Ch 14 North & South

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

shortage in the food supply

Question 2

Large extended families were not possible for enslaved African Americans.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 3

The Know-Nothing Party worked to improve education.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 5

The price of cotton changed from season to season.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

agriculture was creating profits

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 8

Which invention was most important to the growth of cities in the interior of the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

the locomotive and steamship

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 12

Some cities grew to be trade centers linking Midwest farmers with the Northeast because of ___.

Accepted Answer

their location on waterways

Question 13

The work of most enslaved people was ____.

Accepted Answer

tending and harvesting crops

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

McCormick's reaper could harvest grain quickly.

Question 15

Phase one of industrialization in the North was that ____.

Accepted Answer

employers divided jobs into smaller steps

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 17

The largest group of white people in the South were

Accepted Answer

yeomen.

Question 18

What was the main reason that the Southern economy remained largely agricultural?

Accepted Answer

Cotton sales were very profitable.

Question 19

What did nativists believe about immigrants?

Accepted Answer

They were a threat to American citizens.

Question 20

One purpose of the slave codes was ____.

Accepted Answer

prevention of slave rebellion

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

yeomen

Question 23

The Underground Railroad helped enslaved people who

Accepted Answer

had escaped from their owners

Question 24

Which statement describes Southern transportation at this time?

Accepted Answer

Natural waterways = very important for transporting goods.

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

workers could process more cotton than by hand

Question 26

How did the Southern economy differ from the Northern economy?

Accepted Answer

The South was mostly agricultural.

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 29

Robert Fulton improved transportation with his invention of the ____.

Accepted Answer

steamboat

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

the growing system of railroad tracks

Question 31

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 32

What happened in the first phase of industrialization in the North?

Accepted Answer

Manufacturers made products by dividing tasks among workers.

Question 33

Slave holders could legally break an enslaved family apart.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 34

One outcome/change of the factory system was that ____.

Accepted Answer

many workers were injured by machines

Question 35

A strike is ____.

Accepted Answer

a way to force employers to improve conditions

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 38

The American Party was once called the Know-Nothing Party because party members

Accepted Answer

responded to ?'s about group by saying, "I know nothing."

Question 39

The cotton gin increased productivity by ____.

Accepted Answer

removing seeds from the cotton

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 41

Erie Canal was one reason that manufacturers increased prices on goods shipped to the Midwest.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 42

Most African Americans in the North could attend public school.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 44

Southern plantation owners traveled often to ____.

Accepted Answer

ensure fair dealings with traders

Question 45

The invention of the thresher helped farmers ____.

Accepted Answer

separate grain from stalks

Question 46

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

Accepted Answer

he South's population was spread over a wide area

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