The Economic Impact of Slavery

Question 1

How did the assembly-line process used in factories change the nature of work?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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Factories required many workers.; Factory owners hired unskilled laborers.

Question 2

Which of these words best describes Mrs. Flint as she’s described in this passage?

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cold-hearted

Question 3

Choose the right word to complete each sentence.The cotton gin the demand for cotton.The growth of the cotton industry the demand for enslaved laborers.

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increased

Question 4

What does this image say about cotton?

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Cotton ruled the Southern economy.

Question 5

What was the goal of Virginia’s harsher restrictions?

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to keep enslaved people from rebelling like Nat Turner

Question 6

How did corporations help spread industrialization in the North?

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They allowed investors to build factories that hired many workers and used new technologies.

Question 7

How did Harriet Tubman fight back against the oppression of slavery?

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Tubman helped enslaved people flee the South and advocated for abolition.

Question 8

Reread the passage, then answer the question.Based on this description, Mrs. Flint does of the work in the house.

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none

Question 9

Why does Mrs. Flint spit in the kettles and pans used for cooking?

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to keep the enslaved women and children from eating the leftovers

Question 10

What were the enslaved people allowed to eat?

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only what Mrs. Flint gave them

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