Author Question: As slave planters moved into the Old Southwest: A) almost all were successful. B) many struggled ... (Read 54 times)

jenna1 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In 1850, what percentage of all slaves were engaged in cotton growing?

A) 25
B) 35
C) 40
D) 55

Question 2

The most important slave market in the Old Southwest was:

A) Charleston.
B) Mobile.
C) New Orleans.
D) Richmond.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a negative effect that King Cotton had on the economy of the South?

A) Southern planters diversified to find other cash crops.
B) Attention was drawn away from the development of southern cities.
C) Most mercantile services were in northern hands.
D) Industrial growth lagged behind the North.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a state that migrating southerners rapidly pushed into during the time between the War of 1812 and the 1830s?

A) Alabama
B) Texas
C) Louisiana
D) Arkansas

Question 5

The phrase black belt refers to this in the South.

A) the areas of greatest slave population
B) the center of large plantations
C) law codes that restricted free blacks
D) the fertile soil of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi

Question 6

As slave planters moved into the Old Southwest:

A) almost all were successful.
B) many struggled and eventually failed.
C) slavery was abolished in the Upper South.
D) white communities were stronger than slave communities.