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8th Social Studies Fletcher Ch 13

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  • Q1
    This man invented the sewing machine:
    Samuel Morse
    Elias Howe
    Robert Fulton
    30s
  • Q2
    Workers formed these organizations with other workers of the same skills:
    strikes
    trade unions
    famines
    30s
  • Q3
    Famine caused people from this country to migrate to the US:
    Scotland
    Great Britain
    IReland
    30s
  • Q4
    This shortage would cause devastating consequences for the South during the Civil War:
    railroads
    rivers
    canals
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of the following is FALSE about the yeomen?
    grew crops for their own use
    sold or traded their produce to local merchants
    largest group of whites in the North
    30s
  • Q6
    Which statement is INCORRECT about the duties of the plantation owner's wife?
    watching over the enslaved workers in the field
    served as an accountant
    managing fruit and vegetable gardens
    30s
  • Q7
    Who led a group of enslaved African Americans in rebellion against their masters in 1831?
    Daniel Christian
    Fredrick Douglass
    Nat Turner
    30s
  • Q8
    Workers staged these to put pressure on employers:
    lockouts
    trade unions
    strikes
    30s
  • Q9
    This had transformed the stagnant economy of the South into a prosperous, robust economy:
    sugar cane
    cotton
    tobacco
    30s
  • Q10
    This made it a crime to teach enslaved people how to read and write:
    overseers
    slave codes
    spirituals
    30s
  • Q11
    In the 1840s these were the pride of the open seas:
    iron-clad ships
    steam-powered boats
    clipper ships
    30s
  • Q12
    An invention that prompted the start of dozens of new newspapers:
    steam cylinder rotary press
    cotton press
    telegraph
    30s
  • Q13
    This kept the price of cotton high in the years before 1860:
    demand in Great Britain
    cotton gin
    slavery
    30s
  • Q14
    This became a center for the sale and transport of enslaved people throughout the South:
    deep south
    upper south
    south carolina
    30s
  • Q15
    The main goal of a large plantation owner was to:
    enslave people
    earn profit
    produce more cotton
    30s

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