7th Grade Review Quiz

Question 1

Who invented the cottin gin?

Answer 1

Eli Whitney

Question 2

What year did Eli Whitney invent the Cotton Gin?

Answer 2

1793

Question 3

Fill in the blank:

Upland cotton could now ________________________________________.

Answer 3

be profitably grown all across the South

Question 4

Fill in the blanks:

Slaves were now ___________________. __________ more were imported.

Answer 4

in greater demand, Millions

Question 5

Fill in the blank:

Southern agriculture became _________________________.

Answer 5

dependent on King Cotton

Question 6

Fill in the blanks:

Southerners came to view slavery __________________________ and they strongly __________ it.

Answer 6

as an economic necessity, defended

Question 7

What was the name given to people who wanted an end to slavery?

Answer 7

abolitionists

Question 8

Provide the definition of the term:

Underground Railroad

Answer 8

the network of people who arranged transportation and hiding places for escaped slaves

Question 9

What four things were decided by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Answer 9

1. Maine would be admitted as a free state
2. Missouri would be admitted as a slave state
3. Southern slave owners were given the right to pursue escaped fugitives into “free” regions and return them back to slavery
4. The Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri would be free of slavery

Question 10

Why did some northerners oppose abolition?

Answer 10

They feared that free slaves would come North and take their jobs by working for less money