Chapter 11 Test Review

Question 1

Expansion of slavery to western territories was due to a compromise that admitted what states

Accepted Answer

Missouri and Maine

Question 2

Religious folk songs that combined biblical themes with the reality of slavery

Accepted Answer

Spirituals

Question 3

Laws that controlled all aspects of the slave lives

Accepted Answer

Slave code

Question 4

Roads made of sawed off logs laid side by side

Accepted Answer

Corduroy road

Question 5

Which statement accurately describes Southern society in 1840?

Accepted Answer

Slaves outnumbered whites in some southern states

Question 6

What invention encouraged cultivation of cotton and increased profit of growing cotton?

Accepted Answer

Cotton gin

Question 7

Which of the following is an argument a supporter of slavery in the South would have made?

Accepted Answer

slaves received better treatment than laborers in the North

Question 8

People who invest money in a business to earn a profit

Accepted Answer

Capitalist

Question 9

What addressed the issue of balanced representation in Congress?

Accepted Answer

The Missouri Compromise

Question 10

The rigid social class in the South was encouraged by what?

Accepted Answer

The slave based agricultural system

Question 11

The expansion of slavery caused what?

Accepted Answer

Significant increase of tensions between the North and South

Question 12

A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances

Accepted Answer

Telegraph

Question 13

A simple machine that used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers

Accepted Answer

Cotton gin

Question 14

What was the result of the North and the South developing different economic systems?

Accepted Answer

North became more populated and prosperous than South

Question 15

What was the purpose of the laws known as slave codes?

Accepted Answer

Stop African Americans from gaining knowledge and assembling

Question 16

What increased the settlement of Western territories and expanded US markets in 1860?

Accepted Answer

Innovation of transportation such as railroads

Question 17

The slow industrial development in the South was caused by what?

Accepted Answer

Dependence on slavery

Question 18

Brings worker and machinery together in one place

Accepted Answer

Factory system

Question 19

A change in history when machines began to take place of hand tools

Accepted Answer

Industrial revolution

Question 20

Who had the most industry in 1861?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 21

Widespread starvation

Accepted Answer

Famine

Question 22

The denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people

Accepted Answer

Discrimination

Question 23

Who led a slave revolt in 1831?

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner

Question 24

An increase in the number of factories in the Northeast was the result of what?

Accepted Answer

Innovation of canals, railroads and bank/investment centers

Question 25

The rapid manufacturing of large numbers of identical objects

Accepted Answer

Mass production

Question 26

Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers

Accepted Answer

Interchangeable parts

Question 27

A channel that is dug across land and filled with water

Accepted Answer

Canal

Question 28

The growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 29

People who wanted to preserve the country for white American born Protestants

Accepted Answer

Nativist

Question 30

Toll road

Accepted Answer

Turnpike

Chapter 11 Test Review

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Chapter 11 Test Review

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