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Question 4 In the 1850s, most white southerners owned no slaves  1 slave 2-5 slaves 6-10 slaves 11 or more slaves  Question 5  In 1860, all of the following statements regarding U.S. slavery are true except  more than half of the nation's wealth was produced through slave labor  a single slave could earn their owner hundreds of dollars in yearly profits  the purchase price for a single slave could be well over $1,000  only the railroad industry was more valuable than the slave industry a slave who had been a runaway was worth less than half the value of a slave who had never been a runaway Question 6  While large cotton plantations in slave states created great wealth in the south, they had little effect on industry in northern non-slave states. True False Question 7  The wealth of slavery helped raise the wages of free white southern labor. True False Question 8  In 1860, it was illegal in the United States to sell a slave under the age of one or over the age of 60 years. True False

Question 4 In the 1850s, most white southerners owned no slaves  1 slave 2-5 slaves 6-10 slaves 11 or more slaves  Question 5  In 1860, all of the following statements regarding U.S. slavery are true except  more than half of the nation's wealth was produced through slave labor  a single slave could earn their owner hundreds of dollars in yearly profits  the purchase price for a single slave could be well over $1,000  only the railroad industry was more valuable than the slave industry a slave who had been a runaway was worth less than half the value of a slave who had never been a runaway Question 6  While large cotton plantations in slave states created great wealth in the south, they had little effect on industry in northern non-slave states. True False Question 7  The wealth of slavery helped raise the wages of free white southern labor. True False Question 8  In 1860, it was illegal in the United States to sell a slave under the age of one or over the age of 60 years. True False

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Question 4

In the 1850s, most white southerners owned

  1. no slaves 
  2. 1 slave
  3. 2-5 slaves
  4. 6-10 slaves
  5. 11 or more slaves 

Question 5 

In 1860, all of the following statements regarding U.S. slavery are true except 

  1. more than half of the nation's wealth was produced through slave labor 
  2. a single slave could earn their owner hundreds of dollars in yearly profits 
  3. the purchase price for a single slave could be well over $1,000 
  4. only the railroad industry was more valuable than the slave industry
  5. a slave who had been a runaway was worth less than half the value of a slave who had never been a runaway

Question 6 

While large cotton plantations in slave states created great wealth in the south, they had little effect on industry in northern non-slave states.

True

False

Question 7 

The wealth of slavery helped raise the wages of free white southern labor.

True

False

Question 8 

In 1860, it was illegal in the United States to sell a slave under the age of one or over the age of 60 years.

True

False

Question 9 

It is estimated that one out of every three slaves would be sold once during their lifetime.

True

False

Question 10 

In the 1850s, it is estimated that because of the growing debate over slavery, the number of Americans who had joined abolitionist (anti-slavery) organizations had risen to 20 percent of the white population in non-slave states.

True

False

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