Question 1

The modern era is being born; it is the ___, and America is racing to catch up.

a. American Revolution
b. New Age
c. Modern Era
d. Industrial Revolution

Question 2
The ___ is being built. This is the biggest construction project in 4,000 years and
will link the Atlantic Ocean to the middle of America.
a. Early Cannal
b. Panama Canal
c. Continental Railroad
d. Erie Canal

Question 3
This canal will turn American into a global ___.
a. economic powerhouse
b. market powerhouse

Question 4
True or False-Much of the work on the Erie Canal was done by immigrants who
could earn 10 times the money than at home.
True
False
Question 5
The canal opened in _ and led to an economic boom.

The canal opened in 1825 and led to an economic boom.

Question 6
True or False-It took an entire day to process or clean one pound of cotton.
True
False
Question 7
The ___ sped up this process. One man could process fifty times more.
a. steam mill
b. sewing maching
c. cotton gin

Question 8
By 1850, more millionaires lived in Natchez, _ than anywhere on earth.

By 1850, more millionaires lived in Natchez, Mississippi than anywhere on

earth.

Question 9
True or False-The South was thriving but was dependent on slavery, and slavery
had been abolished in Great Britain twenty years before.
True
False

Question 10
Before the cotton gin, a slave was worth $300 dollars. After the invention of the
cotton gin, a slaves worth increased to $___________.

a. 2,000
b. 20,000
c. 2,200
d. 200

Question 11
Now, cotton and slavery spreads _.

Now, cotton and slavery spreads west .

Question 12
In the North, the power loom made ___, and the modern factory was born.
a. engines
b. blankets
c. fabric .

Question 13
True or False-Eighty-five percent of the mill workers were married women
between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years old.
True
False

Question 14
True or False-These workers made $2 dollars a WEEK and worked 12 hours a
DAY.
True
False

Question 15
_ oil was the main way to light homes and factories at night.
Whale oil was the main way to light homes and factories at night.

Question 16
True or False-Whaling became a major industry in the South, and many
freedmen and escaped slaves worked in this industry.
True
False

Question 17
In the first half of the nineteenth century, over _ slaves were sold at auction. Men
cost $_ , women $800 and children $_.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, over half a million slaves were sold at
auction. Men cost $ 1,000 , women $800 and children $ 500 .

Question 18
True or False-A runway slave could face the punishment of branding.
True
False

Question 19
____ was a runaway slave that could read and write and the best known African
American in America.
a. John Brown
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. Frederick Douglass .
d. Harriet Tubman

Question 20
The best hope for escaped slaves was the _ and the tireless efforts of _ an
escaped slave herself.

The best hope for escaped slaves was the Underground Railroad and the
tireless efforts of Harriet Tubman an escaped slave herself.

Question 21
The issue of slavery was a political, economic and _ issue.

The issue of slavery was a political, economic and moral issue.

Question 22
True or False-The Fugitive Slave Law allowed a runaway slave in the North to be
returned to slavery in the South, and even a free person could be sold into
slavery.
True .
False

Question 23
___ became the most popular book of the century after the Bible.
a. Underground Travelers
b. Harriet Tubman's autobiography
c. Uncle Tom's Cabin
d. Uncle John's Cabin

Question 24
The issue of _ became an burning issue in that day.

The issue of slavery became an burning issue in that day.

Question 25
___ believed that God had chosen him to end slavery.
 a. John Brown
b. John Douglass
c. Joseph Smith
d. Harriet Tubman

Question 26
True or False-John Brown's plan was to steal weapons, arm slaves and lead a
slave rebellion.
True
False

Question 27
True or False-John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA was
successful.
True
False

Question 28
In 1860, ___ was the Republican Partys nomination for President.
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. George Washington
c. James Buchanan
d. Jefferson Davis

Question 29
The South believed that Lincoln would _ slavery.

The South believed that Lincoln would abolish slavery.

Question 30
True or False-After Lincoln was elected President, eleven southern states
seceded from the Union.
True
False

Question 31
Instead of ending slavery, Lincolns principle objective at the beginning of the
Civil War was to _ the Union.

Instead of ending slavery, Lincolns principle objective at the beginning of the

Civil War was to save the Union.

Question 32
True or False-Under Lincolns plan, states that had slaves could keep their
slaves.
True
False
Question 33
True or False-The American Civil War will be the deadliest war in American
History, and more lives will be lost than all of Americas other wars put together.
True
False