9.1 TEKS Check

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Catherine Chesser
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What condition did both slaves and free blacks experience during the Antebellum period?
Both groups were allowed to testify in court
Both groups were able to vote in elections
Both groups were forced to pay taxes
Both groups were denied citizenship rights
Answer explanation
During the Antebellum (before the Civil War) period, both enslaved and free blacks were denied citizenship due to Dred Scott v. Sandford.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?
Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law
Unlike freedmen, slaves were welcome in the goldmines of California
Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C. slave markets
Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession
Answer explanation
The Compromise of 1850 had a significant effect on escaped slaves and freedmen by making it illegal to assist them in their escape. It also allowed for the return of escaped slaves to their owners in the South, and it strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed for the capture and return of escaped slaves. It futher banned the sale of slaves in Washington, D.C.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?
The Republican party lost influence in the federal legislature
The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts
Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased
Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories
Answer explanation
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 had a number of effects, but one of the most significant was that it made it much easier for slave owners to reclaim their escaped slaves. The law allowed slave owners to pursue their escaped slaves into free states and territories, angering Northerners who had banned slavery in their states.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?
Slaves from the Upper South were moved to the Lower South to work on cotton plantations
The Upper South expereinced an agricultural labor shortage in the Antebellum period
Slaves were transferred from the Lower South to the Upper South to work in newly built factories.
The Lower South lost population as settlers migrated west to establish new plantations
Answer explanation
Delaware and Maryland, the Upper South, were not geographically capable of growing cotton, so many slaves were sold for profit to the Lower South.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
These data could be used to support which conclusion?
Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods
States in the lower south had more land devoted to plantations
Border states had to import needed raw materials
States in the Upper South were heavily industrialized
6.
LABELLING QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which outcome best completes the diagram?
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown on the table?
The South had an economy that relied on wage labor
The South had an economy that relied on cotton
The South had a variety of natural resources
The South had an abundance of large cities
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