What is the main reason the Southern economy was dependent on slave labor?

Enslaved workers planted and harvested crops on plantations.

Nativists in the 1840s believed that immigrants

could not fit into American society.

What was one problem with overland travel in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

It was slow and expensive to ship goods over land.

In addition to making speeches and printing newspapers, many abolitionists

wrote petitions asking Congress to outlaw slavery.

Founded in 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society

adopted resolutions and sent petitions to Congress.

Which statement best describes the slave codes of the 1800s?

They were laws that controlled the lives of enslaved people.

Which best describes conditions in factories in the 1800s?

Laborers worked long hours with few holidays.

The cotton gin sped up the production of cotton by

separating the seeds from the cotton plant quickly.

Which describes a common experience for enslaved families?

Family members often were sold separately and split up from one another.

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Unit -- Sectionalism

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1
What is the main reason the Southern economy was dependent on slave labor?
Enslaved workers provided labor at Southern corporations.
Enslaved workers worked on docks, making shipping cheaper.
Enslaved workers planted and harvested crops on plantations.
Enslaved workers tended machinery in factories in the South.
2
Nativists in the 1840s believed that immigrants
deserved better working conditions.
could not fit into American society.
had much in common with them.
should be better integrated into society.
3
What was one problem with overland travel in the late 1700s and early 1800s?
It was slow and expensive to ship goods over land.
It was cheap to ship goods over land, but it took time.
It was expensive to ship goods over land, but it was fast.
It was impossible to ship goods over long distances.
4
In addition to making speeches and printing newspapers, many abolitionists
taught young African American children in schools.
bought enslaved people in order to set them free.
organized armed rebellions in Southern states.
wrote petitions asking Congress to outlaw slavery.
5
White Southerners who defended slavery were called
abolitionists.
spectators.
apologists.
slaveholders.
6
Founded in 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society
adopted resolutions and sent petitions to Congress.
received overwhelmingly positive support.
held meetings in private out of fear of reprisals.
was opposed by activist William Lloyd Garrison.
7
Which statement best describes the slave codes of the 1800s?
They were laws that controlled the lives of enslaved people.
They were lists of the trades that enslaved people were allow to learn.
They were rules for plantation owners to follow to employ enslaved labor.
They were descriptions of the jobs held by enslaved workers.
8
Which best describes conditions in factories in the 1800s?
Women and children worked short hours.
Working hours were similar to those of today.
Laborers worked long hours with few holidays.
Workers received frequent holidays.
9
Abolitionists of the early 1800s were influenced by the
decline of cotton
Second Great Awakening
First Great Awakening
rise of cotton
10
The cotton gin sped up the production of cotton by
planting cotton seeds in neat rows for cultivation.
packing cotton fiber into bales for shipment to mills.
picking cotton without damaging the cotton plants.
separating the seeds from the cotton plant quickly.
11
Which describes a common experience for enslaved families?
Slaveholders tried their best to keep parents and children together.
Slaveholders tried their best to keep married couples together.
Children usually were set free even if their parents remained enslaved.
Family members often were sold separately and split up from one another.
12
What was the Liberator?
a religious newspaper
an abolitionist newspaper
a women’s rights newspaper
a pro-slavery newspaper
13
As a result of the Second Great Awakening, many reformers began to view slavery as
beneficial for enslaved workers.
an economic necessity.
sinful and inhumane.
a social, not religious, concern.
14
In the 1800s, most enslaved workers on plantations lived in
simple cabins.
large tents.
plantation houses.
dormitory buildings.
15
The religious music of enslaved African Americans became the basis for modern
rap music.
country music.
folk music.
gospel music.
16
What new technology made cotton “king” in the South in the 1800s?
the assembly line
steamboats
the cotton gin
mass production

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