Slavery Quiz Review

Eli Whitney invented 

• The light bulb
• The shotgun
• The Cotton Gin
• The sewing machine

The main cash crop of the South was

• Beef

• Tobacco

• Cotton

• Corn

________ believed that slavery should be ended.

• perilous
• plantations
• masters
• abolistionists

Why was the economy of the South predominantly based on agriculture?

• more fertile soil

• flatter land

• longer growing seasons

• all are true

Which is TRUE regarding the cotton gin?

• It made more people see and admit the evils of slavery
• It caused demand for slaves to drastically increase
  
• It made cotton easier to plant
• It was invented by James Monroe

The Southern economy was predominantly based on _____.

• industry

• whaling

• agriculture

• All of the above are true

Which of the following is NOT true about the impact of the cotton gin on Southern life?

• It triggered a movement Westward.

• Planters grew more cotton, so their exports increased.

• Natives were driven off of their land so it could be used for plantations.

• More cotton required less slave labor.

Slaves parents retained legal authority of their children and could keep them from being sold to a different master.

• True

• False

What unintended effects did slave revolts have on the slave population?

• Often harsher laws were passed.

• Slaves were eventually successful in fighting for their freedom.

• Slaves were treated with more respect.

• All of the above are true

Which of the following crops grown in the Americas was NOT considered as labor intensive as the others?

• sugar cane

• tobacco

• tomatoes

• cotton