Chapter 11 HIST

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

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

What was the name of the vibrant community of former slaves freed by Virginian Richard Randolph?

Israel Hill

Where did the task labor system originate from?

It was a holdover from the colonial period.

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

He feared being recaptured.

Which state had the fewest free blacks?

Mississippi

A slave that worked primarily in cotton fields most likely lived in:

Natchez, Mississippi.

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?

Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased.

After an 1831 slave rebellion, which state's legislature debated, but did not approve, a plan for gradual emancipation of slaves in that state?

Virginia.

While the North emphasized egalitarianism, the South stressed:

a code of honor.

In the South, the paternalist ethos:

reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him.

Frederick Douglass argued that:

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

Slave families:

were headed by women more frequently than were white families.

In 1850, a majority of southern slaveholders owned how many slaves?

1 to 5.

In 1860, what percentage of southern white families were in the slaveowning class?

25 percent

On the eve of the Civil War, approximately how much of the world's cotton supply came from the southern United States?

75 percent.

What was the biggest fear of a slave of any age?

A family member being sold.

Which of the following statements is accurate about the work done by southern slaves?

By the time of the Civil War, about 200,000 worked in industrial-type occupations.

In the nineteenth century, which product was the world's major crop produced by slave labor?

Cotton

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

False

As a general rule, slaveowners never allowed their slaves to listen to a white preacher in church.

False

Denmark Vesey's 1822 slave rebellion resulted in the deaths of more than thirty whites in Charleston.

False

Most white southern families owned at least one slave.

False

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

False

Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.

False

Slavery did not affect northern merchants and manufacturers.

False

The respective Canadian and Mexican governments regularly returned escaped slaves to southern slaveholders.

False

The Haitian slave revolt was successful and the attempts by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner ultimately failed because:

Haiti had a population that was primarily of African heritage while most of the United States had a higher percentage of whites.

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

Queen Victoria.

In Joseph Taper's letter to Joseph Long, how does Taper analyze his experience of living in Canada?

The British system allowed for more "pursuit of happiness."

What did paternalism reinforce?

Slaves need to be watched carefully.

What economic effect did southern slavery have on the North?

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

Which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?

The closing of the African slave trade.

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

Urban free blacks sometimes formed their own churches.

Why did southern slaves live in better conditions by the mid-nineteenth century than those in the Caribbean and South America?

The rising value of slaves made it profitable for slaveowners to take better care of them.

After Nat Turner's Rebellion, the Virginia legislature discussed ending slavery in that state.

True

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

True

Slaves had a few legal rights, but they were not well enforced.

True

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

True

Some slaves actually used trains to escape to freedom in the North.

True

When not in the field, slaves observed more traditional gender roles.

True

The relationship between rich southern planters and poor southern farmers:

benefited in part from a sense of unity bred by criticism from outsiders.

The Brer Rabbit stories of slave folklore:

celebrated how the weak could outsmart the more powerful.

Slave religion:

combined African traditions and Christian beliefs.

Denmark Vesey's conspiracy:

reflected a combination of American and African influences.

Fugitive slaves:

generally understood that the North Star led to freedom.

Southern farmers in the backcountry:

generally worked the land using family labor.

The end of slavery in most Latin American nations:

involved gradual emancipation accompanied by recognition of owners' legal rights to slave property.

The slave rebellion aboard the Amistad:

led to a Supreme Court decision freeing the slaves.

The internal slave trade in the United States involved the movement of hundreds of thousands of enslaved persons from:

older states like Virginia to the Lower South.

To qualify as a member of the planter class, a person had to be engaged in southern agriculture and:

own at least twenty slaves.