Louisiana, Virginia, Delaware and North Carolina had this in common in terms of population patterns:

Louisiana, Virginia, Delaware and North Carolina had this in common in terms of population patterns:

A) Slaves were almost exclusively in coastal lands.
B) No free blacks were allowed.
C) Slaves outnumbered whites.
D) The total African American population was less than 20 percent.
E) Free blacks made up 3 percent or more.

Answer: E

This state had a large number of slaves but NOT due to cotton production:

This state had a large number of slaves but NOT due to cotton production: 

A) Texas.
B) Florida.
C) Virginia.
D) Alabama.
E) Georgia.

Answer: B

The "black belt" of the south refers to the those parts of western Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi that

The "black belt" of the south refers to the those parts of western Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi that

A) Had the highest concentration of slaves.
B) Was the poorest most depressed area.
C) Had unusually fertile soil.
D) Suffered the most from malaria epidemics.
E) Had the thickest forested lands.

Answer: C

Which was NOT a slave state in 1850?

Which was NOT a slave state in 1850? 

A) Indiana.
B) Delaware.
C) Texas.
D) Florida.
E) Arkansas.

Answer: B

Which one of the following was NOT an event occurring AFTER the Missouri Crisis that alarmed southern slave owners?

Which one of the following was NOT an event occurring AFTER the Missouri Crisis that alarmed southern slave owners?

A) Turner's revolt.
B) Vesey's Conspiracy.
C) Prosser's revolt.
D) Abolition of the "gag rule."
E) Garrison's The Liberator.

Answer: C

Which one of the following lists these events in the correct chronological order?

Which one of the following lists these events in the correct chronological order?

(1) Nullification Crisis.
(2) Black Baptist Churches founded.
(3) Great Migration to Old Southwest.
(4) Cotton Gin invented.


A) 3, 2, 1, 4
B) 2, 3, 4, 1
C) 2, 4, 3, 1
D) 4, 1, 3, 2
E) 1, 2, 3, 4

Answer: C

This was NOT one of the southern states that had at least 40 percent slaves:

This was NOT one of the southern states that had at least 40 percent slaves: 

A) Arkansas.
B) Mississippi.
C) South Carolina.
D) Louisiana.
E) Alabama.

Answer: A

In these two states, the enslaved African American population outnumbered the white:

In these two states, the enslaved African American population outnumbered the white: 

A) The Carolinas.
B) North Carolina and Virginia.
C) Alabama and Tennessee.
D) Mississippi and South Carolina.
E) Georgia and Florida.

Answer: D

This percent of slaves in the South worked in mining, lumbering, industry and construction:

This percent of slaves in the South worked in mining, lumbering, industry and construction: 

A) 10.
B) 25.
C) 12.
D) 18.
E) 5.

Answer: A

Slaves were NOT generally used in growing this staple yeoman crop:

Slaves were NOT generally used in growing this staple yeoman crop: 

A) Hemp
B) Corn.
C) Tobacco.
D) Wheat.
E) Strawberries.

Answer: B

Which one of the following had slaves but no cotton production?

Which one of the following had slaves but no cotton production? 

A) Maryland.
B) Florida.
C) Tennessee.
D) South Carolina.
E) Georgia.

Answer: A

To African Americans, being "sold down the river" referred to

To African Americans, being "sold down the river" referred to

A) Breakup of unofficial slave families through sale of slaves to different owners.
B) Having other blacks turn in conspirator and rebels.
C) Being ignored by the North and British anti-slavery leaders.
D) Being sold and moving from the Upper to the Lower South.
E) Free blacks being forced into slavery.

Answer: D

In general cotton production spread this direction, especially in 1840 and 1860:

In general cotton production spread this direction, especially in 1840 and 1860: 

A) Southeast.
B) Northwest.
C) West.
D) South.
E) East.

Answer: C

Which one of the following is NOT one of the six new slave states added between 1790 and 1821?

Which one of the following is NOT one of the six new slave states added between 1790 and 1821? 

A) Arkansas.
B) Tennessee.
C) Missouri.
D) Alabama.
E) Kentucky.

Answer: C

In 1835, southerners tightened these to protect the slave system:

In 1835, southerners tightened these to protect the slave system: 

A) Migrations.
B) Manumission laws.
C) Gag rules.
D) Laws regulating slave marriages.
E) Black codes.

Answer: E

Hinton Rowan Helper's 1857 work The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It was a/an

Hinton Rowan Helper's 1857 work The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It was a/an 

A) Southern attack on slavery.
B) Attack on northern abolitionists and manufacturers.
C) Protest to the congressional "gag rule."
D) Northern defense of slavery.
E) Justification for southern wealth in agriculture.

Answer: A

In 1836, Congress passed the "gag rule" to prevent discussion of

In 1836, Congress passed the "gag rule" to prevent discussion of

A) Antislavery petitions.
B) The international slave trade.
C) Constitutional revision.
D) Successful escapes of slaves.
E) Free black suffrage.

Answer: A

Flush Times" refers to a wave of westward expansion by southerners from

Flush Times" refers to a wave of westward expansion by southerners from 

A) 1790—1800.
B) 1816—1820.
C) 1832—1838.
D) 1825—1830.
E) 1803—1807.

Answer: C

Both Nat Turner's rebellion in Virginia and Garrison's publishing of the Liberator happened in

Both Nat Turner's rebellion in Virginia and Garrison's publishing of the Liberator happened in 

A) 1822.
B) 1826.
C) 1816.
D) 1800.
E) 1831.

Answer: E

As provided in the Constitution, the Congress prohibited U.S. participation in the international slave trade in

As provided in the Constitution, the Congress prohibited U.S. participation in the international slave trade in

A) 1820.
B) 1833.
C) 1825.
D) 1800.
E) 1808.

Answer: E