North and South

Why did northern factory workers join unions and stage strikes?

• to fight for better pay and working conditions

• to fight for the abolition of slavery

• to fight for laws limiting immigration

What PUSH factor caused over 1.5 million Irish people to immigrate to America beginning in the 1840s?

• revolution

• overcrowding

• potato famine

People who wanted to limit immigration and resented immigrants who were competition for jobs were called

• anarchists

• nativists

• artisans

True or False: Free African Americans living in the North still faced discrimination and did not have the same economic or political opportunities as whites.

• True

• False

The political party formed in the 1850s by nativists seeking to limit immigration was called the

• Whig Party

• Republican Party

• Know Nothing Party

The cottonocracy was

• less than 1% of the southern population, they owned 50 or more slaves and had a lot of power and wealth

• about 50% of the southern population, they were whites who owned no slaves

• about 2% of the southern population consisting of free African Americans

The Southern states passed slave codes to control the lives of enslaved people to

• encourage them to run away to the North

• prevent them from rebelling or running away

• make it illegal for masters to mistreat their slaves

One of the most famous slave revolts occurred in Virginia in 1831 which increased southern fears of uprisings. The leader of this revolt was

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

Which of the following is an accurate statement about acts of resistance used by enslaved people to strike back against their owners?

• most ran away and escaped successfully to the North

• many staged revolts and killed their owners

• they did what they could such as breaking tools, destroying crops, and stealing food

How did slaves suffer under slavery?

• they worked long hours for no pay

• they faced abuse and could be whipped or mistreated

• owners could sell their loved ones at any time

• all of the answers are correct