Chapter 4 Lesson 1

What two ways that the issue of slavery divided the country?

• abolitionists saw slavery as morally wrong and tried to outlaw it

• the North's economy was dependent on indentured servants, the South's economy was dependent on slave labor

• the economy of the North was centered on manufacturing, the South's economy was dependent on slave labor

• abolitionists saw slavery as right and encouraged its practice

What compromises were aimed at balancing the numbers of free and slave states?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

What impact did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on Kansas Territory

• the people living there would have the right to decide whether slavery should exist there

• repealed the Missouri Compromise

• opened the Kansas Territory for settlement

Did the colonists make laws regarding the system of slavery?

• true

• false

After the colonies became states, slavery decreased

• true

• false

Slaves traveling to the new world, what portion of the slaves died during transport?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 3/4

How did the slaves resist their enslaver?

• by trying to run away

• deliberately work slowly

• sang songs with double meanings or coded messages

• lead rebellions

What invention allowed farming to become more profitable?

• the cotton gin

• the steam engine

• the printing press

• the telephone

Who are famous abolitionist(s)?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher-Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

Name one reason why the North or South did not want their opposition to win with regards to free or slave state

• political advantage

• economic gain

• social dominance

• military strength