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WorksheetsChap. 14 North & South - Vocab & Content
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ship with sleek hulls & tall sails that clipped time from long journeys
a)
Steamboat
b)
Clipper Ship
c)
Cotton gin
d)
Ranger Bass Boat
2.
Device that used electric signals to send messages
a)
Phonograph
b)
iPhone
c)
Telegraph
d)
Grain Thresher
3.
A system of dots & dashes that represent the alphabet used on the telegraph
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Braille
c)
Morse Code
d)
Cuneiform
4.
Group of workers with the same trade or skill. Organized for better work conditions etc.
a)
Posse
b)
Crew
c)
Strike
d)
Trade Union
5.
A work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer
a)
Factory system
b)
Strike
c)
Resignation
d)
Ball
6.
An unfair opinion not based on facts
a)
Prejudice
b)
Discrimination
c)
Wild Guess
d)
Hypothesis
7.
Unfair treatment
a)
Strike
b)
Ranchero
c)
Productivity
d)
Discrimination
8.
An extreme shortage of food
a)
Majority
b)
Famine
c)
Golden Corral
d)
Slave Codes
9.
A person opposed to immigration
a)
Nativist
b)
Yeoman
c)
Straw Boss
d)
Mormon
10.
A measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time & effort
a)
Revival
b)
Decree
c)
Whigs
d)
Productivity
11.
The trade of enslaved people among the states of the United States
a)
Domestic Slave Trade
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Spirituals
d)
Tejanos
12.
A farmer who owns a small farm
a)
Ranchero
b)
Yeoman
c)
Local
d)
Carpet Bagger
13.
Plantation Manager
a)
Mountain Man
b)
Tenant Farmer
c)
Tejano
d)
Overseer
14.
Religious folk songs sung by slaves
a)
Nursery Rhyme
b)
Spirituals
c)
Opera
d)
Bluegrass
15.
Permitted by law
a)
Annex
b)
Election
c)
Nomination
d)
Legal
16.
Laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people
a)
Code of Hammurabi
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Legal
d)
Federalists
17.
Short
a)
Elongated
b)
Brief
c)
Leprechaun
d)
Shaq
18.
System of cooperation to aid & house enslaved people who had escaped
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Oregon Trail
c)
Santa Fe Trail
d)
HWY 238
19.
The ability to read & write
a)
Algebra
b)
Literacy
c)
Abolitionist
d)
Know Nothing Party
20.
In what class are you taking this vocab quiz?
a)
Algebra
b)
Underwater Basket Weaving
c)
U.S. History
d)
Physics
21.
Which of the following best describes industrialization?
a)
Goods made one at a time at home
b)
Mass amounts of goods made in factories
c)
Workers assigned one particular task
d)
Tools that assist humans in their labor
22.
One invention that brought industrialization to Northern agriculture was the ____________.
a)
Butter
b)
The Mechanical Reaper
c)
Dan Druff
d)
The Wooden Plow
23.
Free blacks in the North were not treated as ______ to other citizens.
a)
slaves
b)
superior
c)
equal
d)
military leaders
24.
There were more railroad lines in the ______ than in the South which allowed for industry to grow into new areas.
a)
South
b)
East
c)
West
d)
North
25.
_________ is a famous inventor that created the cotton gin which greatly increased cotton production.
a)
Rosy Cheeks
b)
Ben Dare
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Coach Hoard
26.
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Nat Turner
27.
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 Morse
d)
John Deere
28.
Who was responsible for inventing the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John Deere
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Cyrus McCormick
29.
Who invented a steel plow to help farmers deal with tough soil?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel F. B. Morse
d)
Isaac Singer
30.
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
31.
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
32.
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
33.
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
34.
Why were trade/labor unions formed in the mid-1800's?
a)
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
35.
Who developed the first steel-tipped plow?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
John Russworm
d)
Peter Cooper
36.
Where was most of America's industry located around 1850?
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
along the entire east coast
d)
West
37.
Who is given credit for perfecting the telegraph?
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Alfred Vail
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Sarah Bagley
38.
Who invented the first mechanical reaper?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Samuel Morse
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Samuel Cornish
39.
A group of skilled workers who organized for better wages is called
a)
a trade union
b)
a workers alliance
c)
a society of brothers
d)
a nativist organization
40.
A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
a)
prejudice
b)
discrimination
c)
racism
d)
segregation
41.
How were free blacks treated in the North?
a)
They faced prejudice and discrimination
b)
They were treated equally
c)
They were captured and sold into slavery
d)
They were treated fairly most of the time
42.
Which statement is TRUE of early factories?
a)
They were dirty, loud, and dangerous
b)
They were great places to work
c)
Most were found in the west and south
d)
Many laws were passed to help and protect workers
43.
Why did so many Irish leave Ireland and come to the U.S.?
a)
potato famine
b)
civil war
c)
lack of religious freedom
d)
earthquake
44.
The Nativists believed that
a)
immigrants threatened America
b)
immigrants should be able to vote
c)
everyone should be a citizen
d)
immigrants should be paid the same as US citizens
45.
What was the main goal of the Know-Nothing Party?
a)
to limit immigration
b)
to help educate slaves
c)
to help factory workers gain more pay
d)
to help free blacks in the North
46.
Slave codes are BEST described as
a)
state laws in the South to control slaves
b)
laws which allow slaves to buy their freedom
c)
laws that give slaves more freedom
d)
a way for slaves to secretly communicate
47.
Who were the most powerful people in Southern society?
a)
Plantation Owners
b)
Factory Owners
c)
Yeoman Farmers
d)
Inventors and Innovators
48.
White Southerners who owned no slaves and no land were called
a)
tenant farmers
b)
yeoman farmers
c)
planters
d)
indentured servants
49.
What led to stricter slave codes?
a)
Nat Turner's rebellion
b)
a law passed by Congress
c)
too many slaves were running away
d)
too many slaves were sold at auction
50.
Why was it illegal to educate slaves?
a)
educated slaves were more likely to escape
b)
they didn't want to learn to read and write
c)
it was too expensive
d)
no one wanted to teach them
51.
Who developed America's first steam powered locomotive?
a)
Peter Cooper
b)
Alfred Vail
c)
John Deere
d)
Robert Fulton
52.
An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
a)
Plantation
b)
Factory
c)
Farmville
d)
Manufacture
53.
Robert Fulton is known as the inventor of the
a)
Rifle
b)
Steam engine
c)
Steamboat
d)
Locomotive
54.
Why did many Irish immigrants come to the U.S.?
a)
Potato Famine
b)
Failed revolutions
c)
Better land
d)
Whiskey Rebellion
55.
By the 1850's which of the following linked many of the towns with cities and factories and opened new markets for the Northern economy?
a)
Wagon routes
b)
Waterways
c)
Railroads
d)
Interstate Highways
56.
When escaping, slaves usually traveled during the _______________.
a)
night time
b)
day time
57.
A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a soldier
c)
a civilian
d)
an overseer
58.
This slave was born in Maryland. She escaped and made 19 journeys to the South to help others escape.
a)
Frederick Douglas
b)
Emily Disckinson
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriett Beecher Stowe
59.
Was the Underground Railroad really underground?
a)
yes
b)
no
60.
Farmers who generally owned small family farms without slaves. Farms were usually 50 - 200 acres in size.
a)
Plantation Owner
b)
Ranchero
c)
Yeomen
d)
Day Worker Cowboy
61.
Farmers who rent land from a large landholder or “landlord”. Use their own equipment and/or livestock.
a)
Sharecropper
b)
Tenant Farmer
c)
Tejano
d)
Natavist
62.
Invented the sewing machine in 1846.
a)
Elias Howe
b)
Tom Thumb
c)
Old Tom Morris
d)
Levi Strauss
63.
A name for the American Party political organization composed of nativists and anti-Catholic societies.
a)
Whig Party
b)
Federalists
c)
Know-Nothing Party
d)
Tupperware Party
64.
In 1860, about ____ of rail lines were in South and _____ of rail lines were in North.
a)
⅓ ⅔
b)
¾ ¼
c)
½ ½
d)
⅔ ⅓
65.
Slaves sang these songs to help them get through the day, express joy, and express sadness.
a)
Hymns
b)
Spirituals
c)
Cantatas
d)
Operas
66.
This group of people made up the top 4% of the agricultural community in the South
a)
Plantation Owners
b)
Sharecroppers
c)
Yeomen Farmers
d)
Hired HAnds
67.
Network of “safe houses” owned by people opposed to slavery
a)
Slave Stops
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Rest Areas
d)
Motel 6
68.
Slave Codes prohibited slaves from gathering in large groups, required written pass to leave property, and made teaching slaves to read & write a crime
a)
True
b)
False
69.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of industrialization?
a)
Employers divided jobs into smaller steps
b)
Entrepreneurs built factories and brought specialized workers together
c)
Several people did the same job at the same time
d)
Workers used machines to complete tasks
70.
He designed & built first American steam-powered locomotive - the “Tom Thumb”
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Peter Cooper
c)
John Deere
d)
Ben Franklin
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