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WorksheetsTrimester 2 (Chapter 11 and 12)
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the telegraph?
a)
used electric signals to send messages
b)
creates short/long signals that represent words
2.
Creates short/long signals that represent words
a)
Morse Code
b)
Telegraph
3.
Yeomen farmers...
a)
rented land and sometimes had slaves
b)
small farms w/no slaves and were not wealthy
4.
Slave codes...
a)
words that slaves use
b)
laws only for slaves
5.
The Underground Railroad was...
a)
Series of above ground escape routes from the South to the North
b)
An underground railroad which led slaves to freedom
6.
Which group was on the top of the social structure in the South?
a)
white farmers and workers
b)
plantation owners
c)
slaves
d)
industrial workers
7.
The great majority of African Americans in the South were
a)
free men
b)
slaves
c)
industry workers
d)
plantation owners
8.
Only about one in __________ white families in the South owned even one slave.
a)
one in six
b)
one in two
c)
one in four
d)
one in ten
9.
Which group was at the bottom of the social structure in the South?
a)
white farmers and workers
b)
plantation owners
c)
slaves
d)
industrial workers
10.
An _________________________ is a person who moves from one country to another)
a)
Immigrant
b)
peasant
c)
student
d)
slave
11.
Why was New Orleans important?
a)
It was a place where cotton was shipped to the North and England.
b)
They had a great football team.
c)
It was where they grew lots of food
d)
It wasn't
12.
What was the period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel?
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Transportation Revolution
c)
Steamboat Revolution
d)
American Revolution
13.
When comparing the North & South, the North is best known for
a)
big cotton farms
b)
plantations with large slave populations
c)
large factories that employed lower skilled workers
d)
warmer weather that allowed for year long farming
14.
All of the following are ways enslaved Africans helped keep their heritage alive EXCEPT
a)
telling folktales
b)
singing spirituals
c)
passing down African customs and traditions
d)
following Christianity values passed on by their slaveholder
15.
A slave from Virginia that believed God told him to end slavery.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Nat Turner
16.
Most of the economic and political power in the South
a)
laid in the hands of a small amount of large plantation owners
b)
laid in the hands of a large amount of large plantation owners
c)
laid in the hands of yeomen farmers
d)
was centered around religion and the church
17.
Which of the following is a negative effect of the cotton boom?
a)
development of the cotton trade
b)
the South became a major player in world trade
c)
firmly embedded the institution of slavery in the South
d)
production of cotton increased to nearly a billion pounds produced in a year by 1860
18.
What time period saw an increased growth of the use of machines and manufacturing?
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Transportation Revolution
c)
American Revolution
d)
Railroad Revolution
19.
Who used the strategy of hiring families and dividing work into smaller tasks for his factories?
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Francis Cabot Lowell
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Albert Gallatin
20.
Which person tended to employ young, unmarried women from local farms to work in his factories?
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Francis Cabot Lowell
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Albert Gallatin
21.
Why were trade/labor unions formed in the mid-1800's?
a)
trade unions were made to protect the rights of workers and their working conditions
b)
unskilled workers were losing their jobs
c)
work days were too short and needed to be lengthened to keep up with demand for products
d)
the quality of goods was going down and consumers complained about it
22.
He is the inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Richard Arkwright
c)
Eli Whitney
23.
What was the period of rapid growth in the late 1700's and early 1800's where machines were used for manufacturing and production?
a)
Machinery Revolution
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
The Rise of Machines
d)
The Era of Good Feelings
24.
What invention caused the cotton boom in the South?
a)
Gin
b)
The Cotton Machine
c)
The Cotton Gin
d)
The Waterframe
25.
How did the South make most of its money?
a)
Factories
b)
Agriculture
c)
Trade
d)
Timber
26.
What plant was king in the South?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Indigo
c)
Cotton
d)
Rice
27.
Who helped invent a steel plow for farmers to deal with tough soil?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel F. B. Morse
d)
Isaac Singer
28.
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Nat Turner
29.
Who helped invent a system of dots and dashes that were sent as electronic impulses across the telegraph?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Isaac Singer
c)
Samuel F.B. Morse
d)
John Deere
30.
What was the economy of the South based on?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Mining
c)
Industry
d)
Warfare
31.
What were slaves legally considered?
a)
People
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
Children
32.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow more 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
33.
Most white people in the South owned slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?
a)
faced discrimination and racism
b)
lived side by side with white Americans
c)
had the same rights as everyone else
d)
preferred living only with African Americans
35.
How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?
a)
They gave slaves some freedom.
b)
They passed even stricter slave codes.
c)
They began to udnerstand that slavery was wrong.
d)
They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.
36.
What did slaves most fear?
a)
being sent back to Africa
b)
being forced to learn new skills
c)
being sold away from their families
d)
being disrespectful to their owners
37.
This man was an escaped slave who taught himself to read and write. He became an influential player in the abolitionist movement?
a)
Stephen Douglass
b)
Solomon Northup
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harry Tubman
38.
What does this picture represent
a)
Farming Life
b)
Industrial Life
c)
Plantation Life
d)
Slave Life
39.
True or False:
Slaves were allowed to learn how to read and write.
Slaves were allowed to learn how to read and write.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
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
41.
Which of the following is an example of slave resistance?
a)
Saying yes when asked to work
b)
Working faster
c)
Pretending to be sick
d)
Volunteering to do more work
42.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
b)
Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
c)
Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
d)
Someone who wants to punish slaves.
43.
This is where people bid on slaves for purchase:
a)
manufacture
b)
violation
c)
oppression
d)
auction
44.
How was slavery in the South connected to the Northern economy?
a)
Factories used cotton produced by the South's slaves
b)
There was no relationship between the two
c)
Runaway slaves were the main source of Northern workers
d)
The Underground Railroad provided many jobs for Northerners
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