Early 1800's in the South

All of the following were impacts of the cotton gin on the South, EXCEPT

• It raised the production of cotton

• It increased the Southern economy

• It gave Native Americans a share of the profit

• It increased the slave labor force on cotton plantations

The cotton gin led to all of the following except:

• Growing cotton required a large work force, and slavery continued to be important as a source of labor

• Many slaveowners began to capture Native American slaves to work on their fields

• More Native American groups were driven off Southern land as it was taken over for cotton plantations

• Many slaves from the east were sold south and west to new cotton plantations

The cotton gin did all of the following except:

• Cotton farming moved beyond the coastal states all the way to the west.

• Cotton plantations began to spread into northern Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi all the way to Texas

• Cotton farming spread into the New England region

• Cotton exports (products) increased

The cotton gin allowed production of cotton to be done faster and on a wider scale, increasing the demand for labor, which was met by...

• decreasing the need for more cotton

• increasing paid workers

• increasing cotton prices.

• increasing the slave trade from Africa.

The growing importance of cotton to the South created an economy and a society dominated by

• large plantation owners.

• industrial leaders.

• small independent farmers.

• managers and professional people.

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the United States in the first quarter of the nineteenth century?

• Use of more stringent techniques of slave control.

• Demands of Southern textile manufacturers for cotton.

• Introduction of crop rotation and fertilizers.

• Invention of the cotton gin.

• The "three-fifths" compromise.

The expansion of Southern agriculture from 1820 to 1860 was due to the expanded cultivation of

• cotton in the "Cotton Belt".

• tobacco in Kentucky on "Tobacco Row".

• western rice in the "Rice Plains".

• Louisiana sugar in the "Sugar Bowl".

Which statement most accurately describes an effect of slavery on the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?

• The price of slaves increased as the northern economy expanded and the southern economy collapsed.

• The immorality of slavery prompted state politicians to gradually outlaw forced labor in the South.

• The issue of slavery deepened the division between the northern and southern states, ultimately resulting in a civil war.

• Immigrants from other parts of the world soon replaced the need for slaves in the South.

Which of the following statements about Southern slavery is true?

• most slaves had some unsupervised time during the workday.

• Most of the slave owners owned more than ten slaves.

• Most of the slaves lived on farms with less than ten slaves.

• The majority of slaves lived on plantations of medium or large size.

Which of the following best exemplifies where exports originated from in the triangular trade route?

• slaves from Africa, raw materials from the Americas, manufactured goods from Europe

• raw materials from Africa, slaves from the Americas, manufactured goods from Europe

• manufactured goods from Africa, slaves from the Americas, raw materials from Europe

• slaves from Africa, manufactured goods from the Americas, raw materials from Europe