WorksheetsCh. 14.4 People of the South
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to the circle graph, about what fraction of the Southern population in 1860 was non-slaveholding whites?
a)
about 1/4
b)
about 1/3
c)
about 1/2
d)
about 2/3
2.
The largest group of whites in the South was made up of
a)
plantation owners.
b)
rural poor.
c)
tenant farmers.
d)
yeomen.
3.
The main goal of large plantation owners was to
a)
enslave people.
b)
produce more cotton.
c)
earn a profit.
d)
build a larger plantation.
4.
Which group of Southerners measured their wealth partly by the number of enslaved people they controlled?
a)
nativists
b)
plantation owners
c)
trade unions
d)
yeomen
5.
Southern whites that rented farmland from landowners were called
a)
indentured servants
b)
overseers
c)
tenant farmers
d)
yeomen
6.
How were most enslaved people employed on plantations?
a)
domestics
b)
carpenters
c)
factory workers
d)
field hands
7.
Which of the following was part of the slave codes?
a)
hours enslaved people could work
b)
numbers of children permitted on the plantation
c)
permission to learn to read and write
d)
written passes to leave the property
8.
African American folk songs that expressed the passionate beliefs of the South's enslaved workers were called
a)
overseers.
b)
slave codes.
c)
spirituals.
d)
yeomen.
9.
Why did enslaved people need an extended family as a measure of security?
a)
Families were often separated.
b)
Large families could do more work.
c)
Large families could help one another runaway.
d)
Family members spoke different languages, so they needed someone to interpret.
10.
Who was the religious leader who led a slave revolt in 1831?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Nat Turner
11.
The network of safe houses that assisted runaway enslaved people was known as
a)
the runaway homes.
b)
the secret passage.
c)
the slave code.
d)
the Underground Railroad
12.
Which of the following statements can be made using just the information provided in the circle graphs?
a)
The North had a higher population than the South.
b)
There was a higher percentage of white people in the North than in the South in 1860.
c)
There were more enslaved African Americans in the North than in the South in 1860.
d)
The total population was 12 million.
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