Antebellum America North Vs South Lead up to THE CIVIL WAR

Multiple Choice

Farmers who grow only enough for personal or local use.

• Sustainable farming
• Subsistence farming
• Monoculture

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about Northern industry before the Civil War are correct?

• Most goods were made in homes rather than factories.

• The Industrial Revolution led to increased factory production.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Children who worked were kept safe and away from dangerous machinery.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Which of the following were common challenges faced by factory workers in the North? Choose all that apply!

• High wages

• Short working hours

• Dangerous working conditions

• Child labor

Multiple Choice

The Erie Canal linked the Hudson River with ___

• Lake Erie
• Lake Ariel

• Forest Park Pond

Multiple Choice

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• George Harrison

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Singleton

• Matthew Pershing

Multiple Choice

How did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?

• Plantation owners needed less slaves.

• It didn't affect it.

• Plantation owners needed more slaves.

• Plantation owners no longer needed slaves.

Multiple Select

Which crops were commonly grown on Southern plantations as cash crops? Choose ALL that apply!

• Tobacco

• Cotton

• Rice

• Wheat

Multiple Choice

What was the main impact of Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin on the Southern economy?

• It increased cotton production and the demand for slave labor.

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.

• It made cotton less profitable as an export.

• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery.

Multiple Choice

When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?

• the American Passage
• the Middle Passage
• the Lower Passage
• the African Passage

Multiple Choice

to deny someone of positive human qualities

• hold

• dehumanizing

• plantation

• European slaver

Multiple Choice

Owning of human beings as property able to be bought, sold, given, and inherited, is known as.....

• Mercantilism

• Free trade

• Chattel slavery

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements accurately describe the labor system on Southern cotton plantations by 1860? CHOOSE ALL that APPLY!

• The main source of labor was slaves.

• There were 4 million slaves by 1860.

• Enslaved people made up less than 10% of the Southern population.

• In some areas, slaves outnumbered whites.

Multiple Choice

What was one consequence of the ban on the slave trade in 1808?

• Slave demand and prices increased, leading to smuggling.

• Slave prices dropped significantly.

• The number of slaves in the U.S. decreased.

• Slavery was abolished in the South.

Multiple Choice

According to the 1860 data, what percentage of Southern whites owned more than 100 slaves?

• 0.1%

• 6.6%

• 17.2%

• 76.1%

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the Southern economy during this period?

• Focused on agriculture with little industry

• Highly industrialized with many cities

• Balanced between agriculture and industry

• Primarily based on fishing and trade

Drag and Drop

The region known as the 'Black Belt' was primarily associated with the production of .

Placeholder

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

cotton

wheat

rice

Open Ended

Based on the population pie charts, compare the proportion of slaves to whites in Mississippi and Virginia.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the main economic difference between the North and the South before the Civil War?

• The North relied on slaves for agriculture, while the South focused on manufacturing.

• The North's economy was based on manufacturing and trade, while the South relied on slaves to raise crops.

• Both the North and South had economies based on trade and manufacturing.

• The South wanted cheap land and good transportation, while the North focused on agriculture.

Multiple Choice

What was one major reason that compromise between the North and the South became impossible in the mid-1800s?

• Differences between the North and the South grew too strong

• The North wanted independence from Britain

• The South wanted to expand westward

• The North and South had similar economies