Monday, December 19, 2011

Some More Practice Questions for the Test



1. Which of the following was not a cash crop grown in the South?

A. Tobacco B. Rice
C. Cotton D. Wheat


2. Which of the following economic relationships is correct?

A. The North provided the West with raw materials.

B. The South provided the North with manufactured goods.

C. The West provided the North with food.

D. The South provided the North with food.



3. Explain how a plantation owner in the South was economically tied to the North.




4. Which of the following wrote a criticism of the American South?

A. Pierce Butler B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Frederick Law Olmsted D. Hugo Caberet


5. Which of the following is true about Yeomen farmers?

A. Yeomen tended to treat their slaves worse than Plantation Owners.

B. Plantation Owners would hire Yeomen to work as slave catchers.

C. Yeomen farmers made up 1% of the Southern population prior to the Civil War.

D. Yeomen farmers worked small plots of land that they owned.


6. What were two reasons that would explain why Nat Turner's Rebellion was more successful then Denmark Vessey's plot and Gabriel Prosser's Conspiracy?



7. Gabriel Prosser was inspired to lead a slave uprising after learning of the success of a slave uprising in what country?

A. Mexico B. Cuba
C. Haiti D. Brazil


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