Chapter 14 Lesson 3

One effect of the cotton gin was that ____.

• farmers could plant more cotton in limited space

• the need for enslaved labor decreased

• the seeds of the cotton plant no longer stuck to the fibers

• workers could process more cotton

One difficulty posed by cotton agriculture before the invention of the cotton gin was that ____.

• Southern farmers relied on enslaved persons to plant cotton
• the demand for other crops, such as tobacco, increased
• a large amount of time and labor was required
• the area for growing cotton was limited

Productivity means...

• how much a worker can produce with a given time and effort.

• to prepare product.

How did the South’s transportation system affect urbanization in the region?

• Urbanization increased quickly because of many new rail lines.
• Urbanization increased due to many people rushing to the Deep South to farm.
• Urbanization of the south was slow because of poor roads and few rail lines.
• Urbanization of the south was slow because many people refused to live there.

Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas were included in the - 

• Upper South
• Deep South
• Northeast
• West

Which of the following kept the price of cotton high in the years before 1860?

• Cotton gin
• Demand in Europe
• Large plantations
• Slavery

What was one of the consequences of the cotton gin?

• Deep South farmers grew more wheat.

• Domestic slave trade increased.

• Plantations hired more tenant farmers.

• Southern factories quickly developed.

The vocabulary word "consequence" usually has a _______ meaning.

• negative

• positive

Based on the graph, which of the following statements is correct?

• In 1840 there were more miles of railroad track in the South than in the North.
• In 1850 the South more than tripled the miles of tracks it had in 1840.
• In 1860 the amount of tracks in both the North and the South had not increased.
• In all three decades, the North had more miles of tracks than the South.

What did the thriving economy of the South depend on?

• canals

• railroads

• slavery

• tobacco