Pre-Civil War in the South

The Industrial Revolution made ________ and _________ the base of the North's economy.

• manufacturing, trade

• trade, farming

• farming, manufacturing

• technology, farming

The Memphis Cotton Exchange was an important booming U.S. cotton economy in the 1800s and resulted in...

• isolating itself from the rest of the country.

• the most prosperous slave markets in the mid-South.

• the growth of labor-saving technologies

• a boom in industry in Memphis.

In Virginia, a successful slave rebellion led by ____________ was responsible for the deaths of 50-60 white people in two days.

• Gabriel Prosser

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

Many slaves resisted bondage by....

• breaking machinery, working slowly, poisoning their owners, running away.

• revolting against their slave owners.

• listening to music, telling folklore, and strengthening strong bonds with family.

• refusing to work when they were mistreated.

Enslaved people in the antebellum South constituted about __________ of the southern population.

• one-fifth

• one-tenth

• one-third

• one-half

_________'s location on the Mississippi River made it a center for buying, selling, and shipping cotton.

• St. Louis

• New Orleans

• Atlanta

• Memphis

The growth of cotton farming led to the demand for....

• enslaved African Americans.

• immigrant labor.

• technology.

• industry growth.

What impact did the cotton gin have on slaves?

• Slave labor decreased with the new technology.

• Slave labor was needed to harvest cotton.

• Slaves moved to the north to work in factories.

• Slaves moved to the south for steady work.

The South's commitment to slavery was confirmed with the invention of which tool?

• steam engine

• locomotive

• cotton gin

• plow

Before the Civil War, why did southern states continue to grow cash crops rather than switch to manufacturing like the northern states?

• The climate and soil in the South made cash crop farming profitable.

• Land was cheap so everyone could afford to buy large farms.

• There were not enough people in the South to work in factories.

• Southerners wanted to keep the system that had been successful in England.