Unit 2B: Industrial North And Agricultural South Question Preview (ID: 59112)
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The creation of what technology meant the end for overland horseback couriers like the Pony Express by October, 1861?
a) The Erie Canal
b) The Great Western Telephone Line
c) Transcontinental Telegraph Line
d) Steam ships and Clipper ships
Which group of Southerners argued for the expansion of slavery in the U.S., the Fugitive Slave Act, and even for the acquisition of Cuba by force as a slave state?
a) Single Family Farmers
b) Poor Whites
c) Religious Abolitionists
d) Wealthy Plantation Owners
What would happen to you if you were injured on the job at a textile mill in 1850 regardless of your age?
a) You would receive paid time off and health benefits.
b) You could be permanently injured and fired.
c) Your union would protect your job.
d) The government would send you money.
Most slaves in the South did what job?
a) Domestic or Housework
b) Factory Work
c) Field Work
d) Carpentry or Mechanical Work
In the North, what did workers do to fight against low wages, long hours, and dangerous working conditions?
a) Joined Abolitionists
b) Formed Unions and Went on Strike
c) Used physical violence to intimidate employers
d) Moved to rural areas to return to farming
Which technology had the greatest impact on the U.S. economy by making it easier and cheaper to transport agricultural goods to urban factories across long distances and vice versa (from factory to farm)?
a) Automobiles
b) Railroads
c) Canals
d) Pony Express
______________ invented the _____________ which caused a great expansion in slavery because it made slavery more profitable.
a) Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper
b) Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
c) John Deere invented the steel plow
d) Samuel Morse invented the Morse Code
What did the North's economy depend on?
a) Slavery
b) Industry
c) Clothing
d) War
What did the South's economy depend on?
a) Slavery
b) Industry
c) Clothing
d) War
Loyalty to a particular part of a country based on economy and slavery is known as
a) Rivalism
b) Sectionalism
c) Sophistication
d) Loyalism
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