The North and South People

Which of the following was part of the slave codes?

• written passes to leave the property

• numbers of children permitted on the plantation

• permission to learn to read and write

• none of the above

What caused the increase in Irish migration to the United States?

• Famine

• free land

• labor unions

• prejudice

What large group of Southerners owned small farms of about 50 to 200 acres and usually did not own slaves?

• tenant farmers

• yeoman

• rural poor

• plantation owners

What problem did women face in the workplace?

• innovation

• promotion

• discrimination

• literacy

To put pressure on employers in Northern factories, workers staged

• marches

• trade union

• strikes

• famines

Why did some people want to form labor unions?

• to open the workplace to more immigrants

• to improve working conditions

• to create more jobs

• to increase productivity

Some cities grew to be trade centers linking Midwest farmers with the Northeast because of ____.

• industrialization

• the start of trade unions

• the arrival of immigrants

• their location on waterways

What was the main purpose of the slave codes ?

• to establish rules for buying enslaved African Americans

• to provide a list of punishments for enslaved people who tried to escape

• education for enslaved people

• prevention of slave rebellion

What were the effect of the factory system had on the North?

• Jobs combined and production all took place under one roof

• Machine became an important part of factories for faster production of items

• American factories were able to produce more products like fabric, clothing, shoes, and agricultural machinery

• Factory systems only affected the south and not the North

Some cities grew to be trade centers linking Midwest farmers with the Northeast because of ____.

• industrialization

• the arrival of immigrants

• the start of trade unions

• their location on waterways