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Chapter 14 North & South

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After industrialization, workers_______________.

a)

tasks changes

b)

moved to the country

c)

split their time working on a farm and in the city

d)

had more rest

2.

After escaping from slavery,_______________returned to the South and led many enslaved African Americns to freedom.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

none of the above

3.

Plantation owners with many slaves were considered very___________.

a)

wealthy

b)

poor

c)

cultured

d)

none of the above

4.

Immigrants _________________.

a)

owned their own homes.

b)

became wealthy.

c)

quickly forgot their customs.

d)

made many new friends.

5.

The __________________was NOT invented before the steam-powered locomotive.

a)

sewing machine

b)

telegraph

c)

rifle

d)

none of the above

6.

A group of workers with the same skill______________.

a)

team

b)

trade union

c)

entrepreneur

d)

none of the above

7.

To purchase goods with loaned money is using___________.

a)

banking

b)

gift

c)

credit

d)

none of the above

8.

Money to invest____________________.

a)

credit

b)

loan

c)

capital

d)

banking account

9.

Unfair treatment of a group of people_____________.

a)

discrimination

b)

equality

c)

yeoman

10.

The ability to read and write______________.

a)

trade union

b)

capital

c)

literacy

d)

credit

11.

In which state did the Great Train Wreck of 1856 occur?

a)

Indiana

b)

Ohio

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Virginia

12.

During the 1830s nd 1840s, what were people called who were opposed to immigration?

a)

abolitionists

b)

nativists

c)

reservists

d)

yeomen

13.

Enslaved people expressed thir beliefs in religious folk songs called_____________.

a)

slave codes

b)

psalms

c)

spirituals

d)

hymns

14.

What was one of the consequences of the cotton gin?

a)

Deep South farmers grew more wheat

b)

The Domestic slave trade increased

c)

Plantations hired more tenant farmers

d)

Southern factories quickly developed

15.

Which statement is correct? (GRAPH QUESTION)

a)

In 1840, there were more miles of railroad track in the South than in the North.

b)

In 1850, the South more than tripled the miles of tracks than it had in 1840.

c)

In 1860, the amount of tracks in both the North and the South had NOT increased.

d)

In all three decades, the North had more miles of railroad tracks than the South.

16.

Based on the graph, how many miles of railroad tracks did the North have in 1850?

a)

200

b)

700

c)

2000

d)

7000

17.

By 1840, what was the average workday for factory workers?

a)

6.7 hours

b)

8.0 hours

c)

11.4 hours

d)

16.2 hours

18.

According to the circle graphs, how much did the percentage of people living in urban areas increase from 1830 to 1860?

a)

9%

b)

11%

c)

15%

d)

20%

19.

What percentage of the population lived in urban areas in 1850?

a)

9%

b)

11%

c)

15%

d)

85%