Question 1

There were some free blacks in the South during the antebellum years. Describe them, and include in your answer (a) how they were treated by whites, (b) what their status was in society, (c) what kinds of labor they performed, and (d) whether they owned any slaves.

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Match the term with the definition.
-Farmers who owned and worked on their own small plots of land. Those living within the plantation belt were more dependent on planters than were those in the upcountry, where small farmers dominated.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

Yeomen were farmers who owned and worked on their own small plots of land, as described in the definition.

Question 3

Besides planters and their slaves, the population of the antebellum South included plantation belt yeomen, upcountry yeomen, and poor whites. Characterize each group, describing their relationship to the planter class, their aspirations, and their views on slavery.

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Question 4

Match the term with the definition.
-The South's romantic ideal of male-female relationships. The ideal's underlying assumptions about the weakness of white women and the protective authority of men resembled the paternalistic defense of slavery.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

Chivalry is the South's romantic ideal of male-female relationships, which resembled the paternalistic defense of slavery. Its underlying assumptions about the weakness of white women and the protective authority of men are also similar to those of paternalism.

Question 5

Match the term with the definition.
-A surveyor's mark that had established the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in colonial times. By the 1830s, the boundary divided the free North and the slave South.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The Mason-Dixon line established the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania and later became the dividing line between the free North and the slave South.

Question 6

Match the term with the definition.
-Interracial sex. Proslavery spokesmen played on the fears of whites when they suggested that giving blacks equal rights would lead to interracial sex. In reality, slavery led to considerable sexual abuse of black women by their white masters.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The term "miscegenation" refers to interracial sexual relations and was a fear perpetuated by proslavery spokesmen to justify the subjugation of black people. It was also a reality for many enslaved black women who were abused by their white masters.

Question 7

Match the term with the definition.
-Large farm worked by twenty or more slaves. Although small farms were more numerous, these large farms produced more than 75 percent of the South's export crops.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The definition describes a plantation, which was a large farm that used slave labor to produce export crops.

Question 8

Match the term with the definition.
-Laws enacted in southern states in the 1820s and 1830s that required the total submission of slaves. Attacks by antislavery activists and by slaves convinced southern legislators that they had to do everything in their power to strengthen the institution.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The laws described in the definition are the slave codes.

Question 9

Match the term with the definition.
-The hills and mountains of the South whose higher elevation, colder climate, rugged terrain, and poor transportation made the region less hospitable than the flatlands to slavery and large plantations.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The term that matches the definition given is "upcountry." The definition describes the hills and mountains of the South, which is known as the upcountry. The term "plantation belt" refers to the areas where large-scale plantations were most prevalent.

Question 10

Match the term with the definition.
-Term that reflected the dominance in the southern economy of cotton, the cultivation of which was the key factor in the growth of slavery.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The term "cotton kingdom" reflected the dominance in the southern economy of cotton, the cultivation of which was the key factor in the growth of slavery.

Question 11

Match the term with the definition.
-The theory of slavery that emphasized reciprocal duties and obligations between masters and their slaves, with slaves providing labor and obedience and masters providing basic care and direction. Whites used this theory to deny that the slave system was brutal and exploitative.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

Paternalism was a theory of slavery that promoted reciprocal duties and obligations between masters and slaves. Masters provided basic care and direction while slaves provided labor and obedience. This theory was used by white slave owners to deny the brutality and exploitative nature of the slave system.

Question 12

Discuss the southern concepts of paternalism and chivalry. Identify the similarities between them and compare the complex relationship between subordinated women and oppressed slaves.

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Question 13

Match the term with the definition.
-An African American who was not enslaved. Southern whites worried about the increasing numbers of these individuals. In the 1820s and 1830s, state legislatures stemmed the growth of this population and shrank their liberty.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The term "free black" refers to an African American who was not enslaved. Southern whites were concerned about the growing number of free blacks, so state legislatures passed laws in the 1820s and 1830s that restricted their freedom and rights.

Question 14

Match the term with the definition.
-Flatlands that spread from South Carolina to east Texas and were dominated by large plantations.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The term "plantation belt" refers to the flatlands that spread from South Carolina to east Texas and were dominated by large plantations.

Answer: B 
 The "cotton kingdom" refers to the southern states where cotton production dominated the economy, which includes the plantation belt.

Answer: G 
 A "plantation" is a large farm where crops are grown by slave labor, which is common in the plantation belt.

Answer: I 
 A "planter" is a wealthy landowner who owns and manages a plantation, which is common in the plantation belt.

Answer: J 
 "Slave codes" were laws that were enforced in the plantation belt and other southern states to restrict the rights and movements of enslaved people.

Question 15

Match the term with the definition.
-A substantial landowner who tilled his estate with twenty or more slaves. These wealthy landowners dominated the social and political world of the South. Their values and ideology influenced the values of all southern whites.
A)chivalry
B)cotton kingdom
C)free black
D)Mason-Dixon line
E)miscegenation
F)paternalism
G)plantation
H)plantation belt
I)planter
J)slave codes
K)upcountry
L)yeomen

Accepted Answer

The term "planter" refers to a substantial landowner who tilled his estate with twenty or more slaves.

Question 16

Although a new nation was created under the Constitution in 1789, there were already significant differences between the North and the South. Discuss the evolution of the South as a distinctive region economically. What role did slavery play? How did white southerners enforce slavery and argue its positive aspects?

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Question 17

Describe in detail the family, religious, and community life of slaves. Were slaves able to retain any of their African culture?

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Quiz 13: The Slave South

There were some free blacks in the South during the antebellum years. Describe them, and include in your answer (a) how they were treated by whites, (b) what their status was in society, (c) what kinds of labor they performed, and (d) whether they owned any slaves.

Match the term with the definition. -Farmers who owned and worked on their own small plots of land. Those living within the plantation belt were more dependent on planters than were those in the upcountry, where small farmers dominated.

Besides planters and their slaves, the population of the antebellum South included plantation belt yeomen, upcountry yeomen, and poor whites. Characterize each group, describing their relationship to the planter class, their aspirations, and their views on slavery.

Match the term with the definition. -The South's romantic ideal of male-female relationships. The ideal's underlying assumptions about the weakness of white women and the protective authority of men resembled the paternalistic defense of slavery.

Match the term with the definition. -A surveyor's mark that had established the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in colonial times. By the 1830s, the boundary divided the free North and the slave South.

Match the term with the definition. -Interracial sex. Proslavery spokesmen played on the fears of whites when they suggested that giving blacks equal rights would lead to interracial sex. In reality, slavery led to considerable sexual abuse of black women by their white masters.

Match the term with the definition. -Large farm worked by twenty or more slaves. Although small farms were more numerous, these large farms produced more than 75 percent of the South's export crops.

Match the term with the definition. -Laws enacted in southern states in the 1820s and 1830s that required the total submission of slaves. Attacks by antislavery activists and by slaves convinced southern legislators that they had to do everything in their power to strengthen the institution.

Match the term with the definition. -The hills and mountains of the South whose higher elevation, colder climate, rugged terrain, and poor transportation made the region less hospitable than the flatlands to slavery and large plantations.

Match the term with the definition. -Term that reflected the dominance in the southern economy of cotton, the cultivation of which was the key factor in the growth of slavery.

Discuss the southern concepts of paternalism and chivalry. Identify the similarities between them and compare the complex relationship between subordinated women and oppressed slaves.

Match the term with the definition. -An African American who was not enslaved. Southern whites worried about the increasing numbers of these individuals. In the 1820s and 1830s, state legislatures stemmed the growth of this population and shrank their liberty.

Match the term with the definition. -Flatlands that spread from South Carolina to east Texas and were dominated by large plantations.

Match the term with the definition. -A substantial landowner who tilled his estate with twenty or more slaves. These wealthy landowners dominated the social and political world of the South. Their values and ideology influenced the values of all southern whites.

Describe in detail the family, religious, and community life of slaves. Were slaves able to retain any of their African culture?