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A review before The South test
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1
What best describes free African Americans in the 1860s?
Many of them joined labor unions
None of them had been set free
Some were descendants of refugees from Haiti
All moved to free states in the North
2
While some slaves tried to escape permanently, most left for short periods, often to..
get medical attention
attend church
study in secret
visit relatives
3
True or False: The banning of slave importation by Congress led to an increase of slaves
False
True
4
Long-staple cotton differed from short-staple cotton in that it was...
much cheaper
easier to process
sold to Great Britain
easier to grow
5
Life in southern cities was similar to plantation life in the 1800s because...
business owners maintained streets
local governments funded water systems
slaves did most of the work
public education was widely available
6
Enslaved parents passed down their culture to their children by...
demonstrating kindness to their slaveholders
reading biblical stories of the exodus
sharing their family histories and telling folktales
singing Christian songs about freedom
7
Tredegar Iron Works can best be described as a...
southern factory that turned iron into useful products
northern company that specialized in turning iron into steel
northern mine that provided coal to manufacturers
southern manufacturing plant that produced locomotives
8
Skilled slaves had an advantage over unskilled slaves because they were sometimes allowed to...
work shorter hours
move from plantation to plantation
live in their owners house
earn money and eventually buy their freedom
9
What is the gang-labor system?
Field hands were trained to do different tasks
Field hands focused on the same task at the same time
10
Who owned small farms and often worked alongside their slaves?
Yeoman
Planters
11
Unlike slaves who worked the fields, slaves working in planters' houses usually...
did not work when they were sick
had better food, clothing, and shelter
received payment
worked shorter hours
12
The South's first major cash crop was...
Tobacco
Corn
Cotton
Wheat
13
Christian songs that blended African and European music were...
Folktales
Spirituals
14
True or False: many of the first factories in the South produced iron works.
False
True
15
Eli Whitney's cotton gin removed seeds from what type of cotton?
Long-staple
Short-staple
