Question 1
The yeoman farmers of the South
A) lived in the Appalachian Mountains.
B) were fiercely proud of their independence.
C) owned very few slaves.
D) formed a small portion of the population.
Question 2
Most whites in the antebellum South
A) regarded slaveholding as a path to upward economic mobility.
B) avoided the social stigma of slaveholding.
C) held fewer than 10 slaves by 1860.
D) resented the political influence of white slaveholders.
Question 3
The typical slaveholder owned
A) fewer than 10 slaves.
B) more than 20 slaves.
C) between 10 and 15 slaves.
D) only one or two slaves.
Question 4
Slavery inhibited the economic growth of the South because of the slaveholders'
A) low profit yields.
B) high maintenance costs.
C) undiversified capital investments.
D) unstable cotton prices.