TEKS Social Studies Grade 8 - 8.12.B: Explain Reasons For The Plantation System, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, & The Spread Of Slavery
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Grade 8
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- Q1Which of these best completes the diagram above?The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.More textile factories are established in the South.More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.The demand for slaves increases in the South.60s8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
- Q2Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?The invention of the steam engineThe development of the factory systemThe establishment of protective tariffsThe profitability of cash-crop agriculture60s8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
- Q3Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?A lack of protective tariffs in the American coloniesDemand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash cropsA lack of skilled labor in the American coloniesDemand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies60s8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
- Q4How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.60s8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
- Q5Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?The economic demands of the plantation systemIncreased western migrationThe construction needs of the railroadIncreased textile manufacturing60s8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics