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Topic 7 Test

Quiz by Mike Smith

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  • Q1
    Which was the main cause of the increase in the number and the size of cities in the United States?
    A. rising birth rates
    C. rising immigration
    B. the spread of factories
    D. a desire for cultural opportunities
    30s
  • Q2
    Why did skilled workers have more success at forming unions than other workers?
    C. They were harder to replace.
    A. They were more respected.
    D. They were supported by the government.
    B. They did not threaten to strike.
    30s
  • Q3
    One result of the invention of the cotton gin was
    D. an increase in the demand for slave labor.
    B. better-quality cotton.
    C. a decrease in the number of enslaved workers needed.
    A. higher prices for cotton.
    30s
  • Q4
    What was the main reason that there were 20 times as many enslaved African Americans in the South as in the North by 1800?
    A. The North had been gradually freeing enslaved African Americans for many years.
    C. The Second Great Awakening had less effect on the South.
    B. The southern economy depended heavily on slave labor.
    D. Southerners had purchased most of the North's enslaved African Americans.
    30s
  • Q5
    How did the Second Great Awakening lead to changes in areas such as education and care of the disabled?
    B. Many people began working to improve society.
    C. American society became more religious.
    D. Many people chose to give up drinking.
    A. Many people refused to work on Sundays.
    30s
  • Q6
    How did the Hudson River School artists reflect their love for their country?
    B. They portrayed magnificent American landscapes.
    A. They portrayed hard-working country people.
    D. They rebelled against European art styles.
    C. They reflected democratic values.
    30s
  • Q7
    What does Walt Whitman's poetry celebrate?
    C. the simple pleasures of ordinary life
    D. democracy and the common people
    A. the joys of rugged individualism
    B. the accomplishments of women
    30s
  • Q8
    What made American music in the 1800s "American"?
    B. It was about life in America.
    D. It was, like the country itself, an old idea made new.
    C. It mixed the different musical traditions of Americans.
    A. It was about freedom and democracy.
    30s
  • Q9
    What do Mohandas Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau have in common?
    A. They were both transcendentalists.
    B. They both celebrated living a solitary life.
    D. They both believed in civil disobedience.
    C. They both opposed British rule.
    30s
  • Q10
    In what way did education in America change between 1800 and the 1850s?
    A. Most states set up free elementary schools.
    D. Most southern states set up free elementary schools for white children.
    B. Teachers were required to pass a licensing exam.
    C. Most northern states set up free elementary schools.
    30s
  • Q11
    How did Frederick Douglass defy the laws on slavery?
    D. He worked to end slavery.
    A. He escaped slavery.
    B. He learned to read.
    C. He spoke out against slavery.
    30s
  • Q12
    The Underground Railroad was an example of
    A. improvements in transportation.
    C. social reform.
    B. the cruelty of slavery.
    D. civil disobedience.
    30s
  • Q13
    Why did the South not develop a more robust manufacturing base?
    A. The South had a shortage of factory workers.
    D. Southern investors were more interested in land than industry.
    B. Farming required few manufactured tools or machines.
    C. Southern agriculture was more profitable than manufacturing.
    30s
  • Q14
    How were most southern whites connected to the plantation system?
    B. Most were connected to plantations because they rented land from them.
    D. Most southern whites owned large plantations.
    C. Most southern whites worked for planters.
    A. Most had little direct connection because they owned small farms.
    30s
  • Q15
    What protected slaves from the worst forms of abuse?
    A. Slave codes prohibited it.
    B. Slaves were considered to be valuable property.
    C. Owners were fearful of slave rebellions.
    D. Owners feared punishment from local authorities.
    30s

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