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AMERICAN HISTORY Pearson Topic 7: Society and Culture Before the Civil War (1820-1860)
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1
Quakers opposed slavery because they thought it was a sin.
False
True
2
Religious leaders in the North opposed slavery because they thought that it didn't reflect American values.
False
True
3
Why did skilled workers have more success at forming unions than other workers?
They did not threaten to strike.
They were more respected.
They were harder to replace.
They were supported by the government.
4
The earliest organized opposition to slavery was based on
religious beliefs.
political beliefs.
5
Abundant capital lead to the growth of towns and cities.
False
True
6
What protected slaves from the worst forms of abuse?
Slave codes prohibited it.
Slaves were considered valuable property.
7
Which was the main cause of the increase in the number and the size of cities in the USA?
rising birth rates
the spread of factories
8
How did Frederick Douglass defy the laws on slavery?
He learned to read.
He escaped slavery.
9
Improved textile machinery lead to the start of the American industrial revolution.
True
False
10
In the North, what did immigrants and African Americans have in common?
They had no access to schools.
They faced widespread discrimination.
11
Why were there fewer industries in the South than in the North in the mid-1800s? Choose the TWO correct answers.
People in the South with money bought farmland and enslaved workers.
The North refused to allow immigrants to move to southern areas.
Many people in the South lacked the money to buy manufactured products.
The North had more natural resources for manufacturing.
12
How did Americans find ideas for new technology?
They purchased them from immigrants.
They looked to modern science.
13
Steam power, a free-market economy, and mass production led to a decrease in
the costs of goods.
True
False
14
According to Frederick Douglass,
Enslaved people’s work was never enough to satisfy a slaveholder.
True
False
15
One result of the invention of the cotton gin was
an increase in the demand for slave labor.
a decrease in the number of enslaved workers needed.
higher prices for cotton.
better-quality cotton.
16
Underground Railroad
brought enslaved people to northern states where slavery had been abolished.
True
False
17
The Underground Railroad was an example of...
social reform.
civil disobedience.
18
Which of the following occurred as the United States industrialized? Choose the TWO correct answers.
People moved from the countryside to towns and cities for jobs.
Factory towns developed along rivers.
Factories were built in mild climates
Immigrants were blocked from factory jobs.
19
What is the MAIN reason that many German immigrants moved west soon after arriving in the United States?
They were seeking economic opportunities.
They liked the french fries.
They had fled Germany to escape revolutions.
They disliked large cities.
20
Which events occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution in the United States? Choose the TWO correct answers.
The labor reform movement helped establish trade unions.
The population grew and had more ethnic and religious diversity.
Many free African Americans became skilled workers.
New immigrants were welcomed by all native-born Americans
21
The southern economy depended heavily on slave labor.
True
False
22
What was the main reason many business owners in the North opposed abolition?
They had invested in slave plantations.
They depended on a steady supply of cotton from the South.
They relied on enslaved labor in their factories
They feared that free African Americans would organize strikes.
