Holt 8th Grade - US History Chapter 11-12 The Nation Expands Review

Question 1

Discrimination when people were not treated equally or not included in American society

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Inconsistency with Inclusion

Question 2

What was NOT an impact of the Cotton Gin

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decreased the need for slaves

Question 3

Which of the following was true in the South before the cotton gin was invented

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The demand for slaves went down

Question 4

The first woman to hold a high-ranking position in the labor movement was

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Sarah Bagley

Question 5

This system of __ was developed to represent letters of the alphabet to send telegraph messages

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morse code

Question 6

Approximately what year did cotton production reach 1.2 million bales per year?

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1840

Question 7

People began creating ways to use machines to make things more efficient. This led to the ____?

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industrial revolution

Question 8

The idea that all groups should have access to the same opportunities-equal & active in society

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Inclusion

Question 9

What change in technology allowed business owners to sell their goods in national markets

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the growth of railroads

Question 10

The people have a voice in gov't by electing their officials-get more people the right to vote

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Republicanism

Question 11

The variety of people in America - different nationalities and races in America

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Diversity

Question 12

The ____ was a period of rapid growth in the use of machines and manufacturing

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industrial revolution

Question 13

The first machines of the Industrial revolution were powered by

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water

Question 14

Which was NOT TRUE of the LOWELL system

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women worked only 8 hours a day

Question 15

People were denied particular rights-justice/due process or restricted by state or Federal Laws

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Inconsistency with Rights & Liberties

Question 16

What time span of time saw the largest increase in cotton production

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1820 to 1840

Question 17

The industrial revolution began in

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Britain

Question 18

When People were denied a voice in government - efforts to restrict people for voting

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Inconsistency with Republicanism

Question 19

Some southerners feared farming had become too reliant on cotton, so they encouraged farmers to

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try growing a variety of cash crops

Question 20

Expectation in America, there are opportunities to better an individual's economic situation

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Economic Opportunity

Question 21

As of result of the new machines increasing the production of cotton, the need for slaves

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increased

Question 22

All of the following are true of slavery except

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Slave uprisings led to LESS slave codes in many states

Question 23

The Industrial revolution ____ production and _____ the cost of goods

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increased, decreased

Question 24

How did the shift to steam power lead to the growth of cities?

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all of the above

Question 25

Identifying who does the work; the various systems of labor used

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Labor Systems

Question 26

The transportation revolution had all of the following effects EXCEPT

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limiting the federal government's ability to control trade

Question 27

Development of business and trade - things that help business & trade grow

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Free Enterprise & Trade

Question 28

Free African Americans faced discrimination from white southerners by limitations on rights to

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all of the above

Question 29

The main reasons for the changes in the graph was

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The invention and use of the cotton gin

Question 30

The idea that all groups should have access to the same opportunities-equal & active in society

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Inclusion

Holt 8th Grade - US History Chapter 11-12 The Nation Expands Review

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Holt 8th Grade - US History Chapter 11-12 The Nation Expands Review

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