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The Antebellum South - Quiz 2

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What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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it contradicted prevailing stereotypes that described dark-skinned blacks as docile and submissive and light-skinned blacks as aggressive and intelligent.

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by presenting a dynamic slave society, the book challenged the common notion that slavery tore apart the black family.

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it provoked a more aggressive antisouthern and antislavery position in those who were uncertain on the slavery issue.

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all of these choices are correct.

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Harriet Tubman gained fame?

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in the gold fields of California.

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as an African-American poet.

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as an advocate of the Fugitive Slave Law.

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by helping slaves to escape to Canada.

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During the late 1850s, the free laborites of the North came to believe in all of the following ideas EXCEPT?

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the perfect society was one of small-scale capitalism that allowed everyone a chance at upward mobility.

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slavery was such a moral evil that it must be abolished quickly.

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southern society was so backward that it constituted a threat to democracy and individualism.

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the South was engaged in a conspiracy to extend slavery throughout the nation.

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Between 1830 and 1860, many southerners came to defend slavery because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

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the growth of the cotton economy made slavery very profitable again.

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they saw how the North silenced those with pro-slavery opinions while they remained tolerant of opposition.

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they believed slaves were better off than the poor unfortunate people who worked in northern factories.

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the attacks of the abolitionists pushed them into defending the southern way of life.

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Before the Civil War, the abolitionists used all of the following tactics EXCEPT?

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using moral persuasion on slaveholders.

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providing assistance to escaped slaves.

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lobbying state legislatures for "personal liberty" laws.

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asking Congress for laws outlawing slavery in the states.

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The split in the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1840 was over the issue of?

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the colonization of freed blacks in Africa.

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the right of blacks to speak in racially mixed gatherings.

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the right of women to participate in the antislavery society.

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the role of blacks and women in the antislavery movement.

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The most divisive and controversial aspect of the slavery issue during the first half of the 19c was?

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the status of slavery in the territories.

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the right of abolitionists to send their literature throughout the U. S. mail.

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the enforcement of the draconian Fugitive Slave Law.

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the status of slavery in the District of Columbia.

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the prohibition of international slave trade.

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Approximately how many slaves would half of all slaveowning families have owned?

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fewer than 5.

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25 to 50.

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50 to 100.

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100 or more.

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What impact did slavery have on the southern value system?

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the acceptance of slave labor had the effect of devaluing free labor in the South.

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slavery created a strong sense of community responsibility among the white majority.

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the presence of slave labor created an egalitarian value system among the white majority.

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slavery created constant tension between slaveowners and non-slaveowners.

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The upper class plantation mistress?

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accepted a sexual code that kept white women pure, but tolerated sexual relations between white men and slave women.

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lived lives of leisure centered around artistic and literary pursuits.

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enjoyed the unique luxury of criticizing their own role in society as well as the slave system in general.

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faced an unexpected variety of burdensome managerial and service duties.

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