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North South Quizizz 23

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

African American abolitionists included

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Francis Cabot Lowell

2.

In order to try to improve their working conditions, workers

a)

started the Industrial Revolution

b)

set up factory systems

c)

joined labor unions

d)

worked in the factory system

3.

In the U.S., the Industrial Revolution began

a)

in New England in the early 1800s

b)

in the South in the early 1800s

c)

in New England in the 1860s

d)

in the Southwest in the 1840s

4.

Advantages of the factory system included

a)

more products could be made in less time

b)

products could be made more cheaply

c)

fewer skilled workers were needed

5.

Advantages of working in a factory for workers included

a)

they were paid with cash money

b)

they were well paid

c)

they worked less work than on a farm

d)

room and board

6.

Which group was focused on ending slavery?

a)

abolitionists

b)

missionaries

c)

transcendalists

d)

white Southerners

7.

Most abolitionists were motivated by

a)

money

b)

religion

c)

politics

8.

The Industrial Revolution affected life in the United States in all of these ways EXCEPT

a)

more factories were built

b)

men worked outside the house and women stayed home if the family had enough money

c)

working conditions were better than on farms

d)

agriculture became less important

9.

Labor unions were created to represent the interests of

a)

factor owners

b)

workers

c)

consumers

d)

factory managers

10.

Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution

a)

a conflict between factory owners in cities

b)

a shift from handmade products to machine-made products

c)

a decrease in immigrant labor and an increase in slave labor

d)

a change from privately owned businesses to government-controlled businesses

11.

Workers formed unions to address all of these issues EXCEPT

a)

low pay

b)

poor working conditions

c)

long hours

d)

what product should be produced

12.

A part of a machine or device than can be replaced by another, identical part is called?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Interchangeable part

c)

Universal part

d)

Patent

13.

In the antebellum period, many immigrants came to the United States from

a)

Italy

b)

Ireland

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

14.

What was the name of the country that was impacted by the Great Famine (extreme shortage of food)?

a)

Ireland

b)

Germany

c)

England

d)

France

15.

What was a common job that immigrants performed in Northern cities?

a)

high-paying mining jobs

b)

high-paying management jobs

c)

high-paying factory jobs

d)

low-paying factory jobs

16.

Who would you find working in a factory?

a)

Men

b)

Children

c)

Women

d)

immigrants

17.

Strikes are

a)

what workers get when they refuse to work

b)

when workers refuse to work until employers meet their demands

18.

During the antebellum period slavery

a)

increased in the South

b)

decreased in the South

c)

ended in the North

d)

increased in the North

19.

How did abolitionists try to end slavery

a)

by passing a constitutional amendment

b)

by convincing slave owners it was wrong through emotion

c)

by making it unprofitable to own slaves

d)

none of the above

20.

In the antebellum period the amount of land in the South devoted to cotton

a)

stayed the same

b)

decreased slightly

c)

doubled

d)

increased

21.

Slavery increased due to the

a)

the mechanical reaper

b)

the cotton gin

c)

spinning jenny

d)

clipper ship

22.

Enslaved people

a)

worked in fields growing cash crops

b)

worked in houses as domestic servants

c)

worked as blacksmith or in other skilled trades

d)

all of the above

23.

All of the following were common forms of resistance to slavery EXCEPT

a)

participating in a slave rebellions

b)

pretending to be sick

c)

working slowly

d)

breaking tools

24.

In the Constitutional Convention what was decided about slavery?

a)

each state could decide for itself whether to allows slavery

b)

After 1808 no slaves would be allowed to be imported into the country

c)

slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives

d)

slavery would not be allowed west of the Mississippi River

25.

As a result of increased cotton planting

a)

slavery spread into new areas of the country

b)

cotton was exported to Great Britain

c)

Northern mills processed more Southern cotton

d)

more slaves were purchased for use in the Upper South

26.

Slaves were freed in the North through

a)

gradual abolition

b)

immediate abolition

27.

Some women came to see that they lacked the same rights as men through their work

a)

in mills

b)

in abolition

c)

in politics

d)

none of the above

28.

Women's rights reformers included

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Lucrecia Mott

29.

Most abolitionists were motivated by

a)

economic philosphy

b)

religious beliefs

c)

political ideology

d)

none of the above

30.

Which of these was the biggest obstacle for women who were working to end slavery in the United States?

a)

they were not allowed to vote

b)

they were not allowed to attend school

c)

they could not speak publically in front of men

d)

they could not travel throughout the country

31.

In which way were the lives of slaves and women similar?

a)

they were both considered property

b)

neither was paid for working

c)

they both were denied rights

d)

they were both able to be physically beaten

32.

Who was an organizer of the Senca Falls Convention?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Lucretia Mott

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Sojourner Truth

e)

William Lloyd Garrison

33.

The Seneca Falls Convention

a)

was held in 1848

b)

led to the end of discrimination against women

c)

produced the Declaration of Sentiments

d)

led to voting rights for women

34.

Which two great reform movements did Sojourner Truth represent

a)

prison reform and treatment of the mentally ill

b)

educational reform and women's rights

c)

educational reform and abolition

d)

abolition and women's rights

35.

Lowell Mill Girls

a)

were usually from farms

b)

got paid high wages and worked long hours

c)

could live wherever they wanted

d)

usually went on strike

36.

In the South

a)

75% of whites owned slaves

b)

25% of whites owned slaves

c)

middle class whties and small farmers controled society and were at the top of the social ladder

d)

there were large communities of free African Americans

37.

What impact did the industrial revolution have on America?

a)

laborers grew weatlthy

b)

large plantation took over manufacturing

c)

jobs in the cities grew scarce and people began to relocate in the west

d)

cities grew as people relocated for factory jobs

38.

often had dangerous working conditions

a)

factories

b)

steamboats

c)

cotton gin

d)

utopia

39.

allowed one worker to clean cotton as fast as 50 people working by hand

a)

steamboat

b)

cotton gin

c)

utopia

d)

textile mills

40.

What kind of mills were in New England?

a)

grain mills

b)

machine shops

c)

textile mills

41.

Which immigrant group that settled in the United States between 1848-1860 arrived with enough money to buy farms or open their businesses?

a)

Spanish

b)

Italian

c)

Irish

d)

German

42.
Children worked in factories 
a)
True 
b)
False
43.
How were the textile mills powered?
a)
Hulk strength
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
heart
44.
Strikes
a)
Strikes are what workers get when they refuse to work to the get in trouble.
b)
Workers that refuse to work untill employers meet their demands.
45.

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

a)

It reduced the need for slaves on plantations

b)

It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton

c)

It allowed for more tobacco to be planted

d)

It had no significant impact on slaves or slavery

46.
What was the economy of the South based on?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Mining
c)
Industry
d)
Warfare
47.
On large plantations most slaves were assigned to specific jobs, with the majority of slaves working in the 
a)
lanes
b)
pastures
c)
fields
d)
house
48.

How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?

a)

They gave slaves some freedom

b)

They passed even stricter slave codes.

c)

They began to understand that slavery was wrong

d)

They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.

49.
The most important cash crop in the South (by 1860) was:
a)
Cotton
b)
Tobacco
c)
Rice
d)
Indigo