Lesson 19- Worlds Of North And South Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 55905)


How Was Life In The North Different From Life In The South? TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

How were goods primarily transported in the South?
a) air
b) road
c) rail
d) river

Why did the South oppose laws to provide fed money for internal roads and canals?
a) They thought taxes would need to be raised.
b) They thought these improvements were dangerous.
c) They thought these improvements were unnecessary.
d) They thought these improvements would benefit the North.

Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution?
a) a conflict between factory owners in cities
b) a shift from handmade products to machine-made products
c) a change from privately owned to govt-controlled businesses
d) a decrease in immigrant labor and an increase in slave labor

The economy in the South was based on which of these?
a) mining
b) banking
c) shipbuilding
d) agriculture

How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the South?
a) Cotton mills moved to the South.
b) Cotton exports to Europe declined.
c) Cotton farmers no longer needed slaves.
d) Cotton became the South's most important crop.

Who was at the bottom of the Southern social structure in the 1800s?
a) Poor landowners
b) Illiterate workers
c) African Americans
d) Freed Slaves

The South was a great place for growing certain crops that could not grow in the North because its climate had
a) long, cold winters and short, rainy summers.
b) warm, sunny winters and stormy summers.
c) very harsh winters and comfortable summers.
d) mild winters and long, hot, humid summers.

What was the main effect of the cotton gin on slaves?
a) It made slaves' lives easier.
b) It decreased the value of slaves.
c) It ended the Atlantic slave trade.
d) It increased the demand for slaves.

Which of the following is true about most white southern families in the 1800s?
a) Most Southern families worked their own fields.
b) Most Southern families owned at least one slave.
c) Most Southern families had to rent their property.
d) all of the above

The Industrial Revolution began with a dramatic shift from...
a) slave labor to immigrant labor
b) wool clothing to cotton clothing
c) steam power to electric power
d) handmade to machine-made goods

The geography of the South supported the growing of cash crops in all of these ways except
a) it had wide, fertile coastal plains.
b) it had access to seaports to export goods
c) it had fast-moving rivers as a source of power.
d) it had plentiful rainfall and long growing seasons.

In the South, the most important product shipped by water was:
a) wheat
b) corn
c) cotton
d) rice

By 1850, which of these was the most efficient way to move goods in the North?
a) railroad
b) steamboat
c) stagecoach
d) walking

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