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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution and the Underground Railroad 2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What issue dominated deliberations of the admission of Texas as a state?
Status of American Indians
issue of slavery
Problem of illegal immigration
Which constitutional provision did Southerners use in defense of slavery?
interstate commerce clause
reserved powers clause
due process clause
Which of the following American leaders advocated for "immediate emancipation, gradually achieved"?
Andrew Jackson
William Lloyd Garrison
Rosa Parks
Which individual escaped from slavery, strove to learn to read and write, and became an influential abolition orator?
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
Sojourner Truth
Steam engines were powered by
solar power
electricity
coal
In 1800, 94% of the US population
lived in rural settings
lived in the city
worked in factories or coal mines
Which of the following describes the role of slavery in the Southern economy?
slavery was expensive
slavery was forbidden
slavery was profitable
What was the North's point of view on slavery by the 1850's?
Most Northern states had outlawed slavery
Most Northern states supported slavery
Slaves were found only on farms in the North
What did Robert Fulton invent?
Telegraph
Steamboat
Telephone
Cotton Gin
What did Eli Whitney invent?
Telegraph
Steamboat
Telephone
Cotton Gin
Who invented the Telephone?
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented the telegraph?
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
