WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution/Southern Society
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
By 1840, what was the most important cash crop in the south?
Tobacco
Cotton
Indigo
Rice
Why did slavery die out in the North during the 18th and 19th century?
The people of the north were staunch abolitionists
The climate and the soil moved the north away from an agrarian economy
The international slave trade ended in 1807
The state constitutions of the north forbade slavery
Which of the following was a cotton producing state?
Georgia
Virginia
Maryland
New York
What was the center of cotton and slave trade in the United States?
New Orleans
Savannah
Charleston
Memphis
Which of the following was NOT a class in Southern Society?
Planter
Yeoman
Industrialist
Slave
Which of the following was NOT a form of resistance to slavery?
suing for freedom
breaking tools
slowing down
running away
What did Eli Whitney invent that made slavery pay?
Cotton 'Gin
Interchangeable parts
Steamboat
Factory system
Who was responsible for bringing the factory system to the United States?
Francis Cabot Lowell
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Samuel Slater
Who was responsible for the innovation of interchangeable parts?
Samuel Slater
Eli Whitney
Francis Cabot Lowell
Robert Fulton
Which textile mill was known for employing girls?
The Slater Mill
The Whitney Mill
The General Mill
The Lowell Mill
What was the second largest immigrant group to the US in the 19th century?
German
Irish
Chinese
Italian
Which immigrant group came to the US because of war?
German
Irish
Chinese
Italian
Who led the infamous slave rebellion in Southhampton, Virginia in 1831?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
Francis Bacon
Nat Turner
What connected Troy, NY with Buffalo, NY?
The National Road
The Interstate
The Erie Canal
B&O Railroad
What connected Vandalia, Illinois and Baltimore, Maryland?
National Road
Interstate
Erie Canal
B&O Railroad
