WorksheetsChapters 13 & 14 Mr. Weir
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Textiles:
a)
Is the building of machines to specialize in clothing
b)
Was very popular in France, who had many textile factories
c)
Required the use of slaves, who would have to pick the cotton then work in the factories to make it into clothing
d)
All of the Above
2.
The industrial Revolution:
a)
Was started with breakthroughs in textiles
b)
Was a major increase in the building of factories and the production of goods
c)
Was first started in England
d)
All of the above
3.
Factories in the Industrial Revolution:
a)
Made large numbers of products that were exactly the same
b)
Made products that used pieces that were exactly the same
c)
Used workers that specialized in making/assembling only one part of a product
d)
All of the above
4.
Traditional Manufacturing:
a)
Included people like blacksmiths, gunsmiths, and weavers
b)
Was too slow to keep up with the high demand
c)
Made everything one at a time by hand
d)
All of the above
5.
Better transportation was a major factor in the Industrial Revolution because:
a)
It allowed food and products to travel to consumers
b)
The railroad was needed to transport heavy machines needed in factories
c)
Factories needed workers every day, usually from miles away
d)
All of the Above
6.
Eli Whitney:
a)
Used interchangeable parts to produce textile machines
b)
Became a huge success during the Industrial Revolution
c)
Created the idea of using parts that could easily be replaced if broken
d)
All of the Above
7.
Some southerners were concerned about the South's dependence on cotton because:
a)
Cotton wore out the soil and made the South too dependent on foreign products
b)
The decrease in the domestic slave trade reduced the number of farmhands available to raise it
c)
By 1850 most yeomen have abandoned food crops in the hope of growing wealthy by raising cotton
d)
Cotton had caused the South to become reliant on Great Britain for food crops
8.
Interchangeable Parts:
a)
Allows products to be assembled easier
b)
Helped traditional manufacturing stay in business
c)
Helped the durability of products (Products less likely to break)
d)
All of the Above
9.
During the South's agricultural decline, dome southerners thought cotton could become a cash crop because:
a)
long-stapled cotton grew well in most of the South
b)
Factories such as textile mills were more numerous in the South than in the North
c)
Cotton growing required less labor than tobacco and wheat
d)
The expanding British and U.S. textile industries relied on cotton to make their cloth
10.
The major difference between Northern and Southern economies:
a)
The south used the labor of women, and children and the North did not
b)
The North focused on many different types of factories and the South focused on textile and cotton factories
c)
The South became more advanced than the North because of their focus on cash crops
d)
None of the Above
11.
The South's first major cash crop was
a)
Indigo
b)
Tobacco
c)
Corn and grain products (bread)
d)
Cotton
12.
The cotton gin was important because it could remove the seeds
a)
From the fibers of long-staple cotton, which could be grown across the South
b)
From the fibers of long-staple cotton, which has more seeds than short-staple cotton
c)
From the fibers of short-staple cotton, which could be grown across the South
d)
From the fibers of short-staple cotton, which was hard to grow but had less seeds
13.
The first major slave rebellion was led by:
a)
Gabriel Prosser
b)
An African leader named Cinque
c)
Denmark Vesey
d)
Nat Turner
14.
Mr. Weir referred to Eli Whitney's cotton gin as "evil" because:
a)
It caused the North and South to see each other as rivals instead of partners
b)
It gave new life to slavery
c)
Eli Whitney knew that the invention of the cotton gin would cause England and the U.S. to become enemies
d)
The cotton gin was a dangerous machine used by children that would often times leave them injured or crippled
15.
By 1860 southern leaders referred to cotton as "King Cotton" because
a)
It was the South's primary import
b)
Of the importance of the cotton trade to the South's economy
c)
Of the South's trade ties to monarchies in Europe
d)
So many Northern states relied on making and selling cotton for money
16.
The slave trade increased during the early 1800's because
a)
The spread of factories in the South demanded more and more cheap labor
b)
Slaves were being sold at very low prices and even poor farmers could afford to buy them
c)
Growing and harvesting cotton and other southern crops required a large number of field hands
d)
All of the Above
17.
The cotton kingdom extended from
a)
Kentucky to Georgia
b)
South Carolina to Texas
c)
Maryland to Tennessee
d)
Virginia to Illinois
18.
John Quincy Adams was involved in what rebellion
a)
Denmark Vesey, who destroyed Adam's house and nearly killed some family members
b)
Gabriel Prosser, when Adam's was president and forced to use the military
c)
The Amistad, who Adam's defended in court for their release
d)
Nat Turner, when Adam's was president and was forced to use the military against him
19.
The Amistad was important because:
a)
the Cubans were illegally transporting slaves from Africa and the United States helped stop it
b)
It was the first time that slaves were given the same rights as other Americans
c)
The owners of the Amistad were Southern Congressmen and helped prove that slaves were property and not people
d)
All of the Above
20.
The difference between Denmark Vesey's rebellion and Nat Turner's was
a)
Vesey's rebellion lead to the death of many slave owners
b)
Turner's rebellion actually killed many slave owners but Vesey was stopped before the plan started
c)
Vesey would have been successful if the bridges would had not washed away
d)
All of the Above
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