America The Essential Learning Edition 1st Edition By David Shi – Test Bank

CHAPTER 11: The South and Slavery, 1800-1860

TRUE/FALSE

1. One of the most realistic depictions of the Old South comes from the classic film Gone With the Wind.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 348
OBJ: 1. Explain the various factors that made the South distinct from the rest of the United States during the early 19th century. TOP: Introduction

2. The Old South was a socially, culturally, and economically unified region of the United States.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: p. 348
OBJ: 1. Explain the various factors that made the South distinct from the rest of the United States during the early 19th century. TOP: The Distinctiveness of the Old South

3. Agricultural diversity in the Old South was practically nonexistent.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 348
OBJ: 1. Explain the various factors that made the South distinct from the rest of the United States during the early 19th century. TOP: The Distinctiveness of the Old South

4. Economically the South was dependent on northern industry and commerce.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 348
OBJ: 1. Explain the various factors that made the South distinct from the rest of the United States during the early 19th century. TOP: The Distinctiveness of the Old South

5. The percentage of the native-born population in the South was high compared with other parts of the country

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 349
OBJ: 1. Explain the various factors that made the South distinct from the rest of the United States during the early 19th century. TOP: Assumptions of White Superiority

6. Tobacco was the first staple crop of the South.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 352
OBJ: 2. Discuss the role that cotton production and slavery played in the South’s economic and social development. TOP: Tobacco, Rice, Sugar, and Livestock

7. Plantation owners were unable to exert any significant political or economic influence over southern society.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: p. 355
OBJ: 3. Distinguish among the major groups within southern white society and explain why each group was committed to the continuation and expansion of slavery.
TOP: White Planters

8. The slave-holding planter class only made up a very small portion of the overall southern society.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 355
OBJ: 3. Distinguish among the major groups within southern white society and explain why each group was committed to the continuation and expansion of slavery.
TOP: White Planters

9. A black overseer on a plantation was known as a “driver.”

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 358
OBJ: 3. Distinguish among the major groups within southern white society and explain why each group was committed to the continuation and expansion of slavery.
TOP: Overseers and Drivers

10. The slave population in the South showed no significant growth between 1790 and 1830.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 360
OBJ: 4. Describe the impact of slavery on African Americans, both free and enslaved, throughout the South. TOP: Black Society in the South

11. Free blacks were usually wealthy and highly educated.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 361
OBJ: 4. Describe the impact of slavery on African Americans, both free and enslaved, throughout the South. TOP: “Free Persons of Color”