Unit 8 Review 4

The change in the way goods were produced, from human labor to machines was called the...

• Assembly Line

• Commercial Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Steam Engine

The long term result of the invention of the cotton gin was that...

• Cotton farming spread northward.

• Demand for cotton decreased.

• Natives living in the southern uplands planted cotton.

• The demand for slave labor increased.

By the 1850s, new markets for factories were opened up when they were connected to other towns by...

• wagon routes

• telegraphs

• clipper ships

• railroads

Missouri and Maine were added to the United States because of...

• the Missouri Compromise

• increased immigration

• the Industrial Revolution

• the Compromise of 1850

In the 1800s, African-Americans in both the north and south...

• faced discrimination and racism.

• lived side by side with white Americans.

• enjoyed the same rights as other Americans.

• preferred living only with African-Americans.

Why did the South oppose laws to provide federal money for internal improvements, such as roads and canals?

• They thought taxes would need to be raised.

• They thought these improvements were dangerous.

• They thought these improvements were unnecessary.

• They thought these improvements would benefit only Northern states.

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

• losing respect

• losing tax revenue

• losing voting power

• losing future elections

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California would become a free state.

• Utah and New Mexico would be made territories, but slavery was banned by Congress.

• Buying and selling of slaves would be banned in Washington, D.C.

• A tough new Fugitive Slave Act would be enforced.

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court declared...

• that slavery diminished the national character.

• that African American rights were protected by the Constitution.

• that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court .

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order.

The towns of Pottawatomie and Harpers Ferry were attacked by followers of...

• John Brown

• Earl Gray

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglas