PL: Sectionalism and the Road to the Civil War

What were the unexpected consequences of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin?

• The demand and price of slaves increased

• Expansion of cotton production which required more slaves

• England declared war on American manufacturing

• More land is purchased to grow cotton in the South and Southwest

• Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin patent is ignored and many imitation gins are made using his design.

The economy of the north was based on ___________.

• manufacturing
• agriculture
• capitalism
• tourism

The economy of the south was based on _________.

• manufacturing
• agriculture
• tourism
• trade

Which is TRUE regarding the cotton gin?

• It made more people see and admit the evils of slavery
• It caused demand for slaves to drastically increase
  
• It made cotton easier to plant
• It was invented by James Monroe

What Kentucky legislator earned the nickname "The Great Compromiser" for drafting the Missouri Compromise?

• James Monroe
• Daniel Webster
• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun

What was the name of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book?

• Harry Potter

• A Day in the Life of a Slave

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Harriet Tubman's Adventure

Abolitionists wanted to 

• have more slaves.
• stop slavery.

What was the major cash crop of the South?

• corn
• tobacco
• cotton
• rice

The Fugitive Slave Law allowed slave owners to

• sell slaves to the west
• sell slaves in the north
• capture escaped slaves in the north
• sell their slaves

In the Dredd Scott case the supreme court ruled that Mr. Scott, a former slave

• Dredd Scott was not a Citizen and had no rights

• Dredd Scott was free