U.S. History Ch. 11 Quiz

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Many southern whites were in a panic after the rebellion.
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Which statement about Nat Turner's Rebellion is true?
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It focused on helping escaped slaves reach either free states or Canada.
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Which is true of the Underground Railroad?
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right to adequate food
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According to the paternalistic ethos, which "right" did slaves have?
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The Upper South did not initially join the Lower South in seceding from the Union.
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Which of the following is a true statement relative to the Upper South and the Lower South?
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most of the South had a higher percentage of whites than blacks who were armed and united.
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The Haitian slave revolt was successful and the attempts by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner ultimately failed because
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older states like Virginia to the Lower South.
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The internal slave trade in the United States involved the movement of hundreds of thousands of enslaved persons from
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were semi-independent and centered on family and church.
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Slave cultures
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sometimes became wealthy enough to own slaves.
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Free blacks in the United States
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The large majority of enslaved women and men worked in the fields.
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Which statement is true about the labor that enslaved people did?
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It set the South apart from the North
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Why was slavery called a "peculiar institution" of the South?
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that freedom for whites rested on the power to command the labor of blacks.
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After 1830, the majority of white southerners came to believe
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It was a holdover from the colonial period.
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Where did the task labor system originate from?
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that slaves would be at a fatal disadvantage if they were outnumbered by armed whites.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion demonstrated
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the threat of sale
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The plantation masters had many means to maintain order among their slaves. According to the text, what was the most powerful weapon the plantation masters had?
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enabled approximately 30,000 fugitives to escape from the South.
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The Underground Railroad
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involved gradual emancipation accompanied by recognition of owners' legal rights to slave property.
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The end of slavery in most Latin American nations
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personal honor
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Which value was particularly strong in the South in the early nineteenth century?
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90 percent
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One study showed that what percentage of slave men in the South did agricultural work?
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defense of the reputations of themselves and their families
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What did the southern code of honor demand of men?
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He feared being recaptured.
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After escaping slavery in the South, what was the primary reason why Henry "Box" Brown moved to England?