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Question 27 (1 point)Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of

slavery?

Question 27 options:

	Many northern states at one time had slaves.
	Some slaves ran away to northern states.
	Some slaveholders were originally from the North.
	Most in the North wanted to reopen the importation of slaves.
	Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased.

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Question 28 (1 point)

What role did Christianity play in slavery?

Question 28 options:

	Few slaves were interested in Christianity, so they stayed focused on their traditional African religions.
	Few slaveholders wanted their slaves to learn.
	Teaching slaves about Christianity helped to reinforce the owners’ ideas on paternalism.
	Slaves rejected the story of Moses as untrue.
	Slave preachers struggled to win respect among fellow slaves.

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Question 29 (1 point)

The Haitian slave revolt was successful and the attempts by Denmark Vessey and Nat Turner ultimately failed because:

Question 29 options:

	slaves in the United States had less desire to be free.
	slaves in Haiti had the help of the Spanish government.
	Haiti had a population that was primarily of African heritage while most of the United States had a higher percentage of whites.
	none of the black leaders of revolts in the United States were literate.
	In the United States, the slaves rebelling had no weapons.

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Question 30 (1 point)

How did slavery take away the rights of whites?

Question 30 options:

	They were forced to own slaves in the South.
	The price of slaves kept increasing.
	Poor non-slaveholding whites were forced to leave the South for jobs in northern cities.
	Written objections to slavery were banned in the South.
	A non-slaveholding white had no legal recourse if a slave committed a criminal act against him.

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Question 31 (1 point)

The U.S. slave population by 1860 was approximately:

Question 31 options:

	1 million.
	2 million.
	3 million.
	4 million.
	5 million.

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Question 32 (1 point)

Andrew Johnson of Tennessee and Joseph Brown of Georgia rose to political power:

Question 32 options:

	because of their membership in and identification with the planter class.
	in the 1850s, as members of the small but influential southern Republican Party.
	as self-proclaimed spokesmen of the common man against the great planters.
	as proponents of gradual emancipation plans in order to destroy the “slavocracy.”
	after gaining popularity for creating public education systems in their states.

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Question 33 (1 point)

Celia was:

Question 33 options:

	the pen name of Floride Calhoun, who secretly criticized her husband, John’s, views on slavery.
	a slave tried for killing her master while resisting a sexual assault.
	the name used to signify a southern plantation mistress in writings about the institution.
	a slave who became famous for helping other slaves escape via the Underground Railroad.
	a character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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Question 34 (1 point)

Slave religion:

Question 34 options:

	was based entirely on what slaves learned and heard from white ministers.
	existed without approval from masters, who thought that letting slaves learn about religion might weaken their control.
	benefited from masters assigning a member of each slave quarters to serve as a slave chaplain.
	combined African traditions and Christian beliefs.
	died out by the early 1820s because of strong opposition from whites.

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Question 35 (1 point)

Which of the following stories did NOT play a central role in black Christianity?

Question 35 options:

	Moses and the exodus from Egypt
	Noah and the ark
	David and Goliath
	Jonah and the whale
	Daniel and the lion’s den

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Question 36 (1 point)

Compared to slave revolts in Brazil and in the West Indies, slave revolts in the United States were:

Question 36 options:

	larger in scale but less frequent.
	smaller in scale but more frequent.
	larger in scale and more frequent.
	smaller in scale and less frequent.
	bloodier and more successful.

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Question 37 (1 point)

Historians estimate that approximately __________slaves per year escaped to the North or Canada.

Question 37 options:

	500
	1,000
	2,000
	5,000
	10,000

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Question 38 (1 point)

Denmark Vesey’s conspiracy:

Question 38 options:

	reflected a combination of American and African influences.
	took place in 1831 and was a success.
	reflected the belief of the conspirators that the Bible endorsed slavery.
	was discovered, but Vesey escaped North to freedom.
	resulted in over twenty deaths of white men, women, and children.

 

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