Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What was the main effect of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin on the South?
a. | Cotton mills moved to the South. | c. | Cotton farmers no longer needed
slaves. | b. | Cotton became the South’s main crop. | d. | Cotton exports to Europe fell
sharply. |
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The Industrial Revolution brought about a change from
a. | immigrant labor to slave labor. | c. | factories to
plantations. | b. | wool clothing to cotton clothing. | d. | handmade to machine-made
goods. |
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The North attracted more immigrants than the South because it offered
a. | cheaper land for farming. | c. | an economy built on slave
labor. | b. | more jobs in mills and factories. | d. | more railroads and
canals. |
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Free blacks living in both the North and the South
a. | lived side by side with whites. | c. | had the same rights as
whites. | b. | faced discrimination and racism. | d. | preferred living apart from
whites. |
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The great majority of slaves worked as
a. | field hands. | c. | household servants. | b. | factory workers. | d. | skilled
craftspeople. |
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Slaveholders used all of these methods to control enslaved African Americans
EXCEPT
a. | keeping slaves ignorant about the world beyond their owner’s
land. | c. | promising slaves their freedom if they worked hard. | b. | threatening severe
punishment to slaves who did not obey. | d. | treating slaves like grown-up children. |
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This compromise used the idea of “popular sovereignty” in order to
ease tensions over the issue of slavery in new territories
a. | California Compromise | c. | Missouri Compromise | b. | New York Compromise | d. | Kansas-Nebraska
Compromise |
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In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery
a. | was a blot on our national character. | c. | violated the Fifth
Amendment. | b. | could be allowed in the territories. | d. | should be ended by
Congress. |
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In 1859, this abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry, Virginia hoping to start a
widespread slave rebellion
a. | Frederick Douglass | c. | William Lloyd Garrison | b. | John
Brown | d. | Harriet
Tubman |
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 According to Douglass, what did masters
know about the feelings and opinions of their slaves? a. | They knew exactly how slaves felt. | c. | They knew little about how slaves
felt because slaves were afraid to be truthful. | b. | They knew how slaves felt but didn’t care
about their opinions. | d. | They
didn’t want to know anything about slaves’ feelings and
opinions. |
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 The word maxim in the passage means
a a. | firm rule. | c. | common practice. | b. | wise saying. | d. | foolish
superstition. |
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 This passage is an example of a. | a primary source written by an eyewitness to an event. | c. | a piece of fiction written about an
event that never happened. | b. | a secondary source written by a historian about
an event. | d. | an opinion piece
written to express the author’s views. |
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Short Answer
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How were enslaved African Americans able to keep their African heritage
alive?
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What were the positive and negative results of the cotton boom?
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What effects did the Industrial Revolution have on the U.S. economy?
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