Question 1

Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?

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A)   Turner and his followers assaulted mostly men.
B)   Fewer than twenty whites were killed during the rebellion.
C)   Turner escaped capture.
D)   Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion.
E)   It occurred in Georgia.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

While the North emphasized egalitarianism,the South stressed:

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A)   unions.
B)   communal living.
C)   a code of honor.
D)   competition.
E)   social mobility.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

Urban slaves:

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A)   most often were domestic servants.
B)   was a term coined by southerners to describe northern factory workers.
C)   had less autonomy than plantation slaves because there were more authorities to watch them.
D)   could work on their own and always kept the majority of their earnings.
E)   increasingly replaced skilled white laborers as the Civil War approached.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The slave rebellion aboard the Amistad:

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A)   nearly captured a fort in Charleston, South Carolina.
B)   led to a Supreme Court decision freeing the slaves.
C)   inspired the gag rule.
D)   took place off the coast of Virginia.
E)   helped establish the Republic of Haiti.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 6

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Nat Turner was not a particularly religious man.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

After 1830,defense of slavery by southerners increased and intensified.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

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A)   With other slaves, Denmark Vesey planned a rebellion.
B)   Joseph Taper escaped to Canada and then wrote a letter about his new home.
C)   Nat Turner killed a white person during his rebellion.
D)   A slave on a large plantation slowed down the work pace.
E)   Harriet Tubman helped lead slaves to freedom.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Despite unimaginable hardships,slaves were able to maintain a sense of identity and a determination to attain freedom.Describe how slave culture aided those endeavors and drove slaves' desire for freedom.Be sure to consider African heritage and slave family life,folklore,and religious life in your response.

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Question 11

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

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A)   They did not; slaves led vastly healthier lives in regions other than the American South.
B)   Southern Protestant churches encouraged better treatment of southern slaves than the Roman Catholic Church did with slaves in the Caribbean and South America.
C)   The rising value of slaves made it profitable for slaveowners to take better care of them.
D)   Laws in the South were far more protective of slaves than were laws concerning slaves elsewhere.
E)   Southern slaves had a greater likelihood of becoming free than did other New World slaves.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

The end of slavery in most Latin American nations:

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A)   resulted from violent slave revolts that rocked Latin America from 1822 to 1855.
B)   involved gradual emancipation accompanied by recognition of owners' legal rights to slave property.
C)   was inspired by the emancipation of slaves that occurred as a result of the American Civil War.
D)   followed a pattern very different from that established in the northern United States.
E)   did not happen until the United States made emancipation an aim of the Spanish-American War.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-fugitive slaves

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Question 15

Denmark Vesey's conspiracy:

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A)   reflected a combination of American and African influences.
B)   took place in 1831 and was a success.
C)   reflected the belief of the conspirators that the Bible endorsed slavery.
D)   was discovered, but Vesey escaped North to freedom.
E)   resulted in over twenty deaths of white men, women, and children.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

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A)   Being whipped.
B)   Not being taught to read.
C)   Not being fed.
D)   Having to work in a cotton field.
E)   A family member being sold.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

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A)   a fugitive slave arriving in a free state.
B)   a slave marriage.
C)   the birth of a slave baby.
D)   surviving the Middle Passage.
E)   a slave's promotion from field hand to domestic servant.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies,slave revolts in the United States were:

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A)   larger in scale but less frequent.
B)   smaller in scale but more frequent.
C)   larger in scale and more frequent.
D)   smaller in scale and less frequent.
E)   bloodier and more successful.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

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