Antebellum South

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What was different about the Southern and Northern economies during the Antebellum period?

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The South depended upon agriculture and slaves to work on their plantations while the North depended on industry and immigrants to work in their factories.

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What was the outcome of the Denmark Vesey Plot?

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Denmark Vesey's plan was leaked, and he was publicly executed. Tensions between African-Americans and Whites increased.

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Angelina Grimke, Sarah Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglas, and Harriet Beecher Stowe are all examples of:

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Abolitionists

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What helped the North gain majority representation in Congress during the Antebellum Period? Options: All Northern states outlawed slavery, Abolitionist encouraged southerns to move North, There was in increase in European immigration to the North, Northern states adopted popular sovereignty, which appealed to a large population.

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There was in increase in European immigration to the North

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Which of the following scenarios is MOST accurate about the effects of tariffs in the North and South? Options: The South was angered by the tariffs because they were forced to buy more expensive goods, and the North was also upset because they did not want to sell their products to Southerners. The North was pleased with the new tariffs of foreign goods and made a profit. The South was neutral, because they could no longer buy cheap goods, but the Northern goods were nicer anyway. The South was angered by the tariffs because they were forced to buy more expensive goods, and the North was pleased because they were industrial and made a profit from the South. The South was pleased because their industrial economy would be increased by the purchase of their goods, and the North was angered because they did not want to give any money to the South because the South used slavery.

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The South was angered by the tariffs because they were forced to buy more expensive goods, and the North was pleased because they were industrial and made a profit from the South.

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Which is TRUE about the Dred Scott case? Options: Dred Scott was given his freedom and African-Americans were given full citizenship., The US government said that slave were property, but once a slave was free he/she would be given full rights under federal law., The Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans, even when free, had no federal rights, and slaves were property not citizens, Dred Scott was not given his freedom, but he was allowed to move to a Northern State where he was given full citizenship.

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The Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans, even when free, had no federal rights, and slaves were property not citizens

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What did the Missouri Compromise state?

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New states added to the Union that were South of the 36-30 parallel would be slave states and those North of the line would be free.

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What ended and replaced the Missouri Compromise?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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South Carolina focusing on its own needs and interest, including slavery, is an example of what theory?

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Sectionalism

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Which of the following is an effect of the Election of 1860?
The South reviled Abraham Lincoln.
The South feared the Republicans would gain control of the Federal Government.
Abraham Lincoln is elected President.

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All of the above