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1
Workers working long hours in the factory for little pay was known as wage slavery.
South
North
2
According to the Dred Scott Case, slaves were ruled to be:
immigrants
unconstitutional
citizens
property
3
Which of the following is an inaccurate statement about the Compromise of 1850?
A stronger fugitive slave law was passed
California entered the Union as a free state
Slavery would be permitted in the land gain from Mexico
Slavery would no longer be permitted in Washington, DC
4
What two words would best be associated with John Brown?
democratic/compromiser
slaveholder/peaceful
rational/loving
abolitionist/violent
5
Which allowed MO to enter the Union as a slave state & ME to enter the Union as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
the Industrial Revolution
the Missouri Compromise
urbanization
6
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
triggered a widespread slave rebellion.
ended the slave trade
was widely approved across the South.
made Brown a hero among abolitionists.
7
What state's application for statehood caused a need for compromise in 1820?
Florida
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
8
What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
It made slaves' lives easier.
It decreased the value of slaves.
It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
It increased the demand for slaves.
9
Which of these statements describes life in the South around the 1850's?
had faster and better transportation system
industrial society
nearly all african-americans were free but not equal
Had cash crops like cotton
10
Economy based on plantations/agriculture supported by slave labor.
North
South
11
Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans except:
threatening severe punishment to slaves who did not obey.
promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard.
treating slaves like grown-up children.
keeping slaves ignorant about the rest of the world.
12
What slaves generally feared most of all was being
sold away from their families.
caught while running away.
sent back to Africa.
disrespectful to their elders.
13
What was used to solve the slavery debate time and time again from 1820-1860?
compromise
violence
coin flips
war
14
Abe Lincoln won the Election of 1860 with only 40% of the total vote. He was a ___ president.
minority
majority
15
Which of the following was NOT a result of the invention of the cotton gin?
Cotton plantations extended as far west as Texas.
Cotton profits increased enormously.
Cotton growers used profits to build more textile mills.
Cotton production increases required more slaves.
16
Tommy Apple is a southern plantation owner. He just heard that Abraham Lincoln was elected.
He's indifferent.
He's happy.
He's militant.
He's calm.
17
The North attracted more immigrants than the South because it offered:
Cheaper land for farming
More railroads, canals, and rivers
An economy built on slavery
More jobs in mills and factories
18
Most goods in the South moved by:
river
hover board
Rail
Canal
19
Many white southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that
he South's economy depended on slave labor.
the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South
slaveholders were the South's natural leaders.
they would have their own slaves someday.
20
Generally, only wealthy Southerners owned slaves.
False
True
21
Most southern whites were
farmers
Slaves
factory workers
industrialists
22
The election of 1860 showed how
popular Lincoln was in the North and the South.
eager Americans were to end the debate over slavery.
deeply divided the nation was over slavery.
little support abolitionists had in the North.
23
Abe Lincoln said he was going to end slavery when he ran for president.
False
True
24
Free blacks living in both the North and the South
faced discrimination and racism
had the same rights as whites.
preferred living apart from whites.
lived side by side with whites.
25
It is 1820. Maine was just added as free state. What else happened with this?
South Carolina secedes.
Missouri enters as a slave state.
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed.
32-30 line established
26
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery
should be ended by Congress.
could be allowed in the territories.
was a blot on our national character.
violated the Fifth Amendment.
27
Which of these statements is not an accurate description of life in the North in the 1850's?
Had more RR lines
Rugged coastline with rocky soil
Mississippi River is main waterway
Unskilled laborers working in factories
28
Which of the following was part of the Missouri Compromise?
All children born to slaves in Missouri would be free.
The land north of the 36-30 line would be free of slavery.
Slave owners can't chase slaves in free lands anymore
29
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.
led to bloodshed over slavery in Kansas.
was a successful compromise on slavery.
30
Michbran Stanhizzle wants to end slavery. He should join the:
temperance movement
abolitionist movement
women's suffrage movement
anti-proctorian movement
