American Yawp-- Chapter 11

1. What cleared the way for eastern people to resettle in the Deep South?

a. Missouri Compromise of 1820

b. Tariff of Abominations

c. Indian Removal Act of 1830

d. The Civil War

C

2. By 1860, cotton exports made up ____ of all American exports.

a. 19%

b. 33%

c. 60%

d. 90%

C

Which of the following numbers is closest to the number of enslaved people living in the

South in 1860?

a. 50,000

b. 400,000

c. 2 million

d. 4 million

D

In the decades before the Civil War, between one-fifth and one-third of all slave marriages

were broken up via _________.

a. Sale or forced migration

b. Divorce or separation

c. Masters requiring remarriage to different partners

d. Murder

A

What was the impact of Nat Turner's rebellion?

a. Black-led churches were broken up

b. Anti-literacy laws increased

c. Transformed southern religion

d. All the above

D

Where was the Southern middle class the strongest?

a. Rural communities

b. Southern cities (this is what i got i am pretty sure its right)

c. Isolated islands off the Gulf Coast

d. Plantations

B

In which region was ethnic homogeneity the strongest among enslaved people?

a. Tidewater

b. Appalachian Ridge

c. North Florida

d. Coastal South Carolina

D

Which African country was founded by African Americans? (HELP)

a. Sierra Leone

b. Ghana

c. Liberia

d. Nigeria

C

Why did Celia kill her enslaver?

a. To escape rape

b. To protect her husband

c. To protect her property

d. She was blamed for a murder she did not commit.

A

What happened to Nat Turner?

a. Escaped to the North

b. Executed

c. Sold into slavery in the Caribbean

d. His body was never found

B

How did evangelicalism influence racial relations in the U.S. South?

a. Reinforced proslavery ideas

b. Increased the prevalence of Protestantism among African Americans

c. Created bi-racial congregations

d. All the above

C

. Which of the following best describes the relationship of femininity and domesticity in the

South?

a. Domesticity limited the opportunities of wealthy white women to engage in the

public sphere

b. Domesticity opened opportunities of wealthy white women to engage in the public

sphere

c. Domesticity played a very small role in the lives of white women

d. Domesticity was only applied to African American women

A

In a world of racialized violence and dominance, southern society sought to protect the

sexual purity of

a. Black women

b. Black men

c. White women

d. White men

C