The American Yawp Chapter 11

Which African Country was founded by African Americans?

Liberia

What was the function of southern dueling?

Preserving the honor of both participants

Why did Celia kill her enslaver?

To escape rape

Which of the following numbers is closest to the number of enslaved people living in the South in 1860?

4 million

By 1860, cotton exports made up _______ of all American exports.

60%

All of the following southern crops required cities to facilitate export, marketing, and or storage except:

All of these crops required cities for export, marketing and or storage: Cotton, Rice, Wheat D. All of the above.

What was the impact of Nat Turners Rebellion?

Black led churches were broken up, Anti-literacy laws increased, and southern religion was transformed. D. All of the Above

In which region was the ethnic homogeneity the strongest among enslaved people?

Coastal South Carolina

Which of the following best describes the relationship of femininity and domesticity in the south?

Domesticity limited the opportunities of wealthy white women to engage in the public sphere.

What happened to Nat Turner?

Executed

What cleared the way for eastern people to resettle in the deep south?

Indian Removal Act of 1830

How did evangelicalism influence racial relations in the U.S. South?

Reinforced pro-slavery ideals Increased the prevalence of Protestantism among African Americans Created bi-racial congregations

In the decades before the Civil War, between one-fifth and one-third of all slave marriages were broken up via _______________

Sale or forced migration

Where was the southern middle class the strongest?

Southern Cities

In a world of racialized violence and dominance, southern society sought to protect the sexual purity of:

White women