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History
8th -
11thgrade
Topic 7 Society and Culture Before the Civil War
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What were the slave codes?
Codes used to lead slaves to the Underground Railroad
Codes enforced to increase owner control over the slaves
Codes enforced to give slaves more freedom on the plantations
Codes enforced to educate African Americans
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why were there more railroad lines in the North?
The South was more industrialized and therefore could not build as many railroads
The North was agriculture based and needed to move cotton to the factories in the South
The South was agriculture based and used the rail lines in the south to send cotton around
The North was more industrialized and had the materials to build more rail lines
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why did the cotton gin lead to an increase in slavery?
The cotton gin increased cotton production which increased the demand for slaves to cultivate the cotton
The cotton gin decreased the production of cotton and more slaves were needed to grow more cotton
The cotton gin opened up cotton production in the North bringing slavery there
The cotton gin was used to power factories and they needed slaves in the factories
- 4. Multiple Choice
If you were a child in a working class family during the 19th century you would more than likely be:
In school and working towards college
Fighting in wars overseas
Working in factories or in the fields
In the government because kids were politicians back then
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the temperance movement?
The temperance movement was a part of the abolition movement
The temperance movement was about tempering/slowing down the building of factories
The temperance movement was a part of the Second Great Awakening and wanted to ban alcohol
The temperance movement declared all men and women created equal
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Declaration of Sentiments did which of the following:
Referenced the Declaration of Independence and stated women and men were created equal
Referenced the Declaration of Independence and stated men were superior to women
Referenced the Constitution and stated women and men were created equal
Referenced the Constitution and stated men were superior to women
- 7. Multiple Choice
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Emerson believed what?
That individuals need to concede to the government
Nature was the best place to be
Individuals need to determine what was right or wrong
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did Southerners complain about the abolition movement?
The South wanted to get rid of slavery and the abolition movement wanted to keep it
The abolitionists wanted to stop agriculture and spread factories
The South were angry because they felt abolitionists were responsible for slave uprisings like Turner's Rebellion
The abolitionists wanted to secede from the Union and form their own slave free country
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who came up with the idea of interchangeable parts?
Samuel Slater
Eli Whitney
James Hargreaves
Lucy Larcom
- 10. Multiple Choice
Someone who invests capital in a business to earn a profit
mass production
Industrial Revolution
Lowell Factory
Capitalism
- 11. Multiple Choice
A system that brings workers and machinery together in one place.
mass production
factory system
Industrial Revolution
interchangeable parts
- 12. Multiple Choice
Identical pieces that can be assembled quickly by unskilled workers
Lowell System
Factory System
Interchangeable parts
capitalists
- 13. Multiple Choice
the rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical parts
Mass Production
Interchangeable Parts
Capitalist
Industrial Revolution
- 14. Multiple Choice
The way that Americans lived and worked was greatly changed by the
apprentices
Francis Cabot Lowell
Child Laborers
Industrial Revolution
- 15. Multiple Choice
Although Britain tried to prevent the spread of new industrial methods, __________________________ memorized plans for spinning machines and brought them to America.
Apprentices
Industrial Revolution
Francis Cabot Lowell
Samuel Slater
- 16. Multiple Choice
American Inventors devised anew systems, such as _______________________, that allowed factories to produce goods quickly and in large quantities.
Apprentices
Francis Cabot Lowell
Child Laborers
Interchangeable Parts
- 17. Multiple Choice
Adults and ______________________________ worked in factories for long hours under difficult and dangerous conditions
Child Laborers
Samuel Slater
Apprentices
Interchangeable Parts
- 18. Multiple Choice
What did people do before the factories started?
Farming
Military
Shipping
Painting
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who was the president in 1790?
George Washington
Aaron Burr
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
- 20. Multiple Choice
Inventor of the cotton gin
Francis Cabot Lowell
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Robert Fulton
- 21. Multiple Choice
He memorized the designs of British machines and managed a cotton mill in Pawtucket RI
Eli Whitney
Francis Cabot Lowell
Samuel Slater
De Witt Clinton
- 22. Multiple Choice
He made a textile plant in MA where cloth making was all under one roof
Eli Whitney
De Witt Clinton
Samuel Slater
Francis Cabot Lowell
- 23. Multiple Choice
Inventor of the steamboat with a powerful engine
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Francis Cabot Lowell
Samuel Slater
- 24. Multiple Choice
He developed a plan to build the Erie Canal
Francis Cabot Lowell
Samuel Slater
De Witt Clinton
Robert Fulton
- 25. Multiple Choice
water frame with eight spindles that spun thread
power loom
spinning jenny
cotton gin
water loom
- 26. Multiple Choice
wove cotton into tread
power loom
spinning jenny
cotton gin
water loom
- 27. Multiple Choice
quickly and efficiently removed the seeds from cotton fiber
power loom
spinning jenny
cotton gin
water loom
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following were NOT true of the U.S. before the Industrial Revolution.hand made productsMost were farmersSlower pace of lifePopulation grew in the cities
- 29. Multiple ChoiceA period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that begun in the mid-1700's.Revolutionary WarIndustrial RevolutionEvolutionary IndustryIndustrial Manufacturing
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich country did the Industrial Revolution begin?United StatesFranceGreat BritainSpain
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhere did early mills have to be built?near running water like riversnear the ocean for the saltnear factoriesnear trains
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of product did the water frame produce?textilesgrainshoesbrushes
- 33. Multiple ChoiceLaws passed to protect the rights of inventors for a certain period of time.patentsinterchangeable partsassembly linetextiles
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat part of the country relied on cotton for a strong income and did not industrialize?NorthSouthEastWest
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhich part of the United States embraced Industrialization and grew cities quickly?NorthSouthEastWest
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