University:
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Course:
HIST-122 | History of the United States Since 1877
Academic year:

2022
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499

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2
Author:

Dania Lynch

Ch. 12 Review Questions - U.S. History 1. Which of the following was not one of the effects of the cotton boom? B. Northern manufacturing expanded. C. The need for slave labor grew. D. Port cities like New Orleans expanded. 2. The abolition of the foreign slave trade in 1807 led to _______. A. a dramatic decrease in the price and demand for slaves C. a reform movement calling for the complete end to slavery in the United States D. the decline of cotton production 3. Why did some southerners believe their region was immune to the effects of the market revolution? Why was this thinking misguided? 4. Under the law in the antebellum South, slaves were ________. A. servants B. animals D. indentures 5. How did both slaveholders and slaves use the concept of paternalism to their advantage? 6. The largest group of whites in the South _______. B. owned between one and nine slaves each C. owned between ten and ninety-nine slaves each D. owned over one hundred slaves each 7. John C. Calhoun argued for greater rights for southerners with which idea? A. polygenism B. nullification D. paternalism 8. How did defenders of slavery use the concept of paternalism to structure their ideas? 9. Why did southern expansionists conduct filibuster expeditions? A. to gain political advantage C. to prove they could raise an army D. to map unknown territories 10 . The controversy at the heart of the Ostend Manifesto centered on the fate of: A. Ostend, Belgium B. Nicaragua 1 of 2 Ch. 12 Review Questions - U.S. History D. Louisiana 11. Why did expansionists set their sights on the annexation of Spanish Cuba? 2 of 2