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The Cotton Gin was invented by
a) Eli Whitney
b) Jo Anderson
c) Robert Fulton
d) Horace Mann

The Cotton Gin made harvesting cotton easier and faster. This led to...
a) an increased need for slaves
b) a decreased need for slaves
c) A decrease in cotton production
d) the end of slavery

a slave named ___?___ helped to invent the Reaper.
a) Jo Anderson
b) Peter Lombardi
c) Vinny Ascolese
d) Cyrus McCormick

The invention of the Reaper led to...
a) Increased farm production
b) decreased farm production
c) Increase in farm mechanics
d) new farm products being grown

The Steam Locomotive was improved by
a) Robert Fulton
b) Horace Mann
c) Anna Klein
d) Walter McKinley

An abolitionist believed that slaves should be
a) freed
b) paid
c) harshly punished
d) caught and returned to their owners

Harriet Tubman led hundreds of slaves to freedom via the
a) Underground Railroad
b) Underground Highway
c) Secret Railroad
d) Dohner Pass

A former slave, ____?____, wrote the North Star newspaper.
a) Frederick Douglas
b) WEB Dubois
c) Paul Newman
d) Fredrick Dickinson

William Lloyd Garrison wrote the
a) Liberator
b) Frontier
c) North Star
d) Underground Railroad

All of the following were reasons why Abolitionists thought slavery was wrong EXCEPT.
a) It was too expensive
b) It was morally wrong
c) It was cruel
d) It violated the Bill of Rights

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