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WorksheetsStory of US Division
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Erie canal had significant impact because it
created trade between the North and South
opened up trade and commerce between Midwest and the East Coast
created further division between the North and South
The cotton gin created more demand for
railroads
immigrant workers
workers in southern factories
slaves to work in cotton fields
Resistance to slavery occurred in many ways including
Emancipation Proclamation
the Underground Railroad
13th Amendment
Fugitive Slave Act
This law required people in the North report runaway slaves.
13th Amendment
Underground Act
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Abolitionist
A person who wants to end slavery
An artificial waterway used to make transportation of goods and people more efficient
A person who wanted to spread slavery to all parts of the USA
A name for a plantation owner in the south
What does the word SECEDE mean? (Ex: Louisiana seceded from the Union in 1861)
Leave or separate
Join
To allow slavery
To outlaw slavery
What was Abraham Lincoln's primary objective when he became president?
End all slavery everywhere
Stop the spread of slavery into the North
Punish the south
Keep the country together
________ was known as the "Moses" of her time, as she led her people to the promised land.
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Sojourner Truth
Phyllis Wheatley
How are the Northern and Southern economies tied together?
The north provides raw materials to the south where they are manufactured into finished products
The northern and southern economies are not actually tied together
The north ships finished goods that were manufactured in the south across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe
The north manufactures raw materials it receives from the south into finished products
What is John Brown's goal when he attacks Harper's Ferry?
He wants to destroy the town that he despises
He wants to get revenge on the slaves that ran away from his plantation
He wants to free some of the slaves that live there
He wants to arm southern slaves and start a slave rebellion
