8th Grade History - Unit 7

Question 1

She was the 1st woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Blackwell

Question 2

Most Southerners could be considered "planters." (They owned > 20 slaves before the Civil War)

Accepted Answer

Lies!

Question 3

Why were there less industries in the South compared to the North?

Accepted Answer

People bought farmland, There was a large reliance on agriculture, People bought enslaved workers, Enslaved workers couldn't buy anything

Question 4

As the U.S. industrialized, which of these occurred?

Accepted Answer

More factories were built in the North, Immigration to the U.S. increased, More people moved to cities

Question 5

Which of these are results of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

living conditions in cities worsened, immigration was limited, the population grew more diverse

Question 6

She was referred to as "Moses" by the people she helped lead out of slavery

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 7

This type of person invests in a business to earn a profit

Accepted Answer

Capitalist

Question 8

The U.S. decided immediately to get rid of the slave trade

Accepted Answer

Nope!

Question 9

Where did the American Colonization Society want to help African Americans move to?

Accepted Answer

Liberia

Question 10

This person escaped from slavery and became a leading black abolitionist

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 11

White Northerners were the only people involved in the movement for abolition

Accepted Answer

Nay!

Question 12

This term describes a shift from farms to cities

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 13

Which of the following ideas is associated with Henry David Thoreau?

Accepted Answer

civil disobedience

Question 14

Which of these Southern crops was considered "King"?

Accepted Answer

Cotton

Question 15

Which of these are causes of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Interchangeable Parts, Improved Machinery, Capitalists

Question 16

Workers joined this to gain higher wages & better working conditions

Accepted Answer

Trade Unions

Question 17

It was illegal in the South to teach slaves how to read and write

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Members of the Hudson River School of art would often paint what?

Accepted Answer

landscapes in the Northeast

Question 19

What was the general route of the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

It brought people to Northern States

Question 20

Which of these words accurately describes the life of a slave?

Accepted Answer

Wearisome, Hard

Question 21

Free African Americans had many rights, and faced no discrimination

Accepted Answer

Nawuhh!

Question 22

This term referred to those who wanted to end slavery

Accepted Answer

Abolitionists

Question 23

Most Northerners in the EARLY 1800's agreed with the abolitionist cause

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Why was the Seneca Falls convention significant?

Accepted Answer

Women publicly demanded equal rights

Question 25

This person was the publisher of "The Liberator"

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 26

These people wanted to limit immigration to the U.S.

Accepted Answer

Nativists

Question 27

These young women worked in mill towns located in Massachusetts

Accepted Answer

Lowell Girls

Question 28

The extended family was NOT an important part of life for enslaved African Americans

Accepted Answer

No way, José!

Question 29

This person believed that God called her to be a part of the fight against slavery

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth

Question 30

What event caused many Irish immigrants to arrive in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Great Irish Famine, Irish Potato Famine

Question 31

Which of the following statements are true about the economies of the North & South?

Accepted Answer

The South focused more on agriculture, The North had more factories, The North focused more on manufacturing

Question 32

Living conditions in industrial cities were usually very pleasant

Accepted Answer

Umm... pretty sure that's inaccurate.

Question 33

This group believed that the most important truths went beyond human reason

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalists

Question 34

What was the widespread religious movement in the 1800s called?

Accepted Answer

Second Great Awakening

Question 35

The final destination of the Underground Railroad for many people was "the North."

Accepted Answer

True true

Question 36

Why did religious leaders in the North (like the Quakers) oppose slavery?

Accepted Answer

They believed it was a sin

Question 37

Which of these perspectives describes the Know-Nothing Party?

Accepted Answer

anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic

Question 38

Uncle Tom's Cabin was an unimportant book in the fight to outlaw slavery

Accepted Answer

Lies!

8th Grade History - Unit 7

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8th Grade History - Unit 7

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