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Map 1 – The domestic slave trade 1808-1865

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1
Which of the following is the city at whose port slavery expanded into the American Southwest?
A)New Orleans
B)New York
C)Galveston
D)Memphis
2
Which of the following best describes the reason behind the represented movement of slavery in America during this time?
A)the impact of the Industrial Revolution
B)expansion of cotton production
C)the impact of the American Civil War
D)slow change in the source of slaves
3
Which of the following is NOT one of the eastern American shipping ports that was active in the slave trade during this time?
A)Memphis
B)New York
C)Charleston
D)Wilmington
4
Which of the following states was a member of the "Upper South"?
A)Georgia
B)Louisiana
C)Arkansas
D)Mississippi
5
Which of the following states was a member of the "Lower South"?
A)Tennessee
B)Missouri
C)Arkansas
D)Texas

Map 2 – The illegal slave trade to the United States, 1808-1860

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Which of the following destinations for illegal slaves in the U.S. is NOT on the Atlantic coast?
A)Amelia Island
B)Galveston
C)Charleston
D)Savannah
7
Which of the following destinations for illegal slaves in the U.S. is NOT on the Gulf of Mexico's coast?
A)Amelia Island
B)New Orleans
C)Galveston
D)Mobile
8
The slave smuggling routes of 1808-1860 seem to originate from which of the following locations?
A)New York
B)Nova Scotia
C)the Caribbean Sea
D)western Africa
9
Which of the following American cities is NOT listed as being a destination for the illegal slave trade?
A)Mobile
B)Wilmington
C)Galveston
D)Savannah
10
The illegal slave routes crossed which of the following geographical bodies of water?
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Gulf of Mexico
C)Caribbean Sea
D)All these answers are correct.

Map 3 – Cotton and slaves, 1820 and 1860

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Which state in 1820 had the largest total area of cotton production?
A)Georgia
B)Alabama
C)South Carolina
D)North Carolina
12
Which state in 1860 had the largest percentage of its land under cotton production?
A)Mississippi
B)Alabama
C)South Carolina
D)It is difficult to tell; any of these answers could be correct.
13
Which state in 1820 had the largest concentration of slaves?
A)Mississippi
B)Alabama
C)South Carolina
D)Virginia
14
Which state in 1860 had the largest concentration of slaves?
A)Mississippi
B)Alabama
C)South Carolina
D)Virginia
15
Which of the following cities represents the westward extreme of the antebellum expansion of slavery in the United States?
A)Houston
B)Little Rock
C)San Antonio
D)New Orleans







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