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Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Thomas Edison
2.
Who was Nat Turner?
a)
The inventor of the cotton gin
b)
The man who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
c)
The man who led one of the bloodiest slave revolts
d)
The man who introduced Christianity to the slaves
3.
Most white people in the South owned slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton
c)
It helped improve the working conditions for slaves
d)
It had no significant impact on slaves or slavery
5.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
6.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A secret tunnel that led from the South to Canada
b)
A single path that led from the South to the North for slaves to escape
c)
A train that secretly transported slaves at night
d)
A series of safe houses/ helpers who assisted runaway slaves
7.
About what number of people in the South owned slaves?
a)
50% (1/2)
b)
75% (3/4)
c)
33% (1/3)
d)
66% (2/3)
8.
Which is true of free Blacks living in both the North and South?
a)
Faced discrimination and racism
b)
They were treated just like everyone else
c)
They were safe because they were free
d)
They lived pretty easy lives
9.
Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Fredrick Douglass
d)
Levi Coffin
10.
This person helped more people escape on the Underground Railroad than anyone else.
a)
Harriett Tubman
b)
Levi Coffin
c)
John Brown
d)
Fredrick Douglass
11.
How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?
a)
They gave slaves some freedoms
b)
They passed even stricter laws about slaves
c)
They began to understand that slavery was wrong
d)
They refused to take slaves back to their owners when captured
12.
Which of the following was not a reason that people wanted to abolish slavery?
a)
Reform
b)
Moral Reasons
c)
Political Reasons
d)
Fear of losing job
13.
Reformers wanted to abolish slavery because:
a)
They thought that we needed to catch up with the rest of the world
b)
They were afraid that their political opponents would gain too much power in Congress
c)
They believed that slavery was morally wrong
d)
They wanted to send black people back to Africa
14.
What was a political reason for wanting to abolish slavery?
a)
Slave and Free States usually voted together
b)
Slave states always tried to break away
c)
Free States were always trying to break away
15.
There were 2 main ideas proposed on what to do with slaves if they were freed. These were integration and _______
a)
Moral Issues
b)
Pod Farming
c)
Colonization
d)
Relocation to Canada
16.
Why were most black people opposed to the idea of Colonization?
a)
They wanted to stay as slaves
b)
They didn't like the lions there.
c)
They were born and raised in America
d)
They were afraid that they would have to change religions
17.
What was the name of the colony that Americans set up in Africa for free blacks?
a)
Libya
b)
Liberia
c)
Lebanon
d)
Ivory Coast
18.
Frederick Douglass thought that abolition needed to be _________
a)
Violent
b)
Delayed
c)
Immediate
d)
Peaceful
19.
The Underground Railroad was something that slaves knew about but most owners did not
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Who invented the Steam Engine?
a)
J.J. Watt
b)
James Watt
c)
Justin James Watt
d)
Eli Whitney
21.
Which of the following was not one of the main things that James Monroe accomplished while President?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Ended the War of 1812
c)
Taking Florida from the Spanish
d)
Monroe Doctrine
22.
What was the name of the general that actually went down to Florida and helped take it from the Spanish?
a)
James Monroe
b)
Zachary Taylor
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Andrew Johnson
23.
This famous representative from Kentucky came up with the Missouri Compromise as well as the American System.
a)
James Monroe
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Henry Clay
24.
The Missouri Compromise did all of the following except
a)
Admit states in pairs
b)
Create a division in our country
c)
Draw a line where slavery would exist only south of it
d)
Make Missouri a free state
25.
What document told Europeans to stay away from America and to stop trying to create colonies here?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Jackson's Decree
26.
Conditions in the Northern Textile Mills were way better than on the Southern Plantations
a)
False
b)
True
27.
Sectionalism was a problem developing in our country in the 1800s
a)
True
b)
False
28.
James Monroe was a popular President who was often compared to...
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
James Madison
d)
Abraham Lincoln
29.
Who did most people want to be President in the election of 1824?
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Henry Clay
d)
James Monroe
30.
Who became the President by winning the election of 1824?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Henry Clay
c)
James Monroe
d)
John Quincy Adams
31.
The difference between canals and rivers is that canals are natural and rivers are man-made.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
The most famous canal in New York was called the...
a)
Whitewater Canal
b)
Miami Canal
c)
Champlain Canal
d)
Erie Canal
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