Chapter 13 Test

Chapter 13 Test
Name: _______________________________
Date: ______________
Multiple Choice: Circle your choice (2 point each).
1. Who invented the cotton gin?
a. Elias Howe
b. Robert Fulton
c. Eli Whitney
d. Peter Cooper
2. What transformed transportation in the North and made shipping faster and
cheaper?
a. Wagons
b. Railroads
c. Sailboats
d. Barges
3. A worker could clean ______ times more cotton a day with the cotton gin than by
hand.
a. 20
b. 30
c. 40
d. 50
4. What was one of the crops of the Upper South?
a. Cotton
b. Rice
c. Sugarcane
d. Wheat
5. What was Cyrus McCormick’s agricultural invention?
a. Plow
b. Goad
c. Sickle
d. Reaper
6. Why were factory working conditions unpleasant in the 1800s?
a. Owners did not care about their workers.
b. There were no laws to protect the workers.
c. Workers were not used to working with machines.
d. Factories had not existed before so there was no precedent.
7. Factory owners were more concerned about ________ than workers comfort and
safety.
a. Profit
b. Management
c. Productivity
d. Time
8. Slavery largely disappeared in the North by the 1830s, but African Americans still
struggled to find equality. What remained that kept many African Americans from
equality?
a. Money
b. Prejudice
c. Jobs
d. Trade unions
9. Who were people opposed to immigration?
a. Transcendentalists
b. Yeoman
c. Whigs
d. Nativists
10. What was used to transport goods in the South?
a. Canals
b. Railroads
c. Roads
d. Waterways
Fill in the Blank (2 point each).
11. The North turned away from ______________________ and turned towards
___________________.
12. The railroad network ____________________ between 1840 and 1860, mostly in
the North and Midwest areas.
13. The Southern economy was largely based on ___________________.
Short Answer: Remember to write in complete sentences (4 points each).
14. What did enslaved people use to try and escape slavery?
15. What was the impact of the creation of the cotton gin?
16. What was one of the three things the Know-Nothing party called for?
17. What were slave codes? Why were they created? What is one example of a slave
code?
18. Why were the majority of immigrants in the 1800s from Ireland?
19. What were the three inventions that changed farming methods and encouraged
settlers to cultivate larger areas of the Midwest in the 1800s?
20. Describe Nat Turner’s Rebellion. What did his rebellion lead to? Why is this
rebellion important?
Answer questions 21 and 22 using the following map:
21. Looking at the map above, name two states where cotton was grown.
22. In what part of the United States were the majority of textile factories located?
Answer questions 23 and 24 using the following political cartoon:
The sign to the left of Uncle Sam reads: "Free education, free land, free speech, free ballot, free
lunch." The sign near the center of the image reads: "No oppressive taxes, no expensive kings, no
compulsory military service, no knouts or dungeons."
23. The cartoon is not showing what the actual immigration policy was in 1880, but
only what Americans thought it was. How might an American feel about this long
line of immigrants being promised all of these benefits?
24. Do you think this cartoon is in favor of immigration, or against it? What reason
might the artist give to support this view?
Essay Questions: Answer in complete sentences (10 points each).
25. What were the three phases of industrialization? Describe each step and explain
how this this lead to products being made more quickly than before.
26. Why did some Southern farmers rely on slaves to work on plantations? What led
to an increased demand for labor? Explain why slavery was prevalent in the South
and not in the North.
27. What were the differences between the Northern and Southern economies?
Provide two of these differences and explain how it contributed to the coming of
the Civil War.
Chapter 13 Post-Test Key
Name: _______________________________
Date: ______________
Multiple Choice: Circle your choice (2 point each).
1. Who invented the cotton gin?
a. Elias Howe
b. Robert Fulton
c. Eli Whitney
d. Peter Cooper
2. What transformed transportation in the North and made shipping faster and
cheaper?
a. Wagons
b. Railroads
c. Sailboats
d. Barges
3. A worker could clean ______ times more cotton a day with the cotton gin than by
hand.
a. 20
b. 30
c. 40
d. 50
4. What was one of the crops of the Upper South?
a. Cotton
b. Rice
c. Sugarcane
d. Wheat
5. What was Cyrus McCormick’s agricultural invention?
a. Plow
b. Goad
c. Sickle
d. Reaper
6. Why were factory working conditions unpleasant in the 1800s?
a. Owners did not care about their workers.
b. There were no laws to protect the workers.
c. Workers were not used to working with machines.
d. Factories had not existed before so there was no precedent.
7. Factory owners were more concerned about ________ than workers comfort and
safety.
a. Profit
b. Management
c. Productivity
d. Time
8. Slavery largely disappeared in the North by the 1830s, but African Americans still
struggled to find equality. What remained that kept many African Americans from
equality?
a. Money
b. Prejudice
c. Jobs
d. Trade unions
9. Who were people opposed to immigration?
a. Transcendentalists
b. Yeoman
c. Whigs
d. Nativists
10. What was used to transport goods in the South?
a. Canals
b. Railroads
c. Roads
d. Waterways
Fill in the Blank (2 point each).
11. The North turned away from ____Agriculture____________ and turned towards
_______Manufacturing______.
12. The railroad network ______grew/rose/increased__ between 1840 and 1860,
mostly in the North and Midwest areas.
13. The Southern economy was largely based on ___agriculture__.
Short Answer: Remember to write in complete sentences (4 points each).
14. What did enslaved people use to try and escape slavery?
Underground Railroad
15. What was the impact of the creation of the cotton gin?
Could process cotton faster, plant more cotton, need more slaves in order to
harvest the cotton.
16. What was one of the three things the Know-Nothing party called for?
Stricter citizenship laws, extend immigrants waiting period for citizenship from 521 years, ban foreign born citizens from holding office
17. What were slave codes? Why were they created? What is one example of a slave
code?
Slave codes were laws that controlled enslaved people. They were created to
prevent a slave rebellion. An example is: was illegal to teach slaves to read or
write, couldn't gather in large groups, slaves had to have a pass to leave the
master’s property.
18. Why were the majority of immigrants in the 1800s from Ireland?
There was a potato famine that killed a million people.
19. What were the three inventions that changed farming methods and encouraged
settlers to cultivate larger areas of the Midwest in the 1800s?
Reaper, steel tipped plow, thresher
20. Describe Nat Turner’s Rebellion. What did his rebellion lead to? Why is this
rebellion important?
Slave rebellion that took place in Southhampton County, Virginia. He and
followers killed his slaveholder’s family and then went farm-to-farm killing all whites.
They killed at least 55 whites. Led to stricter slave codes, whites were worried about
armed slave rebellions.
Answer questions 21 and 22 using the following map:
21. Looking at the map above, name two states where cotton was grown.
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina
22. In what part of the United States were the majority of textile factories located?
North East
Answer questions 23 and 24 using the following political cartoon:
The sign to the left of Uncle Sam reads: "Free education, free land, free speech, free ballot, free
lunch." The sign near the center of the image reads: "No oppressive taxes, no expensive kings, no
compulsory military service, no knouts or dungeons."
23. The cartoon is not showing what the actual immigration policy was in 1880, but
only what Americans thought it was. How might an American feel about this long
line of immigrants being promised all of these benefits?
Various answers. Example: Not like it because immigrants were taking jobs and
benefits away from natural born US citizens.
24. Do you think this cartoon is in favor of immigration, or against it? What reason
might the artist give to support this view?
Various answers. Example: Against because it is welcoming many immigrants
and promising benefits to immigrants.
Essay Questions: Answer in complete sentences (10 points each).
25. What were the three phases of industrialization? Describe each step and explain
how this this lead to products being made more quickly than before.
1. Manufacturers made products by dividing the tasks involved among the workers.
2. Manufacturers built factories to bring specialized workers together.
3. Factory workers used machinery to perform some of their work.
Led to products being made quicker ! machines make work faster, dividing tasks
completes parts of projects quicker, factories lead to new jobs and the entire product
being made in one place.
26. Why did some Southern farmers rely on slaves to work on plantations? What led
to an increased demand for labor? Explain why slavery was prevalent in the South
and not in the North.
Large plantations needed workers. An increased demand for labor was due to the cotton
gin. Slavery was prevalent in the South because of agriculture. It was not in the North
because they relied on manufacturing.
27. What were the differences between the Northern and Southern economies?
Provide two of these differences and explain how it contributed to the coming of
the Civil War.
Differences:
North
Industrial
Immigrants
Slavery largely disappeared
Roads, Canals, Railroads
built for transportation and shipping
South
Agricultural
Industry develops slowly
Slaves/slavery
Natural waterways
for shipping
Less railroads than the North
Contribution:
North was industrial – could transition into making products necessary for war
North had more railroads – could ship items quicker and anywhere the railroad
lines went