Chapter 11

An advocate for the end of a state-approved practice or institution; the term is used most often in connection with the eradication of slavery.

Abolitionist

This ship was at the center of a case addressing the slavery issue.

Amistad

This free black, from Charleston, prepared for a slave revolt, but it was discovered before it began.

Denmark Vessey

Which of the following was a consequence of cotton's growing dominance over the southern economy?

Economic power shifted from the "upper" to the "lower" South.

This person was an example of a slave who purchased their own freedom.

Elizabeth Keckley

This person gathered 1,000 rebellious slaves outside Richmond, but the plot was discovered before the revolt began.

Gabriel Prosser

Which of the following statements about slavery is true?

It isolated blacks from whites, enabling slaves to create their own cultures.

This person was a U.S. senator from South Carolina who advocated the overwhelming significance of cotton to the southern and national economies.

James Henry Hammond

The act by a slave owner of freeing a slave

Manumission

By the start of the Civil War, which of the following states contained a large percentage of the free black population?

Maryland

Which of the following statements about slave punishment is true?

Masters generally were not punished for killing their slaves.

This slave preacher led a band of armed African Americans through Southampton County, Virginia, killing sixty white men, women, and children before being overpowered by state and federal troops.

Nat Turner

This was a term that white Southerners often used to refer to slavery.

Peculiar Institution

This term was coined by historian Ira Berlin and refers to the movement of hundreds of slaves from the upper South to the cotton states.

Second Middle Passage

Which of the following crops became particularly important in the cooler, drier regions of the South during the mid-1800s?

Short Staple Cotton

Laws passed in the British colonies or in American states granting white masters absolute authority over the enslaved; these included laws depriving slaves of property, free movement, and legal defenses.

Slave Codes

What was the "second middle passage"?

The forced migration of slaves from the upper South to the lower South.

Which of the following played the biggest part in determining the role of wealthy southern women as compared with their northern counterparts?

Their rural environments

Which of the following statements about planters was generally true?

They exercised a power far out of proportion to their numbers.

Which of the following statements about slaves' health is true?

They had higher mortality rates than southern whites.

Why was the line between slavery and freedom less distinct in urban areas?

Urban slaves were less isolated than rural slaves.

The typical white southerner was

a modest yeoman farmer.

The southern failure to create a flourishing commercial or industrial economy was in part the result of

a set of values distinctive to the South that discouraged the growth of cities and industry.

This was the basis for a great boom in the Deep South economy.

cotton kingdom

A male, southern set of beliefs that emphasized respect, reputation, and the protection of women

cult of honor

Slaves generally preferred to live in which of the following environments?

large plantations

African American religion

sometimes combined Christianity with traditional African religions.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the failure of southern "plain folk" to oppose the slave system?

the existence of many alternative routes to wealth