Review 7.3

Which of the following was an effect of Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin?

• Boosted cotton production in the South.

• Increased farm costs.

• Made the South industrialize.

• Destroyed the cotton market.

The Underground Railroad contributed most directly to

• Providing jobs for enslaved persons during the summer months.

• Enslaved persons finding their freedom in Northern states and Canada.

• The railroad provided a way for trade between the Northern and Southern states.

• Enslaved persons using the railroad to visit family in the North.

One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Tubman are similar is that they all supported the:

• Passage of the Black Codes.

• Abolitionist movement.

• Nullification theory of states’ rights.

• Plantation system in the South.

The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by:

• Exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing.

• Spreading awareness of the lives of enslaved persons.

• Pressuring the President to support emancipation.

• Convincing Congress to ban the importation of African Americans for slavery.

According to the excerpt from Howard Zinn, what was a key difference in tactics between black and white abolitionists?

• Black abolitionists were more likely to engage in armed insurrection.

• White abolitionists were more likely to engage in armed insurrection.

• Black abolitionists focused more on moral persuasion.

• White abolitionists were less likely to use the ballot box.

What role did black abolitionists play in the antislavery movement as mentioned in Howard Zinn's excerpt?

• They were the backbone of the antislavery movement.

• They were primarily responsible for the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

• They were more morally absolute in their tactics than the Garrisonians.

• They were mainly involved in lecturing and newspaper publication.

Which policy were both black and white abolitionists fighting against according to the document?

• Enslavement of African Americans in the United States, before the Civil War.

• Desegregating the United States military during World War I and World War II.

• The passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

• The United States expanding westward.

Which Supreme Court decision did William Lloyd Garrison believe went against the rights of the free colored persons, as inferred from his statement in "The Free People of Color of the United States"?

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Ex parte Milligan (1866)

• Pace v. Alabama (1883)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

What was the main purpose of the Compromise of 1850 regarding the admission of California into the Union?

• To allow California to enter the Union with or without slavery, as decided by its constitution.

• To impose restrictions by Congress on the exclusion of slavery in California.

• To settle border disputes with Mexico.

• To control the migration of settlers to new Western territories.

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 establish regarding slavery?

• It allowed all new states north of the 36° 30' line to decide on slavery by popular vote.

• It made slavery illegal in all new territories.

• It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36° 30' line except for Missouri.

• It settled border disputes with Mexico.