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C

as a result of the introduction to the cotton gin:

a-fewer slaves were needed on plantations

b-short-staple cotton lost popularity

c-slavery was reinvigorated

d-Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery

e-the African trade was legalized

B

members of the planter aristocracy

a-produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North

b-dominated society and politics in the South

c-provided democratic rule in the South

d-provided democratic tax-supported public education

e-kept up with developments in modern thought

E

all the following were true of the American economy under Cotton Kingdom except

a-cotton accounted for half the value of all American exports after 1840

b-the South produced more than half the entire world's supply of cotton

c-75 percent of the British supply of cotton came from the South

d-quick profits from cotton drew planters to its economic enterprise

e-the South reaped all the profits from the cotton trade

E

plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because

a-it relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil

b-it required leaving cropland fallow every other year

c-excessive water was used for irrigation

d-it was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil

e-its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land

C

plantation agriculture

a-led to a slow return on investments

b-remained diverse until the Civil War

c-was economically unstable and wasteful

d-discouraged immigration to the West

e-encouraged southern democracy

A

the plantation system of the Cotton South was

a-increasingly monopolistic

b-efficient in utilizing natural resources

c-financially stable

d-attractive to European immigrants

e-unable to expand westward

E

all of the following were weaknesses of the slave plantation system except that

a-it relied on a one-crop economy

b-it repelled a large-sale European immigration

c-it stimulated racism among poor whites

d-it created an aristocratic political elite

e-its land continued to remain in the hands of the small farmers

A

European immigration to the South was discouraged by

a-competition with slave labor

b-southern anti-Catholicism

c-Irish antislavery groups

d-immigration barriers enacted by southern states

e-their inability to tolerate the hot climate

E

most white southerners were

a-planter aristocrats

b-small slave owners

c-merchants and artisans

d-"poor white trash"

e-subsistence farmers

C

in society's basement in the South of 1860 were nearly ___ million black human chattels

a-1

b-2

c-4

d-8

e-10

C

most slaves in the South were owned by

a-industrialists

b-mountain whites

c-plantation owners

d-small farmers

e-subsistence farmers

B

the most pro-Union of the white Southerners were

a-plantation owners

b-mountain whites

c-small slave owners

d-non slave owners subsistence farmers

e-people with northern economic interests

D

some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of

a-prohibition of the Atlantic slave trade after 107

b-purchase by northern abolitionists

c-fleeing to mountain hideaways

d-purchasing their way out of slavery

e-the objection to slaveholding by some white women

C

the great increase of the slave population on the first half of the nineteenth century was largely due to

a-the reopening of the African slave trade in 1808

b-larger imports of slaves from the West Indies

c-natural reproduction

d-reenslavement of free blacks

e-the deliberate breeding of slaves by plantation owners

E

for free blacks living in the North

a-living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites

b-voting rights were widespread

c-goods jobs were plentiful

d-education opened the door to economic opportunity

e-discrimination was common

A

the profitable southern slave system

a-hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole

b-saw many slaves moving to the upper South

c-led to the textile industry's development in the South first

d-relied almost totally on importing slaves to meet the unquenchable demand for labor

e-enabled the South to afford economic and educational progress

B

regarding work assignments, slaves were

a-given some of the most dangerous jobs

b-generally spared dangerous work

c-given the same jobs as Irish laborers