U.S. History
Chapter 14
Review
#1
A refusal to work as a protest
against specific conditions
A:
Strike
B:
Famine
C:
Trade union
D:
Discrimination
A. Strike
#2
Severe shortage of food
A:
Planters
B:
Cottonocracy
C:
Famine
D:
Discrimination
C. Famine
#3
Policy or attitude that denies
rights to a group of people
A:
Individual
rights
B:
Nativist
C:
Discrimination
D:
Cottonocracy
C. Discrimination
#4
Why were southern planters able to
boost profits after 1793?
Workers cleaned
A: more cotton with
a cotton gin
B:
Workers planted less
C: cotton and more rice
and sugar cane
Planters moved
D: North to fertile
lands
Planters started
raising livestock
A. Workers
cleaned more
cotton with a
cotton gin
#5
Group that wanted to limit immigration
A:
C:
Trade union
Cottonocracy
B:
Nativist
D:
Planters
B. Nativist
#6
A skilled worker
A:
Planter
B:
C:
Manufacturer
D:
Artisan
Cottonocracy
B. Artisan
#7
Which worker would object
to the new railroads?
A:
C:
Farm worker
Wagon driver
B:
Clipper ship
captain
D:
Telegraph
operator
C. Wagon driver
#8
Organization of workers
A:
C:
Trade union
Strikers
B:
D:
Skilled worker
Nativists
A. Trade Union
#9
Which method did African Americans
NOT use to resist slavery?
A:
Breaking
tools
C: Becoming skilled
artisans
B:
D:
Trying to escape
to the North
Slave revolts
C. Becoming
skilled artisans
#10
Group white southerners
from wealthiest to poorest
Cottonocracy, small
A: farmers, poor whites
Small farmers,
B: Cottonocracy, poor
whites
Cottonocracy, poor
C: whites, small
farmers
Poor whites, small
D: farmers,
Cottonocracy
A. Cottonocracy,
small farmers, poor
whites
#11
Which does NOT describe factory
conditions in the 1840s?
Workers lived in
A: well-built housing
Factory owners
B: hired entire
families
Laborers worked
C: long hours for
low wages
Factories used
D: steam-powered
machines
A. Workers lived in
well-built factory
housing
#12
Why did workers form trade unions?
A:
Cooperation with
factory owners
Improvements in
C: working conditions
B:
Training for
unskilled workers
D:
An end to the
factory system
C. Improvements
in working
conditions
#13
The South’s dependence on the
North is illustrated best by _____.
North borrowed
A: money from
southern banks
Southerners
C: borrowed money
from northern banks
Northerners
B: bought good from
southern factories
Southerners
D: relied on North
factory models
C. Southerners
borrowed money
from northern
banks
#14
An Agricultural economy developed
in the South because _______.
Southerners
A: wanted to live like
royalty
Other U.S. climates
C: were not as well
suited for agriculture
Land & climate were
B: ideal for raising
crops & livestock
Planters could raise
D: crops at low costs
B. Land & climate
were ideal for raising
crops & livestock
#15
How did steam-powered machinery
change manufacturing?
Factories needed
A:
more workers
Machines were
B: more expensive to
run
Factories could
C: be built almost
anywhere
Machines produced
D: more goods at
higher cost
C. Factories could
be built almost
anywhere
#16
By the 1850s, ___ linked towns with
cities & factories & opened
new markets for Northern economy.
A:
Wagon routes
B:
C:
Clipper ships
D:
New railroads
Telegraphs
B. New
railroads
#17
What is TRUE about the
earliest American railroads?
They moved
A: slower than canal
transportation
They threw off sparks
B: that sometimes set
buildings on fire
They were safe
C:
and reliable
They had a separate
D: track for each
direction
B. They threw off
sparks that
sometimes set
buildings on fire
#18
Which statement does NOT
describe most small farmers in the South?
They rented the
A:
land they worked
They formed the
B: majority of
southerners
They owned one or
C:
two slaves
They worked
D: alongside their
slaves in the fields
A. They rented the
land they worked
#19
What victory did organized
factory workers gain in 1842?
A:
Right to strike
B:
Higher wages
C:
Training
programs
D:
8-hour workday
A. Right to
strike
#20
Describe factory conditions in the
1840s.
Mass production
A: inspired pride by
workers
Workers gained new
B: benefits, including
promotions
There was a
C: shortage of
workers
Workers suffered
D: extreme temperatures
& unsafe equipment
D. Workers suffered
from extreme
temperatures & unsafe
equipment
#21
Nat Turner resisted slavery by _____.
A: Escaping to the
North
Writing
C: antislavery
literature
B:
Leading a major
slave revolt
D: Refusing to pick
cotton
B. Leading a
major slave revolt
#22
What products did southerners buy
largely from the North?
A:
Cotton
B:
Lumber
C:
Manufactured
goods
D:
Livestock
C. Manufactured
goods
#23
Which group made up about 75% of the
white population in the South?
A:
Small farmers
B:
Poor whites
C:
Wealthy planters
D:
The
Cottonocracy
A. Small
farmers
#24
How did slavery hurt the development of
southern industry?
A: Laws banned slave
labor in factories
Slaves were
B: unwilling to operate
machinery
Slaves had no money
C: to buy manufactured
goods
Factory jobs would
D: encourage slave
revolts
C. Slaves had no
money to buy
manufactured
goods
#25
By 1860, free African Americans in the
South ______.
A: Had same rights
as poor whites
Faced harsh
C:
discrimination
Could travel
B: throughout the
South
Made up 1/3 of the
D: South’s population
C. Faced harsh
discrimination
#26
Which is TRUE about changes in
farming caused by new inventions in the
1800s?
McCormick’s reaper
A: did the work of 5
people using hand
tools
Iron plow improved
B: on lightweight steel
plow
Mechanical drill beat
C: grain from its husk
more rapidly
Farmers had to hire
D: more workers
A. McCormick’s
reaper did the work
of 5 people using
hand tools
#27
What was the primary reason for slave
codes?
A: To recognize
slave marriages
To prevent slaves
C:
from running away
To guarantee good
B: working conditions
for slaves
To prevent slaves
D: from practicing
their religion
C. To prevent
slaves from
running away
#28
Who would have said that the railroad
competition would cause them to lose
money?
A:
Western
farmers
B:
C:
Telegraph
investors
D:
Factory owners
Canal investors
D. Canal
investors
#29
Which was NOT a result of the invention
of the cotton gin?
Cotton profits
A: increased
enormously
Cotton growers built
B: more textile mills
Increased production
C: required more slaves
D:
Cotton plantations
extended to Texas
B. Cotton growers
built more textile
mills
#30
Clipper ships helped the United States
__________.
Compete with
A: British iron
steamships
Ship more cargo
B: than British
steamships
Gain a large share
C: of the world’s sea
trade
D:
Develop industry
in the South
C. Gain a large
share of the
world’s sea trade
#31
What were the experiences of free
African Americans in the South?
Slave owners forced
A: them to move to
other states
B:
They encouraged
slaves to rebel
D:
C:
They lived far
from the cities
States limited
their rights
D. States limited
their rights
#32
What was the BEST protection for
enslaved African Americans against
mistreatment?
A:
C:
Slave codes
B:
Federal laws
Owner’s needs to
D: keep slaves healthy
& productive
Slave revolts
D. Owner’s needs
to keep slaves
healthy &
productive
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