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What was the largest social group living in the South?

white yeoman farmers/workers

slaves

free African-Americans

plantation owners

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How did the cotton gin make processing cotton easier?

Seeds were easier to remove.

The selling and distribution of cotton became easier.

Picking cotton became easier and more efficient.

It made planting cotton easier and more efficient/

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What areas made up the cotton belt?

The south from the atlantic to Texas

The states and territories west of the Mississippi.

The southwest territories gained from Mexico.

The north from New York to Iowa

1

Which of the following was a segment of Southern Society?

free African-Americans

yeomen

plantation owners

slaves

1

How did the Indian Removal Act affect the expansion of slavery?

Removal of Native Americans allowed for cultivation of cotton by settlers.

Native Americans were against slavery.

Slaves were able to excape to the west with Native Americans.

Northerners wanted an area to keep slavery contained.

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What effects did states' strict codes have on enslaved African Americans' lives?

kept slaves isolated

dehumanized

encouraged family, community and religion

illiterate

1

Slave uprisings led to

increased freedom in slave states.

stricter slave codes.

increased literacy among free African Americans

strength in slave communities.

1

What span of time saw the largest increase in cotton production?

1800-1820

1820-1840

1840-1860

after 1860

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The main reason for the changes showing in the graph was

a swich from food crops to cash crops.

a decline in the number of slaves.

the invention and use of the cotton gin.

the end of the international slave trade.

1

Which statement accurately describes southern society in the mid-1800's

Most white souteherners were small farmers.

Many African Americans in the South owned land.

Few white southerners owned the land they farmed.

Very few white southerners owned slaves.

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Free African Americans in the South in the early and mid-1800s

had the same rights and freedoms as white southerners.

had few rights and freedoms.

usually had escaped from slavery.

could travel freely in their home states.

1

The most famous leader of the Underground Railroad was

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman

William Lloyd Garrison

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1

Which of these statements about the education of African Americans in the mid-1800s is not true?

Educational opportunities generally were greater in the North than in the South.

Southern African Americans benefited from the educational reforms of Horace Mann.

African American students often went to separate schools from white students

Opportunities for college were rare until black college were rare until black colleges were founded in the 1840s.

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The temperance movement, efforts at prison reform and the abolition movement were all elements of

social reforms of the mid-1800s.

the Second Great Awakening

transcendentalism

the women's rights movement

Unit 6-The South Pre-Test

Unit 6-The South Pre-Test

What was the largest social group living in the South?

How did the cotton gin make processing cotton easier?

What areas made up the cotton belt?

Which of the following was a segment of Southern Society?

How did the Indian Removal Act affect the expansion of slavery?

What effects did states' strict codes have on enslaved African Americans' lives?

Slave uprisings led to

What span of time saw the largest increase in cotton production?

The main reason for the changes showing in the graph was

Which statement accurately describes southern society in the mid-1800's

Free African Americans in the South in the early and mid-1800s

The most famous leader of the Underground Railroad was

Which of these statements about the education of African Americans in the mid-1800s is not true?

The temperance movement, efforts at prison reform and the abolition movement were all elements of

What was the largest social group living in the South?

How did the cotton gin make processing cotton easier?

What areas made up the cotton belt?

Which of the following was a segment of Southern Society?

How did the Indian Removal Act affect the expansion of slavery?

What effects did states' strict codes have on enslaved African Americans' lives?

Slave uprisings led to

What span of time saw the largest increase in cotton production?

The main reason for the changes showing in the graph was

Which statement accurately describes southern society in the mid-1800's

Free African Americans in the South in the early and mid-1800s

The most famous leader of the Underground Railroad was

Which of these statements about the education of African Americans in the mid-1800s is not true?

The temperance movement, efforts at prison reform and the abolition movement were all elements of