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Chapter 14 North And South Review
Test Description: 8th Grade
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Southern states passed slave codes to
A
prevent slave owners from separating slave families.
B
discourage slaves from either running away or rebelling.
C
ensure slaves were afforded safe living conditions.
D
encourage slaves to read and write.
2) How did the introduction of the cotton gin affect workers in the South?
A
Workers were paid higher wages.
B
Women were paid the same wages as men.
C
It led to a growth in slavery.
D
Many workers moved to the North for work.
3) How did new transportation methods help businesses grow in the mid-1800s?
A
Factories could only be built in the Northeast.
B
Raw materials and factory goods could be transported more cheaply and quickly.
C
Workers could only use steamships to get to their factories.
D
Owners did not need to go to their factories.
4) Why did nearly 1.5 million Irish flee to the United States between 1845 and 1860?
A
high unemployment
B
devastating flooding
C
severe famine and disease
D
war between Britain and Ireland
5) Workers began to organize because of
A
new educational opportunities.
B
low wages and poor working conditions.
C
higher pay but longer hours.
D
military assistance from the government.
6) Most enslaved African Americans worked
A
as house servants.
B
at skilled jobs such as carpentry.
C
in small factories.
D
as field hands on cotton plantations.
7) In the South, the small group that had the most influence was made up of
A
factory owners
B
planters
C
poor whites
D
free African Americans
8) Prior to the 1840s, a majority of the immigrants from Europe were
A
Jewish
B
Protestants
C
Muslims
D
Catholics
9) By the late 1840s, many of the workers in northern factories were
A
immigrants from Ireland and Germany.
B
people who moved from the South.
C
cotton planters.
D
African American slaves.
10) The largest group of southern whites was
A
factory workers
B
planters
C
slave owners
D
small farmers
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