Before the Civil War

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What were TWO outcomes of the invention of the cotton gin? Options: Increased in the demand for slave labor, Expansion of plantation agriculture, Decreased demand for cotton textiles, Reduction in the number of cotton plantations, Increased reliance on manual labor in agriculture.

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Increased in the demand for slave labor, Expansion of plantation agriculture.

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how were enslaved people protected from the worst forms of abuse

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they were considered valuable property

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many FREE African Americans in the South moved to which two states?

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Maryland and Delaware

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most southern whites WERE connected to the plantation system because they owned small farms

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FALSE

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Skilled Workers would have more success at forming a union than other worker because they were harder to replace.

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TRUE

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Which of the following led to a decrease in the cost of goods? steam power, growth of railroads, a free-market system, mass production, All of these led to a decrease in the cost of goods.

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All of these led to a decrease in the cost of goods.

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immigrants and African Americans in the North BOTH

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faced widespread discrimination

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Immigrants and African Americans were both connected to the economic growth of this nation.

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TRUE

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When transferring from one railroad line to another railroad line, what problem occurred?

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Goods had to be unloaded and reloaded.

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what was the factory system

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a system that brought workers and machinery together