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