Chapter 11 North and South Take Different Paths

The invention of the clipper ship was an improvement on previous ships because it could

• travel much faster
• navigate more accurately
• carry more cargo
• carry passengers 

Slavery and cotton growing were closely linked because

• enslaved workers preferred cotton over other crops.
• most cotton plantations were owned by slave traders.
• cotton growing required a great deal of labor.
• the price of cotton was low.

The primary purpose of the slave codes was to 

• guarantee good working conditions for enslaved people.
• control every aspect of an enslaved person's life.
• prevent enslaved people from practicing their religion.
• legalize marriages between enslaved people. 

By the 1850s, which of the following linked many towns with cities and factories and opened new markets for the northern economy?

• clipper ships
• wagon routes
• railroads 
• telegraphs

How did cotton production change in the years between 1790 and 1820?

• Cotton production shrank very quickly because of the high costs of labor
• Cotton production slowly declined because of the high cost of cotton gins. 
• Cotton production grew very quickly, so that it was ten times higher in 1820.
• Cotton production remained almost the same from 1790 to 1820.

Which of the following were all cotton producing states?

• Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Connecticut
• New York, New Jersey, Maine, Ohio
• Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Vermont
• Tennessee, Mississipps, Alabama, Louisiana 

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

• denying a job to a person who lacks specific skills or experience for the job
• imposing a rating system in order to prevent young people from seeing certain movies.
• denying some students access to public schools because of race.
• sending illegal immigrants back to their native country.

Robert Fulton is known as the inventor of which of the following?

• telephone
• steamboat
• steam engine
• rifle

Why was 1808 an important year in the fight against slavery?

• The slave codes were declared illegal in Kentucky.
• It became illegal to import enslaved Africans to the United States.
• The invention of the cotton gin replaced slave labor in many states.
• It became illegal to sell a freed African American back into slavery. 

The workers at Lowell, Massachusetts were mostly

• German immigrants
• women
• enslaved African Americans
• inventors