Pre-Civil War Life in the North and the South

Question 1

The economy of the South was transformed by Eli Whitney's invention of

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the cotton gin.

Question 2

method used by enslaved people to communicate with each other

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spiritual

Question 3

unfair opinion not based on fact

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prejudice

Question 4

Who was referred to as the "Father of the Underground Railroad?"

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William Still

Question 5

People opposed to immigration were known as

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nativists.

Question 6

Most enslaved people on plantations worked as

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field hands

Question 7

The Know-Nothing political party in the United States was formed by

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nativists.

Question 8

the unfair treatment of a group

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discrimination

Question 9

The main crop of the Deep South was

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cotton.

Question 10

What was outlawed by Congress in 1808?

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importation of slaves

Question 11

money used to invest in business

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capital

Question 12

What made it a crime to teach enslaved people to read or write?

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slave codes

Question 13

The admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial because

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it would upset the balance.

Question 14

The Know-Nothings was a nickname for what political party?

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the American party

Question 15

Who constructed the first mechanical reaper?

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Cyrus McCormick

Question 16

Plantation managers were referred to as

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an overseer.

Question 17

Which type of transportation was more abundant in the North than it was in the South?

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all of the above

Question 18

Which area became a center for the sale and transport of enslaved people in the South?

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Upper South

Question 19

The network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people was the

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Underground Railroad.

Question 20

The telegraph was invented by

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Samuel Morse

Question 21

the ability of people to read and write

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literacy

Question 22

Arriving between 1820 and 1860, the second largest group of immigrants was from

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Germany.

Question 23

Runaway slaves were referred to as

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fugitives.

Question 24

Famine caused people to immigrate to the United States from what country?

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Ireland

Question 25

Who was the most famous Underground Railroad conductor?

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Harriet Tubman

Question 26

The law that required all citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people was the

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Fugitive Slave Act.

Question 27

What did the thriving economy of the South depend on?

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slavery

Question 28

What was the main crop of the Upper South?

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tobacco

Question 29

What state joined as a free state under the Missouri Compromise?

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Maine

Question 30

The largest group of whites in the South were

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yeomen.

Question 31

What did John Deere invent in 1837?

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the steel-tipped plow

Pre-Civil War Life in the North and the South

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