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Us History Ch11
Cotton Slavery and the Old South
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| The South had a "colonial" economy in that | it produced raw materials and purchased finished products. |
| According to the "cavalier" image, Southern planters were | genteel aristocrats. |
| The Southern concept of honor | resulted in the adoption of an elaborate code of chivalry. |
| Most Southern white "ladies" were | relatively isolated from people outside their own families. |
| The typical white Southerner was | a modest yeoman farmer. |
| Although most whites did not own slaves, most supported the plantation system because | A) it controlled the slaves. B) they had economic ties to it. C) slaveholder and nonslaveholder were often related. D) they identified with fierce regional loyalties. |
| Which of the following was NOT a condition of slave life in the South? | the freedom to use the time after work as they wished |
| The slave codes of the Southern states | contained rigid provisions but were unevenly enforced. |
| Slaves seemed to prefer to live on larger plantations because | they had more opportunities for privacy and for a social world of their own. |
| Which of the following statements about Southern slavery is true? | The majority of slaveowners were small farmers, but the majority of slaves lived on plantations of medium or large size. |
| Slave resistance in the South often took all of the following forms EXCEPT | armed revolts. |
| Slaves used music | as a means of expressing their dreams and frustrations. |
| The historical debate over the nature of plantation slavery demonstrates | the extent to which historians are influenced by the times in which they write. |
| In The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom (1976), Herbert Gutman argues that | the black family survived slavery with impressive strength. |
| African-American religion | sometimes combined Christianity with traditional African religions. |
| The only "successful" slave insurrection in the nineteenth-century South was led by | Nat Turner. |
| Black adaptation to slavery | produced a rich and complex culture in support of racial pride and unity. |
| Slave families consistently operated on the model of | the "nuclear family." |
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