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The South

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The economy of the south was based on _________.
a)
manufacturing
b)
agriculture
c)
tourism
d)
trade
2.

Which industry guaranteed a high demand for cotton?

a)

agriculture

b)

factory

c)

textile

d)

grocery

3.

What is "gin" short for?

a)

engine

b)

generator

c)

enigmatic

d)

margin

4.

Before the cotton gin, how much cotton could a worker clean in one day?

a)

one pound

b)

ten pounds

c)

fifteen pounds

d)

one hundred pounds

5.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Elias Howe

b)

John Deere

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Eli Whitney

6.

Name the region of cotton-producing areas stretching from South Carolina to Texas.

a)

factors

b)

planters

c)

yeomen

d)

cotton belt

7.

These are emotional songs that mixed African and European music and religion.

a)

cotton belt

b)

factors

c)

spirituals

d)

trapp

8.

Owners of small farms who made up the largest social class in the South.

a)

yeoman

b)

planters

c)

aristocrats

d)

slaves

9.

Who was Nat Turner?

a)

The inventor of the cotton gin

b)

The man who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad

c)

The man who led one of the bloodiest slave revolts

d)

The man who introduced Christianity to the slaves

10.

What is the Underground Railroad?

a)

Secret tunnels that help slaves escape

b)

Network of allies who helped slaves escape

c)

One single path that slaves followed

d)

a choo choo train

11.

What group had to most wealth in the south?

a)

Slaves

b)

Free African Americans

c)

Yeomen

d)

Planters

12.
The complete end to slavery
a)
Abolition
b)
Anti-Slavery
c)
"Equality For All" Movement
d)
Temperance
13.

These woman and her sister were from a slave-holding family, but became abolitionists

a)

Sojourner & Harriet Truth

b)

Harriet & Sarah Tubman

c)

Angelina & Sarah Grimke

d)

Harriet & SojournerJacobs

14.

Incredible speaker and writer who escaped slavery at 20 years old. Toured around the country and the world speaking out against the institution of slavery. Wrote a best-seller and was friends with Abe Lincoln.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Isabella Baumfree

15.

This woman felt God called her to travel the U.S. and preach about slavery and women's rights

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sarah Grimke

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

Sojourner Truth

16.

Famous conductor - Helped free slaves on the Underground Railroad risking life nearly 20 times.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Sojourner Truth

17.
In retaliation, the white owners
a)
Gave the rebels a stern lecture
b)
Sentenced the rebels to prison for a year
c)
Took mercy on the rebels and set them free
d)
executed hundreds of black people
18.
Nat Turner was killed by
a)
starvation
b)
the common cold
c)
beheading
d)
hanging
19.

What did turner believe?

a)

To lead God's people out of bondage

b)

To teach slaves to read and write

c)

To read the bible to slaves

d)

To capture and killed other slaves