Am History

Chapter 13: The Slave South, 1820-1860

1. Why did Southerners move west during the first half of the nineteenth century?

a. To find more land for growing cotton

b. In search of greater number of manufacturing jobs

c. To convert Indians to Christianity

d. To establish slave-free states

2. Relationships on nineteenth-century southern plantations were

e. governed by hierarchical roles.

f. relatively equal among whites.

g. dictated by state law.

h. based on the prescripts of evangelical religion.

3. For nineteenth-century southern slaves, working in the big house

i. provided an escape from their owners’ rage.

j. was seen as a privilege with serious drawbacks.

k. provided much more free time.

l. was more physically demanding than field work.

4. Which region experienced a brief flurry of emancipation during the post-Revolutionary era?

m. The Lower South

n. The upcountry

o. The Carolinas

p. The Upper South

5. What did all nineteenth-century political candidates share in common, whether they were Whigs or Democrats?

q. They ignored nonslaveholding whites.

r. Politicians emphasized their wealth and refinement.

s. They bragged about their superior education.

t. Politicians declared support for republican equality.

6. Due to its predominantly agricultural economy, the nineteenth-century South

u. had more railroad mileage than the North.

v. built larger cities than the North.

w. attracted fewer immigrants than the North.

x. had more public schools than the North.

7. What was the least common slave occupation during the antebellum period?

y. House servant

z. Field hand

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|. Skilled artisan

8. How did serving on the slave patrols affect plantation belt yeomen?

}. Serving on the patrols increased yeomen’s resentment of wealthy...