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North and South - Chapter 14, lesson 1-3

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Production in the Northern mills increased with the use of new
a)

Machines

b)

People

c)

Electricity

d)

Computers

2.
To gain better working conditions, workers formed what groups?
a)

Utopias

b)

Universities

c)

Clubs

d)

Trade Union

3.
Which of the following invented the telegraph?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Alexander Grahm Bell
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Thomas Edison
4.
Who is responsible for inventing the mechanical reaper?
a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

John Deere

d)

Cyrus McCormick

5.

Which of the following individuals is responsible for inventing the American steam locomotive?

a)

Peter Cooper

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Elias Howe

6.
Who invented the steamboat?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Samuel Morse
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Francis Cabot Lowell
7.
Who invented the sewing machine?
a)
Elias Howe
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Eli Whitney
8.
Who developed the first steel-tipped plow?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
John Russworm
d)
Peter Cooper
9.

A fast sailing ship with slender lines, tall masts, and large square sails

a)

conestoga ship

b)

clipper ship

c)

schooner ship

d)

yeoman ship

10.

What machine was invented to separate the wheat grains?

a)

wheat splitter

b)

steel plow

c)

threshing machine

d)

reaper

11.

formed by nativists in 1849

a)

Know-Nothing Party

b)

trade unions

c)

Morse Code

d)

Democratic Party

12.

What was responsible for an increase in Irish immigration to the U.S.?

a)

free land

b)

famine

c)

labor unions

d)

literacy

13.

Refusal to work

a)

prejudice

b)

discrimination

c)

strike

d)

nativist

14.
Cotton planters needed new land because 
a)
the demand for cotton increased 
b)
they wished to raise different crops
c)
factory owners were buying up older lands
d)
they sold the older lands to their slaves
15.
How did the cotton gin change cotton production? 
a)
It had little effect on cotton production. 
b)
It led to a decrease in cotton production 
c)
It led to a large increase in cotton production. 
d)
It led to a small increase in cotton production. 
16.

To put pressure on employers in Northern factories, workers staged

a)

trade unions

b)

strikes

c)

famines

d)

marches

17.

Tobacco was the main crop of the Deep South.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Many people in the South preferred an agricultural economy and did not want industry.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

By 1860, the United States had almost 31,000 miles of railroad tracks, most of which could be found in the South.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Sarah G. Bagley founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization in order to better working conditions for women.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The American Party was once called the Know-Nothing Party because

a)

party members knew nothing about the important issues.

b)

party members did not support education.

c)

party members responded to questions about the group by saying, "I know nothing."

d)

party members were mainly Catholics who knew nothing about Protestants.

22.
Why did factory owners hire children?
a)
to keep costs down
b)
to be mean
c)
they only hired children who got kicked out of school
d)
they worked harder than the adults
23.
How were free blacks treated in the North?
a)
they faced prejudice and discrimination
b)
they were treated equally
c)
they were captured and sold into slavery
d)
they were treated fairly most of the time
24.
Which statement is TRUE of early factories?
a)
they were dirty, loud, and dangerous
b)
they were great places to work
c)
most were found in the west and south
d)
many laws were passed to help and protect workers 
25.
The Nativists believed that
a)
immigrants threatened America
b)
immigrants should be able to vote
c)
everyone should be a citizen
d)
immigrants should be paid the same as US citizens
26.
Which statement is TRUE?
a)
the South had very little industry
b)
the South built many textile mills
c)
ALL of the nation's iron works factories were in the north
d)
most of the railroads were in the South
27.
Why did cotton become so important to the Southern economy?
a)
it was more profitable than anything else
b)
it required less land than other crops
c)
it was the easiest to grow
d)
they wanted to compete with the North
28.

Labor Unions were created to help do what?

a)

demand higher pay

b)

demand 10 hour work day

c)

demand safer working conditions

d)

all of the options

29.

What was the major religion of the new immigrants coming to the United States?

a)

Protestant

b)

Presbyterian

c)

Roman Catholic

d)

Methodist

30.

Which crop became "king" of the South?

a)

cotton

b)

tobacco

c)

wheat

d)

corn

31.

Who left their country to come to the United States because of a failed democratic revolution?

a)

Irish

b)

Germans

c)

Russians

d)

Mexicans

32.
Where was most of America's industry located around 1850?
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
along the entire east coast
d)
West

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