WorksheetsSocial Studies Chapter 8 KSA Review
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 26mins
Plantation owners counted their wealth
in the amount of land they owned.
in the value of their crop.
in the number of slaves they owned.
in how much gold and silver they owned.
What invention changed the lives of slaves?
the cotton gin
the steam engine
the telegraph
the mechanical reaper
For what two reasons did poor white Southerners support slavery? Select all that apply.
They had slaves to do their work.
They were taught to support slavery in school.
Slaves were a source of wealth.
They felt superior to slaves.
They hoped to own slaves one day.
What was the purpose of slave codes?
to ensure that slaves were treated well
to prevent slave rebellions
to make slavery legal
to make sure slaves could read and write
Put the social classes of the South from highest class to lowest.
plantation owners, small farmers, poor whites, slaves
small farmers, plantation owners, poor whites, slaves
plantation owners, poor whites, small farmers, slaves
poor whites, small farmers, plantation owners, slaves
Between 1810 and 1840, the slave population of the South
remained flat.
increased by approximately ten percent.
increased by approximately twenty-five percent.
increased by approximately fifty percent.
Ways Slaves Resisted Slavery: Using music to send secret messages; working slowly; breaking tools; which option best completes the list?
earning their freedom by saving their pay
families escaping to the North
pretending to be sick
living in their owners' home
How could the demand for slaves continue after the slave trade was outlawed in 1808?
New slaves could still be imported from the Caribbean.
Slaves who were already in the United States could be sold to new owners.
The abolition of the slave trade reduced the overall slave population.
Slave traders did not obey the ban.
Source 1: Interview with Charlie Davis, Slave Narratives “My Master gave every one of the plantation family so much of land to plant for their garden and then he gave them every Saturday for their time to tend their garden. You see they had to work for the white folks all the other week day…” Source 2: Interview with Robert Falls, Slave Narratives “Old Master and Old Mistress would say, — ‘Come here!’ and if we didn’t come to them, they come to us. And they brought the bunch of switches with them… They didn’t half feed us either. They fed the animals better.” How could the slaves interviewed in Sources 1 and 2 have such different memories?
They had different owners.
They were slaves in different centuries.
They were different people.
They lived in different states.
Why was slavery most important to plantation owners?
It meant they did not have to teach their workers to read and write.
It provided protection against people coming from the North.
It provided free labor.
It eliminated the need for new technology.
For British immigrants, which listed item is a push factor?
famine
political and religious persecution
scarcity of land to farm
economic opportunity
job loss due to industrialization
For British immigrants, which listed item is a pull factor?
economic opportunity
joining family and friend who have already immigrated
famine
job loss due to industrialization
political and religious persecution
For German immigrants, which listed item is a push factor?
political and religious persecution
famine
economic opportunity
joining family and friend who have already immigrated
scarcity of land to farm
For German immigrants, which listed item is a pull factor?
economic opportunity
joining family and friend who have already immigrated
scarcity of land to farm
job loss due to industrialization
political and religious persecution
For Irish immigrants, which listed item is a push factor?
famine
political and religious persecution
scarcity of land to farm
economic opportunity
job loss due to industrialization
For Irish immigrants, which listed item is a pull factor?
joining family and friend who have already immigrated
economic opportunity
famine
political and religious persecution
scarcity of land to farm
Why did few Irish immigrants move west and farm?
They preferred to live in cities.
They knew they could quickly gain political power in cities.
They could not buy land under the Homestead Act.
They had no money to buy land.
German immigrants were most likely to settle what region in the United States?
the Midwest
the North
the South
the West
Which statement best explains the impact of immigrants in the North?
Immigrants quickly opened stores, factories, and other businesses.
Immigrants became small farmers in the Northern states.
Immigrants quickly left the North for other areas of the country.
Immigrant workers filled factory jobs as the North began to industrialize.
Source 1, The Growth of Chicago: In the Midwest, Chicago had 4,470 people in 1840. It grew so fast that in 1860, it was in the top ten US cities by population. Farmers from the Midwest shipped their products to Chicago. It became a hub for the trade and transportation of farm products. Source 1 describes the process of
industrialization.
urbanization.
The women’s rights movement began when
women began to believe they were more religious than men.
women learned to read and write.
women began to work on farms.
women were frustrated by the limits on their participation in the abolition movement.
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” speech illustrated how
enslaved women were more liberated than middle-class women.
enslaved women were not treated as worthy of protection.
enslaved women enjoyed their hard physical labor.
enslaved women were treated badly by their husbands.
Who published the most influential anti-slavery newspaper of the abolition movement?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
the Grimke sisters
Susan B. Anthony
The focus of the women’s rights movement turned to
equal pay for equal work.
women’s suffrage.
property rights.
the abolition of marriage.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a series of escape tunnels for slaves
another word for escape up the Mississippi River
a secret route to freedom in the North for slaves
the railroads in the North
Complete the diagram of Frederick Douglass’ many roles as abolitionist and social-reform leader.
visionary
reporter
soldier
lawyer
Source 1: “I know you do not make the laws; but I also know that you are the wives and mothers, the sisters and daughters of those who do; and if you really suppose you can do nothing to overthrow slavery, you are greatly mistaken.” Source 1 was most likely written by
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimké
What law did the wife of Frederick Douglass’ owner break?
She taught Douglass a trade.
She gave Douglass his freedom.
She taught Douglass to read and write.
She sold Douglass to someone else.
Source 2, Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments
“Now, in view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, their social and religious degradation..the unjust laws…and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, opposed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights,. we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of these United States.”
Disfranchisement: not being allowed to vote
Which phrase best represents the demand made by the Declaration of Sentiments?
separate the church and state.
establish equal rights now.
stop fraud now.
half the country is angry.
When Frederick Douglass said that he mourned the Fourth of July, what did he mean?
He believed celebrations of freedom were hypocritical while people remained enslaved.
He was grieving soldiers who died in battle on Independence Day.
He disliked public festivities and fireworks.
He wanted the United States to declare independence from Britain again.
What was the major push factor for Irish immigrants?
religious persecution
poverty
land scarcity
famine
For the women's rights movement events listed, which happened first?
The Declaration of Sentiments demands rights for women, including suffrage.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention where they are not allowed to participate.
Grimké sisters speak out against slavery.
Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet and begin to focus on suffrage.
For the women's rights movement events listed, which happened second?
The Declaration of Sentiments demands rights for women, including suffrage.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention where they are not allowed to participate.
Grimké sisters speak out against slavery.
Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet and begin to focus on suffrage.
For the women's rights movement events listed, which happened third?
The Declaration of Sentiments demands rights for women, including suffrage.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention where they are not allowed to participate.
Grimké sisters speak out against slavery.
Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet and begin to focus on suffrage.
For the women's rights movement events listed, which happened fourth?
The Declaration of Sentiments demands rights for women, including suffrage.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention where they are not allowed to participate.
Grimké sisters speak out against slavery.
Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet and begin to focus on suffrage.
What three main factors revived the profitability of slavery in the late 1700s and early 1800s? Select three.
the demand for cotton
the invention of the cotton gin
the Industrial Revolution
westward expansion
the invention of the steam engine
Source 1, Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, 1853: "An hour before day light the horn is blown. Then the slaves arouse, prepare their breakfast, fill a gourd with water, in another deposit their dinner of cold bacon and corn cake, and hurry to the field again. It is an offence invariably followed by a flogging, to be found at the quarters after daybreak. Then the fears and labors of another day begin; and until its close there is no such thing as rest. He fears he will be caught lagging through the day; he fears to approach gin-house with his basket-load of cotton at night; he fears, when he lies down, that he will oversleep himself in the morning." Based on Source 1, the life of a slave is best described as
one filled with hard work and fear.
one with hours of rest and free time.
one filled with good food.
Most abolitionists were
former slave owners.
Democrats.
religious.
Source 2, Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, 1845: "The paper became my meat and my drink. My soul was set all on fire. Its sympathy for my brethren in bonds—its scathing denunciations of slaveholders—its faithful exposures of slavery—and its powerful attacks upon the upholders of the institution—sent a thrill of joy through my soul, such as I had never felt before!" In this passage, Douglass describes his reaction to reading the anti-slavery newspaper identified as a. Which newspaper is a?
The Anti-Slavery Society
The Liberator
Source 2, Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, 1845: "The paper became my meat and my drink. My soul was set all on fire..." In this passage, Douglass describes his reaction to reading an anti-slavery newspaper published by b. Who is b?
the Grimke Sisters
William Lloyd Garrison
Which statement best explains why Kentucky became so important for the Underground Railroad?
Many people in eastern Kentucky opposed slavery.
Kentucky was bordered on its north by free states.
The Ohio River offered a potential escape route for slaves.
Escaping slaves could escape down the Mississippi River from Kentucky.
Source 3, The Minnesota Guide, A Handbook of Information..., 1869 THE LAND GRANT in aid of the construction of this Road (10,880 Acres per Mile) amounts in the aggregate to 1,632,000 Acres. Large portions of these lands are the best adapted of any in the State for the production of WHEAT, CORN, OATS, and all kinds of roots and other vegetables. Many contain large bodies of natural meadows or GRAZING LANDS. Others are well timbered with Oak, Maple, Ash, and other hard wood timber; and on others are large bodies of White and Yellow Pine. The lands are well watered by running streams and innumerable lakes, and within the limits of the lands belonging to the Company there is an abundance of water power for manufacturing purposes. These Lands are Offered on Long Credits and at Low Rates. Who would have been most drawn to and able to use the information in Source 3?
German immigrants
Irish immigrants
escaped formerly enslaved persons
factory workers in the North
By the 1830s, most abolitionists
were escaped slaves.
were no longer religious.
supported immediate emancipation.
supported gradual emancipation.
Match the events described in Source 4 to the patterns described in Chapter 9. According to Source 4, which Chapter 9 pattern does this event illustrate: Louisville grew in population from roughly 1,360 people in 1810 to almost 7,000 in 1830 and almost 72,000 in 1860; by 1850 it was one of the country’s largest cities.
Immigration
Hostility toward Immigrants
The Expansion of Slavery
Urbanization - Positive Effects
Urbanization - Negative Effects
Match the events described in Source 4 to the patterns described in Chapter 9. According to Source 4, which Chapter 9 pattern does this event illustrate: Steamboats, the Louisville and Portland Canal, and railroads made Louisville a transportation and trade hub for tobacco, machinery, hemp products such as rope, and meat‑packing.
Immigration
Hostility toward Immigrants
The Expansion of Slavery
Urbanization - Positive Effects
Urbanization - Negative Effects
Match the events described in Source 4 to the patterns described in Chapter 9. According to Source 4, which Chapter 9 pattern does this event illustrate: Louisville was a major slave‑trading center where thousands of enslaved people were bought and sold each year.
Immigration
Hostility toward Immigrants
The Expansion of Slavery
Match the events described in Source 4 to the patterns described in Chapter 9. According to Source 4, which Chapter 9 pattern does this event illustrate: After a malaria epidemic in 1822, the Kentucky legislature approved drainage to clear swamps around Louisville; the city added no sewer system for about three decades.
Urbanization - Negative Effects
Hostility toward Immigrants
The Expansion of Slavery
Urbanization - Positive Effects
Match the events described in Source 4 to the patterns described in Chapter 9. According to Source 4, which Chapter 9 pattern does this event illustrate: German and Irish immigrants arrived, and by 1852 there were enough Catholics to support building a Catholic cathedral.
Immigration
Hostility toward Immigrants
The Expansion of Slavery
Match the events described in Source 4 to the patterns described in Chapter 9. According to Source 4, which Chapter 9 pattern does this event illustrate: In 1855, Know‑Nothing Party members rioted and attacked Irish and German immigrants in Louisville, killing twenty‑two people.
Immigration
Hostility toward Immigrants
The Expansion of Slavery
