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What percentage of slaves from the Upper South moved involuntarily toward the southwest as the cotton trade opened up?
 
  A) Less than five percent
  B) 50 percent
  C) 75 percent
  D) No statistics are available for the years between 1820 and 1860.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of slave marriages on plantations?
 
  A) Most masters refused to allow slaves to marry.
  B) Masters allowed pairings among female and male slaves.
  C) Couples never lived on the same plantation and never saw one another.
  D) Slaves ignored the marriage institution entirely.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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