Growth of the South

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which phrase best completes the graphic organizer?
decreased the need for slaves
encouraged farmers to move west
made growing cotton less profitable
increased productivity of cotton farming
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which phrase best completes the diagram?
increase in use of slave labor
end of plantation lifestyle
industrialization of the South
decrease in cotton production
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why were cotton-producing states located in the South?
The South had a warm climate.
The South had many yeoman farmers.
The South fought for states' rights.
The South had a lot of textile factories.
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why did Memphis become a center for the cotton industry and the slave trade? (Choose 2)
Plantation owners in East Tennessee produced cotton without having to use a cotton gin.
Memphis was located on the Mississippi River.
Yeoman farmers in Middle Tennessee produced a lot of cotton.
Memphis had a large textile manufacturing industry.
West Tennessee was the richest cotton-producing region in the state.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why did white planters dominate and control Southern society?
They worked their own land which was valued in a rural society.
They worked other people’s land and were more numerous than other groups.
They owned the most agricultural property and slaves.
They controlled the large manufacturing industries in the South.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How did this change in law affect Southern plantation owners?
It reduced the profitability of the plantation system.
It increased the value of the plantation owners’ slaves.
It decreased the use of slave labor.
It encouraged the development of less labor-intensive crops.
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why did political divisions over slavery increase in the early 1800s? (Choose 3)
Southerners supported elected representatives who fought for states’ rights.
Industrialization increased in the North and slavery decreased.
Northerners supported elected representatives who fought to prevent the spread of slavery in the West.
Abolitionists fought to increase slavery in the North.
Industrialization increased in the South and enslaved people were used in the factories.
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