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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
Social Studies
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

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  • Q1
    Which of these best completes the diagram above?
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    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.
    60s
    8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
  • Q2
    Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?
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    The invention of the steam engine
    The development of the factory system
    The establishment of protective tariffs
    The profitability of cash-crop agriculture
    60s
    8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
  • Q3
    Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?
    A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies
    Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops
    A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies
    Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies
    60s
    8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
  • Q4
    How 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.
    60s
    8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
  • Q5
    Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?
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    The economic demands of the plantation system
    Increased western migration
    The construction needs of the railroad
    Increased textile manufacturing
    60s
    8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics

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