Life in the South Interactive Quiz

The South produced the ---- that was made into cloth in New England.
1. cotton
2. wool
3. fiber
4. leather
Eli Whitney invented the ---- which helped the South produce more cotton.
1. musket
2. cotton picker
3. tractor
4. cotton gin
Before the cotton gin, a field hand could remove seeds from one pound of cotton in a day. A water-powered gin could clean ---- pounds in a day.
1. 50
2. 100
3. 500
4. 1000
5. 1500
6. 2000
The plantation owners used --- to work in the cotton fields.
1. indentured servants
2. migrant workers
3. enslaved laborers
Slaves and their children were not given any ---- for their work in the fields.
1. pay
2. food
3. clothing
4. housing
The climate in the South was like the climate in ---- where the slaves came from.
1. the Caribbean
2. Africa
3. Europe
4. South America

American History 1785 - 1849