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WorksheetsUnit 6
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Industrial Revolution was sparked by inventions in the field of
a)
computers
b)
chemistry
c)
warfare
d)
cloth production
2.
The most controversial idea debated at the Seneca Falls Convention was
a)
women's suffrage
b)
slavery
c)
the Civil War
d)
whether or not Washington was a good first President
3.
The invention most responsible for an increased demand in enslaved African workers was the
a)
iphone
b)
cotton gin
c)
spinning jenny
d)
Mechanical reaper
4.
the first steamboat to be produced in the U.S. was invented by
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Samuel Morse
c)
Peter Cooper
d)
Bill Gates
5.
What invention allowed coded messages to be sent over long distances using electrical wires?
a)
telephone
b)
Seismograph
c)
Telegraph
d)
Fax machine
6.
Some members of each of these groups owned slaves in the south except:
a)
rural poor
b)
free blacks
c)
Yeoman
d)
Planters
7.
Farming was nearly impossible in the Midwest because
a)
there are no rivers or large bodies of water for shipping crops
b)
constant attacks by Native Americans prevented large settlements
c)
a blight hit the potato crop sparking the Potato Famine
d)
the soil was hard packed and difficult to plow
8.
the election of members of the House of Representatives by the people is an example of
a)
checks and balances
b)
separation of powers
c)
direct democracy
d)
popular sovereignty
9.
Skilled workers in the North organized into trade unions in order to
a)
prevent women from entering the workforce
b)
start worker-owned factories
c)
protest for better wages and shorter work days
d)
prevent enslaved Africans from taking their jobs
10.
Which of the following inventions is Eli Whitney known for?
a)
steamboat
b)
interchangeable parts
c)
mechanical reaper
d)
telegraph
11.
On a plantation, who directly supervised enslaved field workers?
a)
plantation owners wife
b)
overseer
c)
local police
d)
manager
12.
Farmers in the Midwest were able to harvest wheat more quickly and more efficiently thanks to this invention
a)
cotton gin
b)
spinning jenny
c)
wheat gin
d)
Mechanical Reaper
13.
Article V in the Constitution describes the process of:
a)
voting for president
b)
amending the constitution
c)
how a bill becomes a law
d)
Mr.Nunez's retirement
14.
Laws created to limit the rights of both enslaved and free African Americans were known as
a)
urban ordinances
b)
slaves codes
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
No Child Left Behind
15.
Each of these groups faced discrimination in the North during the Industrial Revolution except:
a)
women
b)
immigrants
c)
Africans
d)
Sailors
16.
While some enslaved Africans ran away to escape slavery, most did so to
a)
work for other slave owners to make money
b)
visit relatives on other plantations
c)
kill local planters and government officials
d)
ride on a train to the underground railroad
17.
Industry was slow to develop in the South because each of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a)
the boom in demand for cotton promised greater profits than factories
b)
the market for finished goods was much smaller in the South because of a smaller free population
c)
building a new industry is expensive and would require Planters to sell land and slaves
d)
Northerners prevented knowledge of new machinery from spreading into the south
18.
the movement to ban the production, sale, and use of alcohol was known as:
a)
abolition
b)
probationer
c)
Transcendentalism
d)
temperance
19.
Southerners did not build many railroads because
a)
there were enough natural waterways to meet shipping needs
b)
they had an elaborate system of man-made canals to connect major cities
c)
Southerners did not embrace new technology
d)
Railroads increased the cost to ship goods to market
20.
Because of the actions taken by Congress in 1808, by 1860 nearly all enslaved people in the United States were
a)
freed from slavery
b)
Forced to move to Louisiana or Texas
c)
born in the U.S.
d)
Allowed to free their children
21.
The most violent slave rebellion was lead by a group of popular religious leader named:
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Malcom X
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Sidney Poitier
22.
Literacy in the south lagged behind all of the other regions because
a)
there was no public school system in any of the Southern states until the mid 1800s
b)
Southerners believed education was a private matter
c)
Communities were spread out and children would have to travel for school
d)
most southerners were of Spanish descent and did not speak English
23.
The founder of the American Anti-Slavery society and the newspaper the Liberator was
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Harriet Tubman
24.
Blacks and whites who guided slaves along the Underground railroad were known as
a)
passengers
b)
facilitators
c)
escorts
d)
conductors
25.
The Declaration of Sentiments was based on
a)
the Magna Carta
b)
the Bill of Rights
c)
the Declaration of Independence
d)
Cato's Letters
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