Chapter 14 - North and South

Who invented the telegraph and Morse Code?

• Samuel Morse

• Alfred Vail

• Cyrus McCormick

• Sarah Bagley

Where was most of America's industry (factories) located in the 1800s?

• North

• South

• along the entire east coast

• West

Improved transportation led to

• more people moving to the cities and to the west
• less industrial production
• higher taxes on the middle class
• higher export taxes

A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

• prejudice
• discrimination
• racism
• segregation

Why did factory owners hire children?

• to keep costs down
• to be mean
• they only hired children who got kicked out of school
• they worked harder than the adults

How were free blacks treated in the North?

• they faced prejudice and discrimination
• they were treated equally
• they were captured and sold into slavery
• they were treated fairly most of the time

Which statement is TRUE of early factories?

• they were dirty, loud, and dangerous
• they were great places to work
• most were found in the west and south
• many laws were passed to help and protect workers 

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rapid growth of cities?

• an increase in farm production
• immigration
• an increase in trade
• an increase in factory output

Slave codes are BEST described as

• state laws in the South to control slaves
• laws which allow slaves to buy their freedom
• laws that give slaves more freedom
• a way for slaves to secretly communicate

Who were the most powerful people in Southern society?

• plantation owners
• factory owners
• yeoman farmers
• inventors and innovators