HIS2213 FINAL EXAM PART 3 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What was the status of the black slave family?
a. Children and mothers were kept together.
b. It had no legal status.
c. It was the institution that kept the slave system functioning for many generations.
d. It was the same as that of free white families.
e. Extended families spanning several generations were common. - Answers - b. It had
no legal status.
How had the American slave population changed by about 1830?
a. It had declined.
b. It had become largely African-born.
c. It had nearly doubled.
d. It had become fragmented because of the lack of a common language.
e. It had become predominantly male. - Answers - c. It had nearly doubled.
What was unusual about William Tiler Johnson?
a. He ran a plantation where he allowed his slaves to do extra work to earn their
freedom.
b. He was the only black man in the South to hold an elected office.
c. He was one of the few southerners who supported the Underground Railroad.
d. He was a free black who owned slaves.
e. He was a white minister who spoke out against slavery. - Answers - d. He was a free
black who owned slaves.
According to Frederick Douglass, slaves sang most when they were
a. escaping from the plantation.
b. most unhappy.
c. eating their dinner.
d. about to be married.
e. about to be sold to a new master. - Answers - b. most unhappy.
Which of the following was one of the Southern reactions to the Nat Turner rebellion?
a. Protestant missionaries intensified their efforts to convert slaves.
b. Laws restricting free blacks were loosened so that.....
c. Leaders in many Southern cities imposed bans on slaves working in the city.
d. There was a wave of bloody revenge attacks orchestrated by members of the K.K.K.
e. State governments passed laws making it illegal for slaves to read the Bible. -
Answers - a. Protestant missionaries intensified their efforts to convert slaves.
, Who led the 1831 rebellion in Southampton County, VA that terrified the South for
generations?
a. Denmark Vesey
b. Gabriel Prosser
c. Nat Turner
d. Frederick Douglass
e. John Sambo - Answers - c. Nat Turner
Who was the famous American who, as a slave, borrowed sailor's papers and escaped
from Baltimore to New York City in 1838?
a. Frederick Douglass
b. Gabriel Prosser
c. Hinton Helter
d. Fitzhugh Pidgin
e. Denmark Vesey - Answers - a. Frederick Douglass
What characterized life for most plantation mistresses?
a. Isolation, drudgery, and humiliation.
b. An endless round of parties and dances.
c. Frequent trips to town to buy new gowns.
d. Secret abolitionist activity.
e. Hours of exposure each day to the sun, as they supervised the slaves. - Answers - a.
Isolation, drudgery, and humiliation.
The Underground Railroad
a. provided an effective way for slaves to escape.
b. an effort to help slaves to escape, but it had only limited success.
c. offered slaves the opportunity to leave a plantation for a few days before returning.
d. helped close to 25,000 slaves escape to the North.
e. was largely financed by wealthy southern abolitionists. - Answers - b. an effort to
help slaves to escape, but it had only limited success.
Why were some slaves allowed to work in towns or cities?
a. Slaveowners needed the extra income.
b. Slaveowners usually did not have enough work for them to do on the plantation.
c. Southern reformers wanted slaves to learn new skills for later in life.
d. Slaveowners believed that it would be a way for slaves to "let off some steam" and
would therefore prevent slave uprisings.
e. They were in steady demand to work in ports, on the rivers, and in mining and
lumbering. - Answers - e. They were in steady demand to work in ports, on the rivers,
and in mining and lumbering.
What was an overseer?
a. He was a spiritual guide for many slaves.
b. He was a slave owner's assistant who managed the discipline and punishment on a
plantation.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What was the status of the black slave family?
a. Children and mothers were kept together.
b. It had no legal status.
c. It was the institution that kept the slave system functioning for many generations.
d. It was the same as that of free white families.
e. Extended families spanning several generations were common. - Answers - b. It had
no legal status.
How had the American slave population changed by about 1830?
a. It had declined.
b. It had become largely African-born.
c. It had nearly doubled.
d. It had become fragmented because of the lack of a common language.
e. It had become predominantly male. - Answers - c. It had nearly doubled.
What was unusual about William Tiler Johnson?
a. He ran a plantation where he allowed his slaves to do extra work to earn their
freedom.
b. He was the only black man in the South to hold an elected office.
c. He was one of the few southerners who supported the Underground Railroad.
d. He was a free black who owned slaves.
e. He was a white minister who spoke out against slavery. - Answers - d. He was a free
black who owned slaves.
According to Frederick Douglass, slaves sang most when they were
a. escaping from the plantation.
b. most unhappy.
c. eating their dinner.
d. about to be married.
e. about to be sold to a new master. - Answers - b. most unhappy.
Which of the following was one of the Southern reactions to the Nat Turner rebellion?
a. Protestant missionaries intensified their efforts to convert slaves.
b. Laws restricting free blacks were loosened so that.....
c. Leaders in many Southern cities imposed bans on slaves working in the city.
d. There was a wave of bloody revenge attacks orchestrated by members of the K.K.K.
e. State governments passed laws making it illegal for slaves to read the Bible. -
Answers - a. Protestant missionaries intensified their efforts to convert slaves.
, Who led the 1831 rebellion in Southampton County, VA that terrified the South for
generations?
a. Denmark Vesey
b. Gabriel Prosser
c. Nat Turner
d. Frederick Douglass
e. John Sambo - Answers - c. Nat Turner
Who was the famous American who, as a slave, borrowed sailor's papers and escaped
from Baltimore to New York City in 1838?
a. Frederick Douglass
b. Gabriel Prosser
c. Hinton Helter
d. Fitzhugh Pidgin
e. Denmark Vesey - Answers - a. Frederick Douglass
What characterized life for most plantation mistresses?
a. Isolation, drudgery, and humiliation.
b. An endless round of parties and dances.
c. Frequent trips to town to buy new gowns.
d. Secret abolitionist activity.
e. Hours of exposure each day to the sun, as they supervised the slaves. - Answers - a.
Isolation, drudgery, and humiliation.
The Underground Railroad
a. provided an effective way for slaves to escape.
b. an effort to help slaves to escape, but it had only limited success.
c. offered slaves the opportunity to leave a plantation for a few days before returning.
d. helped close to 25,000 slaves escape to the North.
e. was largely financed by wealthy southern abolitionists. - Answers - b. an effort to
help slaves to escape, but it had only limited success.
Why were some slaves allowed to work in towns or cities?
a. Slaveowners needed the extra income.
b. Slaveowners usually did not have enough work for them to do on the plantation.
c. Southern reformers wanted slaves to learn new skills for later in life.
d. Slaveowners believed that it would be a way for slaves to "let off some steam" and
would therefore prevent slave uprisings.
e. They were in steady demand to work in ports, on the rivers, and in mining and
lumbering. - Answers - e. They were in steady demand to work in ports, on the rivers,
and in mining and lumbering.
What was an overseer?
a. He was a spiritual guide for many slaves.
b. He was a slave owner's assistant who managed the discipline and punishment on a
plantation.
