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Cotton and Slavery

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

John Deere

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Samuel Morse

2.

The cotton gin can do the work of how many men?

a)

50

b)

75

c)

25

d)

100

3.

What was the nickname for the cotton explosion in the South?

a)

Cotton Explosion

b)

Cotton Bang

c)

Cotton Boom

d)

Cotton Pop

4.

Identify the states that were part of the Cotton Belt.

a)

Alabama

b)

Georgia

c)

Indiana

d)

Nebraska

5.

Who made sure the slaves followed orders?

a)

Foremen

b)

Bosses

c)

Drivers or Overseers

d)

Servants

6.

Who were the wealthiest members of southern society?

a)

planters

b)

yeoman

c)

slaves

d)

women

7.

Who made up the majority of southern farmers?

a)

planters

b)

yeoman

c)

slaves

d)

native americans

8.

What was central to many in southern social life?

a)

cotton

b)

slavery

c)

religion

d)

industry

9.

What did states pass to limit what slaves could do such as traveling or learning to read?

a)

slave laws

b)

slave codes

c)

slave restrictions

d)

slave rules

10.

Which way was NOT a form of resistance by slaves?

a)

Slave revolts

b)

Working slower

c)

Running away

d)

Turning in other slaves

11.

Who led the most violent slave revolt in American history?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Samuel Slater