Chapter 14 North And South Review Question Preview (ID: 35646)
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Southern states passed slave codes to
a) prevent slave owners from separating slave families.
b) encourage slaves to read and write.
c) discourage slaves from either running away or rebelling.
d) ensure slaves were afforded safe living conditions.
How did the introduction of the cotton gin affect workers in the South?
a) Workers were paid higher wages.
b) It led to a growth in slavery.
c) Many workers moved to the North for work.
d) Women were paid the same wages as men.
How did new transportation methods help businesses grow in the mid-1800s?
a) Raw materials and factory goods could be transported more cheaply and quickly.
b) Factories could only be built in the Northeast.
c) Owners did not need to go to their factories.
d) Workers could only use steamships to get to their factories.
Why did nearly 1.5 million Irish flee to the United States between 1845 and 1860?
a) high unemployment
b) war between Britain and Ireland
c) devastating flooding
d) severe famine and disease
Workers began to organize because of
a) low wages and poor working conditions.
b) higher pay but longer hours.
c) new educational opportunities.
d) military assistance from the government.
Most enslaved African Americans worked
a) as field hands on cotton plantations.
b) at skilled jobs such as carpentry.
c) as house servants.
d) in small factories.
In the South, the small group that had the most influence was made up of
a) poor whites
b) planters
c) factory owners
d) free African Americans
Prior to the 1840s, a majority of the immigrants from Europe were
a) Jewish
b) Muslims
c) Catholics
d) Protestants
By the late 1840s, many of the workers in northern factories were
a) people who moved from the South.
b) immigrants from Ireland and Germany.
c) African American slaves.
d) cotton planters.
The largest group of southern whites was
a) planters
b) small farmers
c) factory workers
d) slave owners
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