Unit 5 Quiz 1

Why did the cotton gin cause an increased need for slaves even though it reduced the need for labor to get the seeds out of cotton?

• More slaves were needed to operate the cotton gin because it was a complicated machine.

• Smaller plantations without a cotton gin needed more slaves to stay in business.

• Slaves were still needed to pick out seeds from the cotton that the gin left behind.

• The number and size of cotton plantations grew, so more slave labor was needed.

Leading up to the Civil War, what was a factor that led to the enslaved population becoming the majority of South Carolina's population?

• Free blacks poured into South Carolina from the North seeking a safe haven from slavery.

• Many whites decided to return to Europe.

• Slave revolts killed off enough whites to make those who survived a minority.

• The invention of the cotton gin resulted in the expansion of plantation labor needs.

Abolitionists came from many different backgrounds: escaped slaves, Southern women, free blacks, Northern newspapermen, concerned citizens, etc.  Their overwhelming purpose was to ensure that the federal government:

• gave African Americans the right to vote

• made it possible for women to vote

• made slavery illegal throughout the United States

• gave African Americans to ability to travel freely within the United States

Why was the 1822 plot of Denmark Vesey, a free black, a particular point of concern for white South Carolinians?

• It had widespread support of Northern politicians.

• It could possibly encourage other slaves and free blacks to rebel against slavery.

• It was intended to send all enslaved persons back to Africa.

• It created a desire to improve the agricultural production of rice in South Carolina.

What was the primary reason for the formation of the Underground Railroad during the abolitionist movement?

• To provide a secret network for slaves to escape to free states and Canada

• To transport cotton from the South to the North

• To facilitate communication between abolitionists in different states

• To smuggle weapons to slaves in the South for potential uprisings

Which of the following was NOT one of the phases of the American System?

• Transportation

• National Bank

• Protective Tariffs

• Support for the Military

What was the main objective of the American System?

• Increase trade and promote American business

• Create allies with foreign nations

• Limited the power of political parties

• Limit the power of the wealthy

How did the market revolution change the US economy?

• transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a bartering system of exchange

• transformed the US economy from a manufacturing system of production to a crafts (by hand) system of production

• transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a manufacturing system of production

• transformed the US economy from a market based system of exchange to a bartering system of exchange

All of the following were technological developments of the Market Revolution EXCEPT

• the telegraph

• Canals

• the Steamboat

• the telephone

How did railroads impact the US economy?

• sped up trading on the nation's waterways

• provided free alternatives to state sponsored toll roads

• increased access between the east and the west and significantly lowered food prices along the eastern seaboard

• opened vast new areas of the American interior to settlement