CH 15 & 16 Reading Test

What did some southern leaders, including Thomas Jefferson, consider doing regarding their slaves?

• Selling them to the North

• Freeing them

• Sending them to Europe

• Using them for industrial labor

What was the impact of Eli Whitney's invention on the southern economy?

• It decreased the need for slave labor

• It increased the South's dependence on slave labor

• It led to the industrialization of the South

• It had no significant impact

What did the decade following the Mexican War witness in terms of slavery?

• A decrease in slavery

• A series of ineffective efforts to address slavery

• The complete abolition of slavery

• The expansion of slavery into the North

What was the percentage of slaves in the total population by county in 1820 in areas with the highest concentration?

• 50% or over

• 10-50%

• Under 10%

• No slaves or unsettled

What did the free blacks in the South often face from unscrupulous slave traders?

• They were often kidnapped back into slavery.

• They were given jobs.

• They were offered protection.

• They were given land.

What did several states do to free blacks in the North?

• Forbade their entrance

• Welcomed them

• Provided them with jobs

• Gave them land

Who was the only slave trader ever executed in America?

• N. P. Gordon

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

What did planters regard slaves as?

• Investments

• Friends

• Enemies

• Family

What was the economic impact of slavery on Southern states?

• It led to economic decline due to labor costs

• It enriched the North at the expense of the South

• It was the foundation of the South's agricultural economy

• It had little impact as the South was diversifying its economy

According to the Suffrage article, what is usually thought of as being the beginning of the Woman's Suffrage Movement in the United States?

• The Seneca Falls Convention

• The creation of the National Woman Suffrage Association

• The American Revolution

• The reading of the Declaration of the Rights of Women