The Economy and People of the North before the Civil War

Which group of people faced discrimination in the North during the early 1800s?

• Black Americans

• women factory workers

• Both of these groups faced discrimination

Answer explanation

In the North, slavery had largely disappeared by the 1830s, but racial prejudice and discrimination remained.

Women faced discrimination in the workplace.

Match the following

• steel plow

• 
• telegraph

• 
• mechanical reeper

• 
• locomotive

• 
• clipper ships

• 

horses pulled the first locomotive

• true

• false

Answer explanation

Peter Cooper designed the first American steam-powered locomotive called the Tom Thumb in 1830

Explain what would be an impact of opening the canal pictured in this question.

• farm products moved directly from the Midwest to the East

• fast affordable train travel

• messages could be sent instantly

How did the telegraph impact communication in the 1800s?

• information could travel in minutes rather than days

• people could learn quickly about news and events

• businesses became more efficient

• all of these were impacts of the telegraph

Choose all options that are correct: How did life remain the same for African Americans after the Civil War?

• Still denied voting rights through poll taxes and literacy tests

• Still discriminated against through Jim Crow Laws and black codes

• Still worked on plantations through sharecropping

• Still considered property in the eyes of the law

Creator of the Presidential Reconstruction plan that was lenient to former Confederate leaders, allowing them to to reclaim power and implement black codes in the South. Impeached and nearly removed from the Office of President.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• John Johnson

This reconstruction amendment stated that the right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This amendment was designed to protect the right to vote of African Americans, yet southern states found ways around it like poll taxes and literacy tests.

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was important because

• abolitionists demonstrated their willingness to use violence.

• many slaves earned their freedom by revolting.

• it helped return runaway slaves to their owners.

• None of these answers are correct.

What event officially began the Civil War?

•  the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the raid on Harpers Ferry

• the attack on Fort Sumter

• None of these answers are correct.