Strayer University - HIS 104 1)Southern whites frequently relied upon the idea of paternalism, which is the premise that:   •          Fathers should run the homes - •          slaveholders acted in the best interest of the enslaved •          Enslaved men should have children to create more enslaved people   2

Strayer University - HIS 104

1)Southern whites frequently relied upon the idea of paternalism, which is the premise that:

•          Fathers should run the homes -

•          slaveholders acted in the best interest of the enslaved

•          Enslaved men should have children to create more enslaved people

2. Which of the following was not one of the effects of the cotton boom?

•          U.S. trade increased with France and Spain.

•          Northern manufacturing expanded.

•          The need for slave labor grew.

3. Under the law in the antebellum South, slaves were        .

•          servants

•          animals -

•          property

4. The first temperance laws were enacted by          .

•          state governments -

•          local governments

•          the federal government

5. In the context of the antebellum era, what does colonization refer to?

•          Great Britain's colonization of North America

•          the relocation of African Americans to Africa -

•          American colonization of the Caribbean

6. How did Charles G. Finney's brand of Christian revivalism differ from those of previous Evangelical leaders?

•          He advocated withdrawal from society in favor of communalism.

•          He believed Christianity needed to be purged of its worldly nature.

•          He stressed the control that humans have over their own destinies.

7. Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

•          New Mexico and Utah would be admitted as slave states. -

•          Slavery would no longer be allowed in the District of Columbia.

•          Free states would be forced to return slaves who escaped to those states.

8. What was President Zachary Taylor's top priority as president?

•          preserving the Union -

•          ensuring the recapture of runaway slaves

•          expanding slavery –

9. Which of the following was a focus of the new Republican Party?

•          supporting Irish Catholic immigration

•          encouraging the use of popular sovereignty to determine where slavery could exist -

•          halting the spread of slavery

10. On what grounds did Dred Scott sue for freedom?

•          the inherent inhumanity of slavery

•          the cruelty of his master

•          the fact that he had lived in free states