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North and South Take Different Paths

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many jobs were replaced by machines during this time period.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Slavery Movement

c)

Civil War

2.

The Industrial Revolution took place first in...

a)

The United States

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

3.

This allowed factories to be built in the middle of cities away from rivers.

a)

Steam Power

b)

Gas Powered Engines

c)

Railroads

4.

Urbanization is the rapid movement of people...

a)

from cities to countryside

b)

from countryside to cities

c)

Neither answer is correct

5.

Device that sent electronic signals over long distances in a short period of time.

a)

telegraph

b)

Morse code

c)

telephone

6.

System in which each letter of the alphabet is created of short and long signals

a)

telegraph

b)

Morse code

c)

telephone

7.

Robert Fulton created the Clermont, which was the first practical...

a)

car

b)

steamboat

c)

train

8.

Group in America that disliked all of the new immigrants because they were different and taking "American" jobs

a)

Nativists

b)

Know-Nothings

c)

Both groups

9.

A boom in the _______ industry caused a demand for more cotton.

a)

slave

b)

textile

c)

corn

10.

Eli Whitney developed this device to speed up the processing of cotton.

a)

cotton gin

b)

spinning jenny

c)

water frame

11.

What laws controlled most African Americans in the South during the 1800s?

a)

slave laws

b)

slave codes

c)

black codes

12.

Daniel Boone and 30 of his men helped build this road through the Appalachian Mountains to get Americans to the West.

a)

The Wilderness Road

b)

The National Road

c)

Turnpike

13.

Capitalists created these toll roads to make money and help farmers get their goods to markets.

a)

The Wilderness Road

b)

The National Road

c)

Turnpike

14.

First federally funded road that stretched from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, West Virginia.

a)

The Wilderness Road

b)

The National Road

c)

Turnpike

15.

This technological feat was built by many immigrants from

a)

England

b)

Ireland

c)

Germany

16.

The Erie Canal connected what two main bodies of water?

a)

Lake Erie

b)

Hudson River

c)

Lake Ontario

17.

What were problems that major cities faced during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Finding clean water to drink

b)

Sewage issues

c)

Fires from wooden building being built close together

18.

In this deal, Maine was added to the Union as a Free State and Missouri as a Slave State.

a)

Missouri Plan

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Maine Compromise

19.

What did slaves do to bother their owners?

a)

Work fast on purpose

b)

Pretend they did not know what their owner was saying to them.

c)

Break farm equipment

20.

According to Nat Turner, he carried out a slave revolt killing many whites because...

a)

God told him to do it in a vision

b)

His wife told him to do it

c)

His friends urged him to do it

21.

Who provided most of the labor in the factories in the North during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Children

22.

This invention helped many Americans create clothing in their own homes at an affordable price.

a)

Threshers

b)

Combines

c)

Sewing Machines

23.

________________________, which helped people get their good to market faster in the early 1800s because they could built almost anywhere.

a)

Canals

b)

Railroads

c)

Roads

24.

Immigrated to the U.S. in the 1800s to escape a potato famine in their country.

a)

Irish

b)

Germans

c)

British

25.

Immigrated to the U.S. in the 1800s to escape failed revolutions in their country.

a)

Irish

b)

Germans

c)

British