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WorksheetsNorth vs. South
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Transformation from agriculture to industry is...
a)
Industrialization
b)
Innovation
c)
Technology
2.
Elias Howe invented the...
a)
Sewing Machine
b)
Cotton Gin
c)
Telegraph
3.
Who invented the steamboat?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Peter Cooper
c)
Samuel Morse
4.
Who created Tom Thumb, the first steam locomotive?
a)
Peter Cooper
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
John Deere
5.
Who invented the telegraph?
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Peter Cooper
c)
Cyrus McCormick
6.
The steel-tipped plow was invented by...?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Peter Cooper
7.
Cyrus McCormick invented which of the following agricultural tools?
a)
Mechanical Reaper
b)
Steel-Tipped Plow
c)
Steam Locamotive
8.
What did the economy of the south NOT depend on?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Cotton
c)
Slavery
9.
The cotton gin was able to produce ____ times more cotton than by hand.
a)
50
b)
75
c)
25
10.
What was an unintended consequence of the cotton gin?
a)
Created a higher demand for slaves
b)
Lowered the demand for slaves
c)
Did not change the need for slavery in the South
11.
True or false: The South had more railroads than the North.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
On average, how many hours did factory workers work a day?
a)
11.4
b)
12.5
c)
10.3
13.
Factory owners were most concerned about...
a)
Profit
b)
Expansion
c)
Workers
14.
Organizations of workers with the same trade or skill are called...
a)
Trade Unions
b)
Trade Organization
c)
Skilled Trade
15.
An unfair opinion not based on facts:
a)
Prejudice
b)
Discrimination
16.
An unfair treatment of a group:
a)
Prejudice
b)
Discrimination
17.
Who was the founder of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization?
a)
Sarah G. Bagley
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
18.
Who was the largest group to immigrate to the US in the mid-1800s?
a)
Irish
b)
Germans
c)
Polish
19.
Which crop experienced a blight in Ireland?
a)
Potatoes
b)
Turnips
c)
Radishes
20.
German immigrants typically moved to what region?
a)
Midwest
b)
South
c)
Northeast
21.
People who opposed immigration were known as:
a)
Nativists
b)
Republicans
c)
Whigs
22.
The American Party became known as the:
a)
Know-Nothing Party
b)
Main-American Party
c)
Know-Something Party
23.
What religion primarily experienced prejudice in the 1800s?
a)
Catholic
b)
Islam
c)
Jewish
24.
Farmers who did not have slaves and made up the largest group of whites in the south were called:
a)
Yeomen
b)
Tenant Famrers
c)
Deere Men
25.
How did plantation owners measure their wealth?
a)
Slaves
b)
Cotton
c)
Size of their plantation
26.
The role of the plantation wife was to:
a)
Run the Household
b)
Run the Barn and Animals
c)
Run the Slave Community
27.
The majority of slaves were:
a)
Field Hands
b)
Domestic Slaves
c)
Plantation Workers
28.
A plantation manager, or _____, supervised slaves.
a)
Overseer
b)
Yeoman
c)
Tenant Farmer
29.
In 1808, Congress outlawed the slave trade. What was the slave trade?
a)
The slave trade took place when slaves were brought over from Africa and sold in the south.
b)
The slave trade was the buying and selling of slaves in the south.
c)
The slave trade was the black-market trading of slaves from the north into the south.
30.
An African American folk song is called a:
a)
Spiritual
b)
Folk Tale
c)
Hymn
31.
Slave Codes were:
a)
Codes that prevent slaves from learning how to read and write.
b)
Codes that slaves lived under in order to keep some of their culture.
c)
Codes that improved slave life on plantations.
32.
This slave revolted and killed 55 whites in 1831.
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Peter Cooper
c)
Robert Fulton
33.
True or False: There was a statewide public education system in the south.
a)
True
b)
False
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