Which of the following was NOT true about slavery as a labor system?
A. As slavery spread into the Deep South, wealth and power became more equally shared among the various classes of white southerners.
B. It was slavery that made possible the South's "mass production" of agriculture products for export.
C. Slavery was worth more in terms of investment than all the land in the South.
D. Only a minority of southerners owned slaves.
Answer: A
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Which of the following was the moral message in much of George Catlin's work?
a. Destruction of the natural environment is against God's will. b. Indians are better off if they are removed from the corrupting influence of white Americans. c. American westward expansion is right and moral and part of God's plan. d. The superior American culture must inevitably replace all other cultures.
The economic foundation of the Plymouth colony was:
A) the cod fishery. B) the fur trade. C) tobacco farming. D) silver mining.
According to Thomas R. Dew and George Fitzhugh, slavery was:
A) a necessary evil. B) disadvantageous to southern blacks. C) a positive good. D) an inhumane practice. E) disadvantageous to whites.
Which of the following is a true statement about slave society in the antebellum years?
A) Slave families were protected by the law. B) Slaves were allowed to take their masters to court. C) Slaveholders were forced by law to treat their slaves benevolently. D) Slaves were treated humanely in the antebellum South. E) Slave reproduction mattered to plantation owners.