Worksheets19.4 - 19.7 Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The economy in the South was based on which of these?
a)
Mining
b)
Banking
c)
Agriculture
d)
Shipbuilding
2.
How does the picture show you the impact of the cotton gin on 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
3.
Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution?
a)
a conflict between factory owners in cities
b)
Products were being made in factories and not at home
c)
a decrease in immigrant labor and an increase in slave labor
d)
a change from privately owned businesses to government-controlled businesses
4.
Why were textile mills built near rivers?
a)
Rivers provided power to operate the mills.
b)
Rivers provided transportation for employees of the mills.
c)
Textile mills were built near population centers.
d)
Textile mills provided cloth for factories near the rivers.
5.
Which of these best describes the difference between an agrarian and an industrialist in the 1800s?
a)
One is poor while the other is wealthy.
b)
One employs slaves and the other employs immigrants.
c)
One works to support a family while the other works to make money.
d)
One favors policies that support farming and the other favors policies that support factories.
6.
Unlike the North, why did Southerners invest little money in mills and factories?
a)
They did not buy manufactured goods.
b)
They put their money in land and slaves.
c)
They thought mills and factories caused pollution.
d)
They preferred the lifestyle of small family farmers.
7.
By 1850, which of these was the most efficient way to move goods in the North?
a)
by railroad
b)
by steamboat
c)
by canal boat
d)
by stagecoach
8.
Why did the South oppose laws to provide federal money for internal improvements, such as roads and
canals?
canals?
a)
They thought taxes would need to be raised.
b)
They thought these improvements were dangerous.
c)
They thought these improvements were unnecessary.
d)
They thought these improvements would benefit only Northern states.
9.
How were goods primarily transported in the South?
a)
Air
b)
Rail
c)
River
d)
Road
10.
The Lowell Girls were women who worked where?
a)
Cotton Fields
b)
Textile Mills
c)
Mines
d)
Fishing Ports
11.
Production in the Northern mills increased with the use of new
a)
Machines
b)
People
c)
Electricity
d)
Computers
12.
Which one was not a form of transportation at this time (1800s)?
a)
Steam boats
b)
railroads
c)
canals
d)
automobile
13.
What agricultural invention, designed to increase production, had the effect of increasing the number of slaves needed for labor in the Deep South
a)
Can opener
b)
Potato Peeler
c)
Cotton Gin
d)
Plow
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