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Industrial Revolution and the Underground Railroad 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What issue dominated deliberations of the admission of Texas as a state?

a)

Status of American Indians

b)

issue of slavery

c)

Problem of illegal immigration

2.

Which constitutional provision did Southerners use in defense of slavery?

a)

interstate commerce clause

b)

reserved powers clause

c)

due process clause

3.

Which of the following American leaders advocated for "immediate emancipation, gradually achieved"?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Rosa Parks

4.

Which individual escaped from slavery, strove to learn to read and write, and became an influential abolition orator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Sojourner Truth

5.

Steam engines were powered by

a)

solar power

b)

electricity

c)

coal

6.

In 1800, 94% of the US population

a)

lived in rural settings

b)

lived in the city

c)

worked in factories or coal mines

7.

Which of the following describes the role of slavery in the Southern economy?

a)

slavery was expensive

b)

slavery was forbidden

c)

slavery was profitable

8.

What was the North's point of view on slavery by the 1850's?

a)

Most Northern states had outlawed slavery

b)

Most Northern states supported slavery

c)

Slaves were found only on farms in the North

9.

What did Robert Fulton invent?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Steamboat

c)

Telephone

d)

Cotton Gin

10.

What did Eli Whitney invent?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Steamboat

c)

Telephone

d)

Cotton Gin

11.

Who invented the Telephone?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

12.

Who invented the telegraph?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Alexander Graham Bell