Chapter 11

Question 1

which statement below best describes the role of the plantation mistress and southern white society

Answer 1

She supervised all the domestic household operations of the plantation

Question 2

what does following statements is true of southern free black people

Answer 2

Although they had more rights than slaves, they were still anything but free, their freedom was severely restricted by state laws

Question 3

how did the States of the upper South different from those of the lower south

Answer 3

The upper south had more varied agriculture economies and had large areas without slavery.

Question 4

on a plantation in the position responsible for managing agriculture production in every way was the

Answer 4

Overseer

Question 5

The most numerous white southerners where the small farm is known as plain white folk, which statement below is true about these folk

Answer 5

they owned few, if any slaves, but they still supported the slave system

Question 6

As the first half of the 19th century progress, southern slaves owners acquired additional slaves from

Answer 6

The domestic slave trade

Question 7

By the early 19th century, the souths sugar sector was

Answer 7

Largely based in Louisiana, because it was so expensive to produce.

Question 8

By 1860 the significance of Britain to the southern economy was based on the fact that

Answer 8

Britain was a major importer of southern cotton

Question 9

which statement below correctly describes the development of industry in the south before the civil war

Answer 9

The high profitability of cotton created little incentive to develop industries

Question 10

Free black people in the south

Answer 10

Sometimes owned slaves

Question 11

the rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as

Answer 11

Slave codes

Question 12

Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between the North and South during the first half of the 19th century

Answer 12

The textile Mills of New England and Great Britain purchase southern grown cotton, and it became the central raw material driving the industrial Revolution

Question 13

Slave religion

Answer 13

Mixed African, Caribbean, and Christian elements

Question 14

to be called a planter one had to

Answer 14

On at least 20 slaves

Question 15

the largest slave revolt in American history occurred in 1811 and is known as the

Answer 15

German coast uprising

Question 16

how did spirituals help African Americans cope with the brutality of slavery

Answer 16

spirituals could be so anytime and their lyrics used Bible passages about salvation and deliverance

Question 17

why was the slave revolt that Nat Turner led significant

Answer 17

It terrified white people across the South due to the number of white people killed before it’s suppression and to the idea that it could happen again.

Question 18

How did the formation of families help and slave people cope with and resist that in humanity of their situation

Answer 18

The formation of families with children was the strongest statement Slaves could make that they were people not property

Question 19

what does plain white folk refer

Answer 19

Middling Yeomen farmers who were often iliterate and had to scrape by

Question 20

During the antebellum (pre civil war) period, south economic and social system of race based slavery was known as the

Answer 20

Peculiar institution