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8th, Ch11 North & South Take Different Paths

Total questions: 102

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which invention allowed for the faster transportation of resources and finished goods, people, and provided many jobs?

a)

Automobile

b)

Subway

c)

Train

d)

Airplanes

2.

What were the reasons why the Industrial Revolution started in England? (select 2)

a)

Abundant natural resources.

b)

Better army.

c)

Stable government and economy.

d)

They had overthrown the monarchy.

3.

The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Communism

d)

Democracy

4.

Which of the following could be considered positive outcomes of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Overall increase in wages

c)

Pollution

d)

Faster transportation

5.

The Industrial Revolution began in the textile industry. What are textiles?

a)

Coal

b)

Iron

c)

Animal products

d)

Cloth

6.

What country did the Industrial Revolution begin in?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

United States

d)

Spain

7.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Widespread pollution
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Safe working conditions
8.

This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.

a)

Spinning Mule

b)

Spinning Jenny

c)

Steam Engine

d)

Cotton Gin

9.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
10.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Jim Morse
c)
James Watt
d)
the guy that delivers your pizza
11.
Who invented the steamboat?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Samuel Morse
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Francis Cabot Lowell
12.
What is the movement of people from farms to cities?
a)
Utilitarianism
b)
Urbanization
c)
Proletariat
d)
Enclosure Movement
13.
The Industrial revolution created a new ____________ class.
a)
Upper
b)
Poor
c)
Lower
d)
Middle
14.

What allowed goods to be produced cheaper and faster for the increasing population?

a)

Cottage industry

b)

Animal power

c)

Hand made items

d)

Mass production

15.
Who invented the sewing machine?
a)
Elias Howe
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Eli Whitney
16.

Thomas Edison invented the incandescent _____ _____ to safely light homes.

a)

Light bulb

b)

Candle wick

c)

Flash light

d)

Kerosene lamp

17.

The ___________ was invented by Alexander Graham Bell to improve communication.

a)

Television

b)

Telegraph

c)

Telephone

d)

Telescope

18.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
19.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
20.
What were living conditions in the city like during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Very extravagant
b)
Strict housing regulations
c)
Spacious and luxurious
d)
Crowded and unsanitary
21.
What refers to new ideas about how to do something as well as the equipment needed to do it? 
a)
Technology 
b)
Biology
c)
Astrology
d)
Zoology 
22.

The _________ was invited by Samuel Morse in order to help the railroads.

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Telescope

d)

Television

23.
The fundamental change in the economy was from agriculture and trade to ________________________. 
a)
One based on the importance of schools 
b)
One based on the evaluation of factory workers
c)
One based on the production of manufactured goods
d)
One based on the availability of farmers
24.
What contributed to the growth of transportation as well as many other saving inventions? 
a)
Railroads
b)
Agriculture
c)
Geography 
d)
Electricity 
25.

Transportation in the 1800s was revolutionized by the development of the

a)

caravel

b)

astrolabe

c)

airplane

d)

steam engine

26.

During the Industrial Revolution, which development resulted from the other three?

a)

Factory conditions affected people’s health.

b)

Labor unions were formed.

c)

Unskilled laborers received low wages.

d)

Machinery replaced workers.

27.
Who were the "Mill Girls"?
a)
female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell
b)
donut makers in Endicott
c)
responsible for winding-up windmills on farms
d)
I don't know.
28.
How were the textile mills powered?
a)
Hulk strength
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
heart
29.
What time did the mill girls typically wake up?
a)
2:30 AM
b)
8 AM
c)
7:30 AM
d)
4:30 AM
30.
Which is NOT an advantage Lowell girls received?
a)
Good pay
b)
Three meals a day
c)
Good working conditions
d)
Classes on Sunday
31.
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
32.
Who invented the steel plow?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
33.
Which is NOT an advantage of using steamboats?
a)
Cheaper cost to travel
b)
Can run against the river current
c)
Can go through mountains
d)
Cuts down on travel time
34.

Who improved the sewing machine?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

John Deere

c)

Isaac Singer

d)

Cyrus McCormick

35.
Who invented the waterframe?
a)
Richard Arkwright
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Samuel Morse
36.
Why is Robert Fulton an important person in our history?
a)
he was a famous painter
b)
he was a famous singer
c)
he was born in Pennsylvania
d)
he designed a steam boat
37.
Robert Fulton's invention of the steamboat changed how people ______.
a)
slept
b)
traveled
c)
rode in trains
d)
learned
38.
What phrase is used to describe America?
a)
blended
b)
melting pot
c)
adventurous
d)
lucky
39.
This group of immigrants faced discrimination due to stereotypes such as "hot-tempered", "loud", "violent", "drunkards".
a)
Italians
b)
Chinese
c)
Germans
d)
Irish
40.
This group of immigrants settled in great numbers in the Midwest.
a)
Italians
b)
Germans
c)
Irish
d)
Russians
41.

Nativists believed ..

a)

Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

b)

White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

c)

Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

d)

All of the above.

42.
What challenges did immigrants face in the US?
a)
They caught diseases
b)
Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
c)
Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
d)
Difficult to study for the citizenship test
43.
Where were most immigrants from?
a)
Italy
b)
Slavic Countries
c)
Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
d)
Europe
44.
Several million Irish and Germans migrated in the 1840s primarily because
a)
of the Black Plague
b)
of disastrous economic conditions brought on by government policy and displacement by the Industrial Revolution
c)
of poor environmental conditions including massive flooding.D) of religious freedom
d)
Russian imperial advances threatened their livelihoods
45.
Immigration is....
a)
Movement of people away from a place
b)
Movement of people to a place
c)
Movement of a group of people from one place to another
d)
Shorter trips away from home
46.
How would you describe Human Migration?
a)
Movement of animals from one place to another
b)
People staying in their own country
c)
Movement of people from one place to another
d)
I have no idea
47.
Which of these countries attracted the most emigrants between 1840-1850?
a)
The United States
b)
France
c)
Canada
d)
Australia
48.

The economy in the South was based on which of these?

a)

mining

b)

banking

c)

agriculture

d)

shipbuilding

49.

How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the South?

a)

Cotton mills moved to the South.

b)

Cotton exports to Europe declined.

c)

Cotton farmers no longer needed slaves.

d)

Cotton became the South's most important crop.

50.

Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?

a)

They faced discrimination and racism.

b)

They lived side by side with white Americans.

c)

They had the same rights as everyone else.

d)

They preferred living only with African Americans.

51.

What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?

a)

citizen

b)

property

c)

dependents

d)

immigrants

52.

What was the purpose of the National Council of Colored People?

a)

to provide jobs for freed slaves

b)

to encourage immigration from African nations

c)

to protest the treatment of African Americans

d)

to teach African Americans how to blend into white society

53.

Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?

a)

They feared the power of the slaveholders.

b)

They believed they would be able to own slaves someday.

c)

They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.

d)

They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.

54.

How did the cotton gin affect slaves?

a)

It made their lives easier.

b)

It increased the demand for slaves.

c)

It decreased the need for slave labor.

d)

It was the first step toward abolishing slavery.

55.

Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Edward Covey

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Frederick Douglass

56.

How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?

a)

They gave slaves some freedom.

b)

They passed even stricter slave codes.

c)

They began to understand that slavery was wrong.

d)

They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.

57.

What did slaves most fear?

a)

being sent back to Africa

b)

being forced to learn new skills

c)

being sold away from their families

d)

being disrespectful to their owners

58.

Which of these was the most common way slaves resisted slavery?

a)

by killing their owners

b)

by escaping to the North

c)

by organizing slave uprisings

d)

by finding ways to quietly rebel

59.

Slaves expressed African cultural traditions in all of the following ways except

a)

through art.

b)

through music.

c)

through fieldwork.

d)

through folk tales.

60.
What was one of the consequences of the cotton gin?
a)
Deep South farmers grew more wheat.
b)
Domestic slave trade increased.
c)
Plantations hired more tenant farmers.
d)
Southern factories quickly developed.
61.
What did the thriving economy of the South depend on?
a)
canals
b)
railroads
c)
slavery
d)
tobacco
62.
Which part of the world purchased large quantities of cotton from the South?
a)
Asia
b)
Canada
c)
Europe
d)
Mexico
63.
What was the main crop of the Deep South?
a)
cotton
b)
rice
c)
sugarcane
d)
tobacco
64.
Which of the following kept the price of cotton high in the years before 1860?
a)
cotton gin
b)
demand in Europe
c)
large plantations
d)
slavery
65.
One reason for the slow development of industry in the South was that ____.
a)
planters wanted to sell their land for high prices
b)
the market for manufactured goods was growing
c)
agriculture was creating profits
d)
southern rail lines were not linked together
66.
Nat Turner was:
a)
A slave who led a rebellion
b)
A slave owner who led a rebellion
c)
A slave who married his owner
d)
A slave who died of a cold
67.
Nat Turner's rebels
a)
took their owners prisoner and treated them well
b)
ran away in the dead of night
c)
killed almost every white person they saw
d)
fed their owners a special feast
68.
In retaliation, the white owners
a)
Gave the rebels a stern lecture
b)
Sentenced the rebels to prison for a year
c)
Took mercy on the rebels and set them free
d)
executed hundreds of black people
69.

What is the term for excessive concern for local interests only rather than looking at the greater good?

a)

sectionalism

b)

nullify

c)

repeal

d)

antebellum

70.

Who was the leader of a violent slave rebellion in 1831?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

John Brown

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Nat Turner

71.

Who was the inventor of the cotton gin?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

John Brown

72.

What is the term for a large farm or estate in which crops like cotton were grown in the South?

a)

plagiarism

b)

sectionalism

c)

plantation

d)

antebellum

73.

What is the term for a large farm or estate in which crops like cotton were grown in the South?

a)

plagiarism

b)

sectionalism

c)

plantation

d)

antebellum

74.

What crop was the one that made the most money for plantation owners in the South?

a)

tobacco

b)

hemp

c)

corn

d)

cotton

75.
Daniel Boone founded the ________________________, which later became known as the first National Road. 
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Wilderness Trails
d)
Louisiana Territory
76.
In which state was Daniel Boone's settlement? 
a)
South Carolina 
b)
Louisiana
c)
California 
d)
Kentucky
77.
This was the main southern highway from the eastern states to the west
a)
Route 66
b)
Wilderness Road
c)
National Road
d)
Cumberland Gap
78.
He was a western pioneer who explored the Appalachian Mountains, discovered the Cumberland Gap, and developed the Wilderness Road
a)
Robert Livingston
b)
DeWitt Clinton
c)
Daniel Boone
d)
Robert Fulton
79.
Why did many settlers want to move westward from the colonies?
a)
To find cheaper land
b)
To move where there were many Native Americans
c)
To find better jobs
d)
Just to explore new lands
80.
What made it difficult for early pioneers to move westward?
a)
The Rocky Mountains
b)
The Mississippi River
c)
The Applachian Mountains
d)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
81.
Daniel Boone helped many pioneers travel west into Kentucky by creating a path called  the _________________.
a)
Cumberland Gap
b)
Boonesborough
c)
Sacajawea
d)
Wilderness Road
82.
The Erie Canal connected New York to...
a)
Philadelphia.
b)
Panama Canal.
c)
Great Lakes Region.
d)
New England Shipping Towns.
83.
Because of the Erie Canal, what American city became the major financial center of America?
a)
New York City.
b)
Buffalo. 
c)
Albany.
d)
Detroit.
84.

What was the Erie Canal used for?

a)

Disney cruises

b)

Test battle ships

c)

Drinking water for the city of Buffalo

d)

Ship goods faster and cheaper

85.
A channel that is dug across land and filled with water is a ?
a)
viaduct
b)
channel
c)
canal
d)
ditch
86.
How did the Erie Canal benefit New York City?
a)
Produce from the midwest could be sent by water all the way to NYC
b)
Produce from NYC could be sent by water all the way to the midwest
c)
Daniel Boone was a tour guide on the route
d)
manufactured goods could be sent from the midwest to NYC
87.

Who was the governor of New York during 1825 when the canal was built?

a)

Governor Cuomo

b)

Governor Clinton

c)

Governor Bush

d)

Governor Jackson

88.

The Erie Canal was known as

a)

Cuomo's Cold River

b)

Lockwood

c)

Clinton's Big Ditch

d)

Pet Banks

89.

The first immigrants that came to the U.S. during the early and mid 1800s were the _________and ________.

a)

Spanish and Irish

b)

Italian and German

c)

French and Indian

d)

German and Irish

90.

Why did many German and Irish people want to come to America?

a)

to send their children to good schools

b)

to become doctors and lawyers

c)

to farm on their own land

d)

to learn to speak English

91.

How were the German and Irish people treated in America?

a)

They were welcomed.

b)

They were treated harshly.

c)

They were given food and shelter.

d)

They were made to convert to Christianity.

92.

Many Irish people in the 1840s fled to America to escape

a)

religious persecution

b)

the potato famine

c)

alcohol and drugs

d)

poverty

93.

Most Germans were depicted as _________ in political cartoons.

a)

farmers

b)

a danger to society

c)

prisoners

d)

drunks

94.
What part of Congress is the North and South fighting for power in? 
a)
Senate
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Supreme Court
d)
Cabinet
95.
Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?
a)
The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
b)
The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate.
c)
The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners.
d)
The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.
96.
Some Northerners wanted to _________ slavery because they thought it was morally wrong. 
a)
proclaim
b)
emancipate
c)
abolish
d)
secede
97.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
98.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
99.
When was the Missouri Compromise reached?
a)
1820
b)
1850
c)
1776
d)
1803
100.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
101.
At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?
a)
In the House of Representatives
b)
In the Senate
c)
In the Executive Branch
d)
In the Judicial Branch
102.

In the 1810s there were TWO different groups of states.

a)

The North and the South

b)

The East and the West

c)

The North and the East

d)

The West and the South

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