Chapter 14 Review

Question 1

Slave holders could legally break an enslaved family apart.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

One effect of the invention of the cotton gin was the development of the domestic slave trade.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The work of most enslaved people was ____.

Accepted Answer

tending and harvesting crops

Question 4

Southern plantation owners traveled often to ____.

Accepted Answer

ensure fair dealings with traders

Question 5

The South lagged behind other parts of the country in literacy because ____.

Accepted Answer

the South's population was spread over a wide area

Question 6

What did nativists believe about immigrants?

Accepted Answer

They were a threat to American citizens.

Question 7

The Know-Nothing Party worked to improve education.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

The Midwest was connected to the East by 1860 because of ____.

Accepted Answer

the growing system of RR tracks

Question 9

One consequence of the use of the cotton gin was that ____.

Accepted Answer

workers could process more cotton than by hand

Question 10

Why did raising wheat become a main economic activity of the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

McCormick's reaper could harvest grain quickly.

Question 11

The system of canals and the invention of the steamboat encouraged the growth of cities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

The law passed in 1808 banning the import of slaves made slavery illegal in the United States.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The Erie Canal was one reason that prices of goods shipped to the Midwest increased.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

On a plantation, the overseer's job was to keep the plantation's financial records.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The price of cotton changed from season to season.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

In the early 1800s, men kept women from joining trade unions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The invention of the thresher helped farmers ____.

Accepted Answer

separate grain from stalks

Question 18

One consequence of the factory system was that ____.

Accepted Answer

many workers were injured by machines

Question 19

Cities grew to be trade centers linking Midwest farmers w/ the NE because of...

Accepted Answer

their location on waterways

Question 20

The Great Train Wreck of 1856 involved two trains traveling on the same track.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Southern farmers who owned small farms of 50 to 200 acres were called ____.

Accepted Answer

yeoman

Question 22

Morse code is a system of dots and dashes mixed with letters of the alphabet.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Most Southern leaders wanted to develop industry to help the South's economy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

How did the Southern economy differ from the Northern economy?

Accepted Answer

The South was mostly agricultural.

Question 25

A few African Americans found success in business in the mid-1800s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Large extended families were not possible for enslaved African Americans.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

The cotton gin increased productivity by ____.

Accepted Answer

removing seeds from the cotton

Question 28

Robert Fulton improved transportation with his invention of the ____.

Accepted Answer

Steamboat

Question 29

A strike is ____.

Accepted Answer

a way to force employers to improve conditions

Question 30

By 1850 most people in the South lived along the Atlantic coast.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

One purpose of the slave codes was ____.

Accepted Answer

prevention of slave rebellion

Question 32

The need for enslaved people grew in both the North and the South.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Phase one of industrialization in the North was that ____.

Accepted Answer

employers divided jobs into smaller steps

Question 34

One reason for the slow development of industry in the South was that ____.

Accepted Answer

agriculture was creating profits

Question 35

The invention of the sewing machine helped increase the mass production of cotton cloth.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

A major reason for emigration from Ireland between 1840 and 1860 was a(n) ____.

Accepted Answer

shortage in the food supply

Question 37

The number of hours children worked in the early 1800s was limited.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

One difficulty in growing cotton before the invention of the cotton gin was that ____.

Accepted Answer

a large amount of time and labor was required

Question 39

Which statement describes Southern transportation at this time?

Accepted Answer

Natural waterways were very important for transporting goods

Question 40

Most African Americans in the North could attend public school.

Accepted Answer

False

Chapter 14 Review

Questions 40

Chapter 14 Review

Questions 40