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16 The South and the Slavery Controversy 1793-1860
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1From the outset, the US government grappled with the uncomfortable question of slavery in all of the following EXCEPT
- ANorthwest Ordinance in 1787
- BMissouri Compromise in 1820
- CNonimportation Act of 1807
- DCompromise of 1850
2After 1800, the prosperity of both North and South became heavily dependent on growing, manufacturing, and exporting of cotton.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3What single event halted idealistic discussions in the early republic about the eventual end of slavery?
- AThe War of 1812
- BThe invention of the cotton gin
- CThe explosion of tobacco as an export crop
- DThe congressional gag order
4The Southern planter aristocracy was strongly attracted to medieval cultural ideals.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Which of these economic woes was NOT associated with cotton cultivation in teh plantation South?
- AA concentration of wealth, economic resources, and power in fewer and fewer hands.
- BExcessive land cultivation and soil depletion
- COverspeculation in land and slaves
- DA rising number of new immigrants seeking to profit from the land.
6Most southern slave owners owned twenty or more slaves
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Which of the following is NOT a true statement about free blacks in the antebellum America?
- ASome of them owned slaves and property
- BThey shared the same voting and other rights as white men everywhere
- CThey were often despised more in the North than in the South
- DSome of them purchased their freedom by working after hours for extra money.
8in 1860, three-fourths of all white southerns owned no slaves at all
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Poor whites supported slavery because it made them feel racially superior and because they hoped someday to be able to buy slaves
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Slaves worked to undermine their masters and regain some margin of autonomy - however small - in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
- Aslowing down the pace of their work
- Bpilfering household and other goods from their masters' homes.
- Cdestroying homes and crops
- Dsabotaging equipment
11What was the result of the slave uprising aboard the Amistad in 1839
- ASlaves commandeered the ship and successfully returned to Africa
- BSlave rebels ultimately won their freedom in court
- CIt led to the passage of slave codes in the South
- DThe conflict led to a fire that claimed the lives of all passengers and destroyed the ship.
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