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U.S. History Quiz (1924)
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1
The invention of the cotton gin made cotton the great export commodity of the South after 1800.
True
False
2
By 1825, most of the world's supply of raw cotton came from the South.
True
False
3
On most plantations slaves were treated harshly.
True
False
4
The small numbers of plantation owners in the South made the South very undemocratic.
True
False
5
Low prices for cotton and high costs of production were gradually bringing the South to the point of economic ruin.
True
False
6
Wealth accumulated rapidly in the South due to their great exports of raw cotton.
True
False
7
The South favored a protective tariff for their cotton.
True
False
8
The small farm section in the Northwest prevented the growth of a landed aristocracy.
True
False
9
The South became dependant on the Northwest for foodstuffs and thus contributed to the development of this section.
True
False
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The East was the last section of the country to adopt methods of scientific farming.
True
False
11
Before 1830 most farming was done by using hand tools.
True
False
12
Iron plows were slow to be adpoted because many farmers believed that iron in the plow poisoned the soil.
True
False
13
The McCormick reaper was not generally used until after the Civil War.
True
False
14
Farm machinery could not accomplish much more than a main doing the same work by hand.
True
False
15
Machinery made farming a profitable endeavor.
True
False
16
As the South became more economically distressed, the Northwest became more economically indepedent.
True
False
17
Prosperity in this country brought thousands of immigrants here from strife ridden Europe.
True
False
18
The majority of these immigrants settled in the East or went to the farm lands in the West.
True
False
19
The Irish were for the most part settled on the farmlands of the West.
True
False
20
Up to 1800 most of our manufactured goods were imported from Europe.
True
False
21
The embargo and the War of 1812 marked the real beginnings of American manufactures.
True
False
22
The first cotton mlll started in Pawtucket, R.I. in 1790.
True
False
23
British "dumping" of goods and high imports led to the principle of tariff protection and the tarrif of 1816.
True
False
24
Such a policy was strongly opposed by the Democrats of the time.
True
False
25
The sewing machine was invented in 1846.
True
False
26
The high cost of machinery made cotton cloth very expensive.
True
False
27
Pennsylvania became the center of a growing iron industry.
True
False
28
The factory system led to an increase in the employment of women and children in large numbers.
True
False
29
While labor conditions were bad here they were much better than in England.
True
False
30
Factory wages ranged from $10. to $15. per week.
True
False
31
Board and room could be had for $1.25 per week.
True
False
32
Hours of work were usually from dawn to dusk.
True
False
33
New Harmony was the name given to the invention of the harmonica.
True
False
34
Trade unions began in this early period.
True
False
35
Efforts were made in Mass. to improve working conditions.
True
False
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