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Using the population chart, answer the following questions:

1. Which state has the highest total population?

2. What is the population in that state?

3. Which state has the highest slave population?

4. What is the number of slaves in that state?

5. Which state has the smallest population?

6. What is the population in that state?

7. Which state has the smallest slave population?

8. What is the number of slaves in that state?

9. List the states that have the 4 highest population totals.

a.

b.

c.

d.

10.List the states that have the 4 lowest population totals.

a.

b.

c.

d.

11.List the states that have the 4 highest slave totals.

a.
 b.

c.

d.

12.List the states that have the 4 lowest slave totals.

a.

b.

c.

d.

13. In South Carolina, what percentage are slaves of the total population?

14. In Virginia, what percentage are slaves of the total population?

Using the map, answer the following questions:

Geographic Regions:
1. Which two geographic regions are located in the United States in
1790?
a.

b.

2. Which states have little, if any, land located in the Coastal Plain?

3. What predictions can you make about their economy based on what
you know about the Appalachian Highlands?

4. Which states have fairly large pieces of land located in the Coastal
Plain?
5. What predictions can you make about their economy based on what
you know about the Coastal Plain?

6. How are the north and the south different geographically?

7. Where are you likely to find small farms? Why?

8. Where are you likely to find large farms? Why?

Major Cities:
1. What do you notice about the major cities in 1790? Where are they
located? Where are they not located? What do they all have in
common?

2. Do you notice anything about the placement of cities and geographic

regions of the US?

3. How is living in a city different than living on a farm?

4. Should there be different rules for living in a city than on a farm? Why
or why not?

5. Where are there more cities?

6. Why do you think that is?

7. Where can you find states with large populations?

Slavery:
1. Where are there more slaves? Why?

2. Does geography play a role in slavery? Why or why not?

3. How come there are some states that have no slaves? Is slavery
necessary? Is it necessary in the south? Is it necessary in the north?
Slavery and Population:
1. What states had less than 250,000 people?

2. Do these states have anything in common?

3. What states had more than 100,000 slaves?

4. Are there any states that have more than 250,000 people and fewer
than 100,000 slaves?

5. What states had cities with more than 10,000 people? Where are those
cities located?