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M13-15 Vocab Quiz North vs South & Slavery in the US

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Europeans solved the problem of labor-intensive tobacco growing by using ___________.
a)
highly paid skilled labor
b)
sericulture
c)
slavery
d)
family members
2.
The Atlantic crossing in the slave trade was known as the ___________.
a)
Bermuda Triangle
b)
Slave Passage
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Triangle Trial
3.
The law outlawing all slavery and indentured servitude in the United States is the __________.
a)
13th amendment
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Supreme Slavery Rule
d)
Navigation Act
4.

The trade that allowed movement of goods, people and materials among the continents.

a)

Continental trade

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

European Trade

d)

Slave Trade

5.

What does secession mean?

a)

to join

b)

to acquire

c)

to leave

d)

to change

6.

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Secession

7.

Every state north of Missouri's 36°30′ border had to be what kind of state?

a)

Frontier

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Free State

d)

Slave State

8.

The Compromise of 1850...

a)

allowed California to enter as a free state.

b)

gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.

c)

banned slavery in Texas

d)

ended the Fugitive Slave law.

9.

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

a)

outlawing alcohol

b)

limiting slavery to southern states

c)

ending slavery

d)

ending women's suffrage

10.

Click on ALL who was associated with the Underground Railroad?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Sojourner Truth

11.

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

12.

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

c)

Nebraska

d)

Texas

13.

The Northern United States relied on this type of economy:

a)

Manufacturing

b)

Agriculture

c)

Government Aid

d)

Medicine

14.

This mighty river was the primary means of transporting goods in the Southern United States.

a)

Missouri River

b)

Hudson River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Delaware River

15.

The dramatic shift from handmade to machine-made goods was known as the:

a)

Renaissance

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Era of Reform

d)

Manifest Destiny

16.

This crop made the South an economic powerhouse, expanding slavery in the process.

a)

Tobacco

b)

Cotton

c)

Corn

d)

Indigo

17.

What was unique about the Lowell Mill in Massachusetts?

a)

They hired only children.

b)

They were the largest producer of textiles in the country.

c)

They exclusively hired women to work in the factories.

d)

They had the largest number of slaves in the Northern United States.

18.

Warm summers, mild winters and fertile soil were all factors that gave the South this type of economy:

a)

Agrarian

b)

Industrial

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Shipbuilding

19.

Freed African Americans could work jobs as all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Craftspeople

b)

Laborers

c)

Servants

d)

Teachers

20.

What was the fastest and cheapest way to move goods in the Northern United States?

a)

Steamboats

b)

Airplanes

c)

Railroad

d)

Stagecoach

21.

This invention could cut grain 28 times faster than a man with a knife:

a)

Cyrus McCormick's Cotton Gin

b)

Cyrus McCormick's Reaper

c)

Cyrus McCormick's Steam Engine

d)

Cyrus McCormick's Tractor

22.

What new method of working gave a much faster output of goods during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Sharecropping

b)

The Sixteen-Hour Workday

c)

Assembly Line

d)

Child Labor

23.

Which invention did the work of 1000 slaves, increasing the Southern ability to buy land and slaves?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Steam Engine

c)

National Road

d)

Cyrus McCormick's Reaper

24.

Who invented the telegraph and Morse Code?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Alfred Vail

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Sarah Bagley

25.
Improved transportation led to
a)
more people moving to the cities and to the west
b)
less industrial production
c)
higher taxes on the middle class
d)
higher export taxes
26.
A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
a)
prejudice
b)
discrimination
c)
racism
d)
segregation
27.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rapid growth of cities?
a)
an increase in farm production
b)
immigration
c)
an increase in trade
d)
an increase in factory output
28.
Slave codes are BEST described as
a)
state laws in the South to control slaves
b)
laws which allow slaves to buy their freedom
c)
laws that give slaves more freedom
d)
a way for slaves to secretly communicate
29.
Who were the most powerful people in Southern society?
a)
plantation owners
b)
factory owners
c)
yeoman farmers
d)
inventors and innovators
30.
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
31.

By the 1850s, slavery and cotton growth was focused in the...

a)

Upper South

b)

Deep South

c)

Mid-Atlantic

d)

North

32.
Who is given credit for perfecting the telegraph?
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Alfred Vail
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Sarah Bagley
33.
Who developed the first steel-tipped plow?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
John Russworm
d)
Peter Cooper
34.
Who invented the first mechanical reaper?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Samuel Morse
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Samuel Cornish
35.
The world's largest sewing machine company was owned by
a)
Isaac Singer
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Henry Ford
36.
Where was most of America's industry located around 1850?
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
along the entire east coast
d)
West
37.
A group of skilled workers who organized for better wages is called
a)
a trade union
b)
a workers alliance
c)
a society of brothers
d)
a nativist organization
38.
Why did so many Irish leave Ireland and come to the U.S.?
a)
potato famine
b)
civil war
c)
lack of religious freedom
d)
earthquake
39.
Slave codes are BEST described as
a)
state laws in the South to control slaves
b)
laws which allow slaves to buy their freedom
c)
laws that give slaves more freedom
d)
a way for slaves to secretly communicate
40.
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
41.
What led to stricter slave codes?
a)
Nat Turner's rebellion
b)
a law passed by Congress
c)
too many slaves were running away
d)
too many slaves were sold at auction
42.
Why was it illegal to educate slaves? 
a)
educated slaves were more likely to escape
b)
they didn't want to learn to read and write
c)
it was too expensive
d)
no one wanted to teach them

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