Social Studies Unit 1 Chapter 1 Quiz

1. After the Civil War, Confederate money had no _______________________________.

• color

• backing

• weight

• value

2. One problem the South faced after the Civil War was that ________________ were closed.

• Banks

• Parks

• Malls

• Libraries

3. List two things African Americans needed after the Civil War had ended.

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• clothing and school

• family and home

• clothing and food

• schooling and church

4. The two types of farming arrangements that developed after the Civil War were:

• Commercial and organic farming

• Plantation and subsistence farming

• Sharecropping and tenant farming

• Industrial and cooperative farming

Farmers in Tennessee were aided by advancements in ____________, such as the tractor, to help them farm more of their land in less time.

• communication

• agriculture

• transportation

• mechanization

As a result of improved farming technology and mechanization, Southern farmers needed ________ labor to farm _________ areas of land.

• less; smaller

• more; smaller

• more; larger

• less; larger

5. ___________ ___________ was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper in the 1880’s.

• Henry W. Grady

• Joseph Pulitzer

• William Randolph Hearst

• Horace Greeley

In 1881, Atlanta hosted the first _____________________________, an industrial fair held to attract businesses and banks to invest in the South.

• Dixie Trade Show

• Southern Industrial Fair

• Atlanta Business Expo

• International Cotton Exposition

7. As Northern businesses and investors funded ________________ industries, the South began to flourish.

• Northern

• Eastern

• Southern

• technology

8. New factories were built in Southern cities, encouraging Southerners to move from rural to ______________ areas for economic opportunities.

• urban

• suburban

• coastal

• remote