with their situation as long as their master was kind.

False

Slavery did not affect northern merchants and manufacturers.

False

After escaping slavery in the South, what was the primary reason why Henry "Box" Brown moved to England?

He feared being recaptured.

Before his execution, how did Nat Turner see himself?

He felt he was dying for the sin of slavery.

When comparing colonial slavery to nineteenth-century slavery, what was a major difference?

In the colonial period, slaves rarely worked in cotton fields

Who in Congress worked tirelessly to end the gag rule?

John Quincy Adams.

In an 1840 letter written from Canada, fugitive slave Joseph Taper asked for divine blessings upon:

Queen Victoria.

How did Margaret Fuller demonstrate that women could be leaders?

She edited the New York Tribune.

What resulted from the sexual exploitation of slave women?

Some wives of plantation owners resented when this happened and then punished slaves.

In his speech about the Fourth of July, how did Frederick Douglass critique the founding of the United States?

The American Revolution was a good starting point for principles of freedom.

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after:

The Declaration of Independence.

In the New Testament, Jesus did not condemn slavery. What did this mean to southern slaveholders?

The New Testament could be used to endorse slavery.

What was true of the South and slavery in nineteenth-century America?

The Old South had developed into the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known.

Northerners who were not abolitionists did what in regards to slavery?

They faced a dilemma of conscience and law.

Black Christianity is best described as a blend of African traditions and Christian beliefs.

True

By 1860, the economic investment represented by the slave population exceeded the value of the nation's factories, railroads, and banks combined.

True

By the 1830s, it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

True

Despite being forbidden by law to marry, many slaves were able to create a family life on the plantation.

True

Slaves frequently named children after other family members to retain family continuity.

True

Slaves working in the fields generally viewed the overseer as a cruel and heartless man.

True

The internal slave trade was a key component in supporting the cotton kingdom.

True

While the North emphasized egalitarianism, the South stressed:

a code of honor.

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

a slave marriage.

The Brer Rabbit stories of slave folklore:

celebrated how the weak could outsmart the more powerful.

The term "Lords of the Loom" refers to:

early New England factory owners.

Southern farmers in the backcountry:

generally worked the land using family labor.

The slave rebellion aboard the Amistad:

led to a Supreme Court decision freeing the slaves

Urban slaves:

most often were domestic servants.

Frederick Douglass argued that:

slaves were truer to the principles of the Declaration of Independence than were most white Americans.

Free blacks in the United States:

sometimes became wealthy enough to own slaves.

Defenders of American slavery claimed that British emancipation in the 1830s had been a failure because:

the freed slaves grew less sugarcane, which hurt the economy of the Caribbean.