America the Story Us - Division

Which of the following turned the North into an economic powerhouse?

• Electricity

• Erie Canal

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Mississippi River

The southern economy was based primarily upon which of the following

• Slave trade

• Cotton

• Slave labor

• Tobacco

How are the Northern and Southern economies tied together?

• The north provides raw materials to the south where they are manufactured into finished products

• The northern and southern economies are not actually tied together

• The north ships finished goods that were manufactured in the south across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe

• The north manufactures raw materials it receives from the south into finished products

The cotton gin increased the demand for which of the following?

• Cotton

• Gin

• Slaves

• Plantations

What are two economic effects of the Erie Canal?

• Trade and Transportation

• Slavery and Manufacturing

• Boom and Bust

• Technology and Temperance

What three things work together to make the southern economy?

• Cotton, Plantations, Trade

• Cotton, Cotton Gin, Slaves

• Slaves, Slave trade, Plantations

• Manufacturing, Trade, Transportation

Why is whaling an opportunity for African Americans?

• Because they can use their previous experience fishing in Africa

• Because they have the same opportunity as white people there is no discrimination

• Because whaling captains would buy slaves from the south and bring them to the north

• Because whaling was less difficult and dangerous than working on the plantations

What is John Brown's goal when he attacks Harper's Ferry?

• He wants to destroy the town that he despises

• He wants to get revenge on the slaves that ran away from his plantation

• He wants to free some of the slaves that live there

• He wants to arm southern slaves and start a slave rebellion

Who wins the 1860 Presidential election?

• Douglas

• Lincoln

• Jefferson

• Jackson

What is the first state to leave the Union?

• Alabama

• Mississippi

• Georgia

• South Carolina