unit test 6
Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?
Nat Turner, He organized it in Virginia. Turner and his followers tried to kill every white person they found and in 2 days killed 57 people.
Which of these best describes the difference between an agrarian and an industrialist in the 1800s
One favors policies that support farming and the other favors policies that support factories.
What was an effect of segregation policies in the North?
People were segregated by race in public places
Why were textile mills built near rivers?
Rivers provided power to operate the mills.
How did the "invisible church" benefit slaves?
helped slaves deal with their suffering and still find happiness in life and helped provide comfort for each other
The geography of the South supported the growing of cash crops in all of these ways EXCEPT
it had fast-moving rivers as a source of power.
Which best describes the Underground Railroad?
people who secretly helped slaves escape to the North
Which of these was a major cause of immigration to the United States between 1845 and 1860?
political conflict
what was the most efficient way to move goods in the North? *
railroad
Which invention belongs in the blank box?
reaper
What did Harriet Tubman's work with the Underground Railroad involve
she guided escaped slaves from the south to freedom
Which of these was the MOST common way slaves resisted slavery?
finding ways to avoid work and finding ways to quietly rebel
Who was Denmark Vesey?
A free African American who lead a slave revolt in Charleston, S.C., he and more than 30 slaves were arrested and hanged
How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the South?
Cotton became the South's most important crop
Where did free African Americans in the south MOST OFTEN find work?
In low paying jobs as laborers, crafts people, or household servants and towns and cities.
How did the cotton gin affect slaves?
It increased the demand for slaves
Which of these is one reason that U.S. immigrants settled in the North?
It offered jobs in mills and factories.
Which of these describes an overseer as the word is used near the end of the passage
Someone who was the supervisor of slaves
Slaves expressed African cultural traditions in all of the following ways:
Stories and folktales told by slaves, songs and spirituals that were sung, the art and quilts created
Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?
They faced discrimination and racism.
Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?
They knew the South's economy depended on slave labor.
How did Southern states respond to slave rebellion
They passed even stricter slave codes.
Unlike the North, why did Southerners invest little money in mills and factories?
They put their money in land and slaves.
Why did the South oppose laws to provide federal money for internal improvements, such as roads and canals
They thought these improvements would benefit only Northern states.
What was life like for free African Americans in the North?
They were not treated as equal to other citizens.
What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?
They were property
What was the purpose of the National Council of Colored People?
To protest the treatment of African Americans
Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution?
a shift from handmade products to machine-made products
The economy in the South was based on which of these?
agriculture
What did slaves most fear?
being sold away from their families
How were goods primarily transported in the South?
by river
Which conditions in Northern Europe encouraged emigration between 1845 and 1860?
war and famine
Who were the political leaders in the South in the mid-19th century?
wealthy planters
