American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 11: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH

True or False Quiz

1
The South, like the North, changed from an agricultural to an industrial economy during this period.
A)True
B)False
2
The new product that made cotton "king" in the South was short-staple cotton.
A)True
B)False
3
According to De Bow's Commercial Review, the South had a "colonial" relationship with the North.
A)True
B)False
4
Planters in the South were just as much competitive capitalists as industrialists in the North.
A)True
B)False
5
Most whites who did not own slaves lived far from the planters and their plantations.
A)True
B)False
6
Most Southern planters did not think of themselves as aristocrats.
A)True
B)False
7
There is little evidence that southern planters had sexual relations with their slaves.
A)True
B)False
8
Most whites who did not own slaves opposed slavery and resented the planter class.
A)True
B)False
9
Nonslaveholders had little contact with slaveholders.
A)True
B)False
10
Because of slavery, the South was very undemocratic.
A)True
B)False
11
About the same percentage of slaves could read and write as poor whites.
A)True
B)False
12
There is no evidence that any sort of paternal relationship ever existed between master and slave.
A)True
B)False
13
Masters encouraged slaves to accept Christianity because they believed it would make them accept their lot in life.
A)True
B)False
14
Slaves were generally healthier than whites in the South.
A)True
B)False
15
The dominant response of African Americans to slavery was a combination of adaptation and resistance.
A)True
B)False
16
One of the most frequent causes of flight from the plantation was a slave's desire to find family members.
A)True
B)False
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