Social Studies Grade 8 Quiz Chapter 14
This quiz is a review of Chapter 14 concepts learned. Good luck!
- 1.This device sent electrical signaks along a wire
- A.
A Letter
- B.
A Telegraph
- C.
A Telephone
- 2.This invention allowed food to be cooked more evenly and faster
- A.
Cast-Iron Stove
- B.
Microwave
- C.
Kettles hanging over a fire
- 3.Another word for artisians is
- A.
Skilled Workers
- B.
Unskilled Workers
- C.
Neither
- 4.To prepare for planting
- A.
Cultivate
- B.
Boom
- C.
Cotton Gin
- 5.Laws that kept slaves from either running away or rebelling were called
- A.
Jim Crow Laws
- B.
The Civil War Amendments
- C.
Slave Codes
- 6.The type of family that incluedes Grandparents, parents, children, aunts, uncles and cousins is called
- A.
A Traditional or Nuclear Family
- B.
An Extended Family
- C.
A Church Group
- 7.A free African American planned a revolt in 1822 was
- A.
Nat Turner
- B.
Frederick Douglass
- C.
Denmark Vesey
- 8.Was an African-American preacher who led a major revolt in 1831
- A.
Nat Turner
- B.
Denmark Vesey
- C.
John Brown
- 9.Invented a machine that cooked the sugar in closed vats under low air pressure.
- A.
George Washington Carver
- B.
Benjamin Banneker
- C.
Norbert Rillieux
- 10.A term for wealthy families is
- A.
Cottonocracy
- B.
The Rich and Famous
- C.
The Upper Class
- 11.Swift growth means
- A.
Boom
- B.
An Increase in production
- C.
A decrease in production
- 12.What crop was the most profitable in the South?
- A.
Tobacco
- B.
Rice
- C.
Cotton
- 13.Sugarcane was important in the following states
- A.
Louisiana and Texas
- B.
Georgia and South Carolina
- C.
Alabama and Mississippi
- 14.Rice was an important crop along the coasts of
- A.
North Carolina and Georgia
- B.
South Carolina and Georgia
- C.
North and South Carolina
- 15.Who invented the Cotton Gin?
- A.
Elijah McCoy
- B.
Eli Whitney
- C.
Elijah Johnson
- 16.Crop planted in Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky and had been an export of the South since 1619
- A.
Tobacco
- B.
Cotton
- C.
Rice
- 17.The Cotton Kingdom consisted of the following states
- A.
South Carolina through Alabama
- B.
Mississippi through Texas
- C.
Both
- 18.An invention that cleaned cotton at a faster pace
- A.
Cotton Gin
- B.
Picking Cotton
- C.
Sewing Cotton
- 19.The South remained
- A.
An Industrial Society
- B.
An Agricultural Society
- C.
Both
- 20.The North remained
- A.
An Industrial Society
- B.
An Agricultural Society
- C.
Neither
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