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Agricultural Changes In The South
Test Description: Review for Chapter 14 Test
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1) A machine used to separate cotton seeds from their fibers.
A
textile mill
B
fiber gin
C
Eli Whitney
D
cotton gin
2) A plantation owner who owned 20 or more slaves.
A
driver
B
overseer
C
planter
D
yeomen
3) A region of land stretching from Texas to Maryland where most cotton is grown.
A
crop belt
B
slave belt
C
coastal plain
D
cotton belt
4) Who invented the cotton gin?
A
Benjamin Franklin
B
Eli Whitney
C
Samuel Slater
D
Francis Lowell
5) What is an overseer?
A
A slave whose job it is to keep other slaves in line.
B
The owner of a plantation.
C
A white man hired by a plantation owner to make sure the slaved are doing what they are supposed to do.
D
An accountant whose job it is to make sure all finances are handled properly.
6) What is a driver?
A
A slave whose job it is to drive the plantation owner wherever he needs to go.
B
A slave whose job it is to keep other slaves in line.
C
A person whose job it is to drive the oxen and horses in the fields with a plow.
D
A white man who has been hired to keep the slaves in line.
7) Who was Nat Turner?
A
An escaped slave who returned to his owner's plantation and began a rebellion killing almost 100 white people.
B
A slave who started a rebellion that killed over 60 white people. He was caught and hung.
C
The inventor of the cotton gin.
D
An escaped slave who led a rebellion to steal weapons from the government and use them to attack slave owners.
8) Where did Northerners get their information about slavery.
A
books
B
newspapers
C
All of the answers
D
From escaped slaves
9) What is the domestic slave trade?
A
the breeding and selling of slaves in the United States
B
None of the answers are correct
C
the importation and selling of slaves in the United States
D
the selling and shipping of slaves from the United States to other countries
10) Which of the following is not an example of cash crops?
A
tobacco
B
corn
C
indigo
D
rice
11) With the invention of the cotton gin, what happened to slavery?
A
It decreased
B
None of the answers are correct
C
It stayed the same
D
It increased
12) What state led the United States in sugarcane production in the mid-1800s?
A
Texas
B
Florida
C
Louisiana
D
Mississippi
13) Who was the South's biggest foreign trade partner?
A
the United States
B
France
C
Canada
D
England
14) What percentage of Southern families actually owned slaves?
A
About 25%
B
About 33%
C
Almost 100%
D
About 50%
15) Many states in the South passed these laws to control slaves.
A
slave laws
B
Discrimination Act of 1821
C
None of the answers is correct
D
slave codes
16) Slaves were viewed as _____.
A
all of the above
B
a sign of wealth
C
property
D
inferior
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