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chapter 12 social st
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What was the U.S. economy based on before the Industrial Revolution? select all that apply. (2) | 1. Agriculture 2. natural resources |
| 2. How did people’s work change during the first phase of industrialization in the North? | Workers specialized in smaller tasks |
| 3. How did canals and railroads benefit people in the Northeast? | Goods shipped from the West became cheaper |
| 4. What is a telegraph? | A device that used electric signals to send messages |
| 5. Which inventions most directly contributed to changing the landscape of the Midwest from prairie to farmland? Select ALL that apply. (2) | 1. Steel-tipped plow 2. mechanical reaper |
| 6. What forms of discrimination did most African Americans in the North face in the mid-1800s? Select ALL that apply. (2) | They could not attend public schools and could not go to good hospitals. They faced segregation and were also not allowed to vote. |
| 7. How were the roles of middle-class men and women divided in the mid-1800s? | Men would go to the workplace while women were staying at home. |
| 8. How did industrialization contribute to the growth of Northern cities in the early 1800s? | People moved to the cities to work in factories. |
| 9. What was the main reason Irish people immigrated to the United States between 1840 and 1860? | Famine |
| 10. Where did most immigrants to the United States come from between 1840 and 1860? Select ALL that apply. (3) | 1.Ireland, 2. Germany, and 3. Great Britain |
| 11. How did the cotton gin influence cotton production in the South? | It encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton across a much wider area of the deep South |
| 12. Which states were major cotton producers by 1860? | Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisana, and Texas. |
| 13. What effect did the change in cotton production have on slavery? Select ALL that apply. (3) | 1. Demand for more slaves 2. It made the Upper South a center for trading enslaved people 3. It expanded slavery across a larger area of the South |
| 14. What is one reason industry developed slowly in the South? | people in the South chose to invest in profitable agriculture--including enslaved Africans |
| 15. What was the primary way planters and manufacturers in the South transported their goods? | Natural waterways |
| 16. What was a yeoman? | A farmer who owns a small farm |
| 17. Enslaved African Americans made up approximately what percentage of the Southern population? | 32% |
| 18. What did the slave codes prohibit enslaved people from doing? Select ALL that apply. (3) | 1. They prohibited them from gathering in large groups 2. They couldn't leave the slaveholder's property without a pass 3. They could not learn to read or write |
| 19. How did enslaved people try to resist slavery? Select ALL that apply. (4) | 1. Some considered revolt 2. Some worked slowly 3. They broke equipment 4. Attempted to run away |
| 20. What were free African Americans in the North allowed to do that free African Americans in the South were not? | they could move free from state to state |
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