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Chapter 14-North and South

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False? The telegraph is a device that used electric signals to send messages. (Lesson 1)

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or False? Three factors that had a big impact on the growth of cities were steamboats, canals, and machines. (Lesson 2)

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The two largest groups of immigrants came from which two countries? (Lesson 2)

a)

England and France

b)

Germany and Canada

c)

Irland and Germany

d)

Irland and Italy

4.

What was the first phase of industrialization? (Lesson 1)

a)

Building factories

b)

Connecting the Midwest and East

c)

Employees dived jobs into smaller tasks

d)

Workers used machines to complete tasks

5.

True or False? Railroads connected the Midwest and South.

(Lesson 1)

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which THREE innovations were common ways of transportation in the 1800s?

(Lesson 1)

a)

Steam Boat

b)

Clipper ship

c)

Horse and Buggie

d)

Railroad

7.

True or False? Child Labor was common in the 1800s.

(Lesson 2)

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Which three Midwestern cities grew because they were located on rivers? (Lesson 2)

a)

Nashville. Chicago, Cincinnati

b)

Cincinnati. Louisville, Pittsburgh

c)

Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis

d)

St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Chicago

9.

Who invented the Reaper and The steel-tipped plow? (Lesson 1)

a)

Cyrus McCormick and John Deer

b)

John Deer and Eli Whitney

c)

Cyrus McCormick and Samuel Morse

d)

Eli Whitney and Samuel Morse

10.

Which definition of Strike is relevant to our topic? (Lesson 2)

a)

To hit or punch someone

b)

A work stoppage by employees as a protest against their employers

c)

A sudden attack

d)

a disaster, disease or other unwelcome phenomena occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects.

11.

True or False? People in the south moved from the upper south to the deep south. (Lesson 3)

a)

False

b)

True

12.

What did the cotton gin do? (Lesson 3)

a)

It picked the cotton

b)

It picked the seeds out of the cotton

c)

It flatted the cotton out

d)

It crushed the seeds and mixed the cotton and seeds together

13.

True or False? the underground railroad is a railroad underground to help slaves escape to the north. (Lesson 4)

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False? Literacy is the ability to read and write. (Lesson 4)

a)

False

b)

True

15.

True or False? People in the south had the money to build and produce factories at the time. (Lesson 3)

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Why did the southern cities take longer to grow? (Lesson 3)

a)

The waterways were hard to get through.

b)

There were fewer rail lines and they were not all linked together so there was nothing coming and going.

c)

The railroad was busy because there were so many trains coming through.

d)

There were no slaves to build the buildings.

17.

What was the trade of enslaved people? (Lesson 3)

a)

Domestic slave trade

b)

Discrimination

c)

Prejudice

d)

Trade Union

18.

A yeoman was..... (Lesson 4)

a)

A farmer who owned small farms of 50 to 200 acres

b)

A farmer who rented his land

c)

A plantation manager

d)

The person who looks after the slaves

19.

What was the purpose of the slave codes? (Lesson 4)

a)

To help slaveholders communicate with one another.

b)

To prevent enslaved people from getting married.

c)

To prevent slave rebellion.

d)

To help enslaved people with their educations.

20.

Which three slaves made it to the North? (Lesson 4)

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Nat turner

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Moses Grandy