AMH 2010 - Final Exam Questions and
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In the years before the Civil War, which slaves were most likely to run
away to hide out for short periods in local areas before returning to their
plantation? - ✔✔Female Slaves
How did field slaves on southern plantations during the 1820s to 1850s
most commonly voice their frustrations? - ✔✔Through song
Why did settlers from the United States organize a rebellion against
Mexican rule in 1836? - ✔✔Antonio López de Santa Anna had appointed a
military commander for Texas to force the settlers to obey Mexican laws.
How did successful southern cotton planters use their profits? -
✔✔Planters wanted to display their success with large estates and a
luxurious lifestyle. The success of cotton planters from the 1840s on
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,therefore fueled a period of conspicuous consumption among the southern
elite.
Why did unifying all southern whites around a shared sense of racial
identity become more important for slave owners in the years before the
Civil War? - ✔✔Outside the United States many countries were abolishing
slavery. For example, Britain forbade slavery in its colonies in 1834, France
in 1848.
Why were house slaves among the most feared by owners in the South in
the first half of the nineteenth century? - ✔✔The close relationship with the
master's family allowed house slaves to learn family secrets and endear
themselves to family members, which gave them leverage over the planter
and his family.
What did the economies of the North and South have in common between
1820 and 1850? - ✔✔Cotton tied together the economies of the North and
South as southern cotton was turned into textiles in northern mills.
How did plantations change over the course of the nineteenth century? -
✔✔Plantations increased in size over the nineteenth century as conquest of
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, new territories combined with increased investment in land to bring more
and more land under cultivation.
Which of the following was true about free blacks in the South from the
1830s to the 1850s? - ✔✔States regulated the lives of free blacks, and most
forbade them from returning to their state once they left. Some even
prohibited free blacks from residing within their borders at all.
Why could poorer whites not afford to antagonize affluent planters in the
American South in the first half of the nineteenth century? - ✔✔Few poor
whites could afford to alienate the planter elite, who served as affluent
benefactors and the providers of credit, transportation, and assistance.
How did the Liberty Party change the election of 1844? - ✔✔The small
Liberty Party adamantly opposed slavery, denounced the annexation of
Texas, and gained just enough votes in New York to throw the state and
the election to Polk.
What was the central point of the platform of the Free-Soil Party in the
election of 1848? - ✔✔The Free-Soil Party broke political conventions of its
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In the years before the Civil War, which slaves were most likely to run
away to hide out for short periods in local areas before returning to their
plantation? - ✔✔Female Slaves
How did field slaves on southern plantations during the 1820s to 1850s
most commonly voice their frustrations? - ✔✔Through song
Why did settlers from the United States organize a rebellion against
Mexican rule in 1836? - ✔✔Antonio López de Santa Anna had appointed a
military commander for Texas to force the settlers to obey Mexican laws.
How did successful southern cotton planters use their profits? -
✔✔Planters wanted to display their success with large estates and a
luxurious lifestyle. The success of cotton planters from the 1840s on
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,therefore fueled a period of conspicuous consumption among the southern
elite.
Why did unifying all southern whites around a shared sense of racial
identity become more important for slave owners in the years before the
Civil War? - ✔✔Outside the United States many countries were abolishing
slavery. For example, Britain forbade slavery in its colonies in 1834, France
in 1848.
Why were house slaves among the most feared by owners in the South in
the first half of the nineteenth century? - ✔✔The close relationship with the
master's family allowed house slaves to learn family secrets and endear
themselves to family members, which gave them leverage over the planter
and his family.
What did the economies of the North and South have in common between
1820 and 1850? - ✔✔Cotton tied together the economies of the North and
South as southern cotton was turned into textiles in northern mills.
How did plantations change over the course of the nineteenth century? -
✔✔Plantations increased in size over the nineteenth century as conquest of
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, new territories combined with increased investment in land to bring more
and more land under cultivation.
Which of the following was true about free blacks in the South from the
1830s to the 1850s? - ✔✔States regulated the lives of free blacks, and most
forbade them from returning to their state once they left. Some even
prohibited free blacks from residing within their borders at all.
Why could poorer whites not afford to antagonize affluent planters in the
American South in the first half of the nineteenth century? - ✔✔Few poor
whites could afford to alienate the planter elite, who served as affluent
benefactors and the providers of credit, transportation, and assistance.
How did the Liberty Party change the election of 1844? - ✔✔The small
Liberty Party adamantly opposed slavery, denounced the annexation of
Texas, and gained just enough votes in New York to throw the state and
the election to Polk.
What was the central point of the platform of the Free-Soil Party in the
election of 1848? - ✔✔The Free-Soil Party broke political conventions of its
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