Chapter 8

Quiz for Chapter Eight Analyzing Voices: The Debate over Free and Slave Labor

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Question 1

Which of the following sources made the argument that slavery is a “positive good”?A. James Henry Hammond’s 1858 speech to the Senate
B. New York Protestant Episcopal Church Mission Society’s 1837 annual report
C. Horace Greeley’s 1845 letter declining to attend an antislavery convention
D. James Henry Hammond’s 1856 letter to his son

Question 2

How might a member of the New York Protestant Episcopal Church Mission Society have responded to James Henry Hammond’s view of poor workers in New York?A. He or she would have agreed with Hammond that New York’s workers were as miserable as slaves.
B. He or she would have challenged Hammond, suggesting that New York’s workers were even poorer than slaves.
C. He or she would have argued that poverty was a temporary condition in America but that slavery was permanent.
D. He or she would have suggested that New York’s poor deserved their status, whereas slaves did not deserve to suffer as they did.

Question 3

On which of the following issues did James Henry Hammond and Horace Greeley clearly agree with one another?A. African Americans were naturally inferior to whites.
B. Slavery was the ideal work system for the southern states.
C. Manual laborers in the North were more degraded than slaves.
D. Movements that opposed slavery were objectionable.

Question 4

According to the author of the Staunton Spectator editorial, what made slaves’ lives better than those of free blacks in the North?A. The meaning slaves derived from their work
B. Slaves’ loving relationships with whites
C. The richness of black communities in the South
D. Whites’ commitment to maintaining their property

Question 5

Based on the evidence presented in these sources, what is the most likely reason that James Henry Hammond did not want to free his black mistress and the children that he and his son fathered with her?A. Hammond loved them all so much he could not bear to have them leave his plantation.
B. He believed they would receive better treatment as “family slaves” than as free blacks.
C. Hammond did not want the woman or her children to have to perform any work.
D. He wanted to live openly with them as his wife, children, and grandchildren.