Antebellum SC

Front

True or False? The Compromise of 1808 took away the Backcountry's representation in the General Assembly.

Back

False

Answer explanation

The Compromise of 1808 INCREASED the Backcountry's representation in the General Assembly.

Front

What caused an increase in the South's dependence on slave labor?

Back

The invention of the cotton gin

Answer explanation

Eli Whitney's cotton gin directly impacted the South's reliance on slave labor.

Front

True or False: The growth of King Cotton unified South Carolinians.

Back

True

Answer explanation

True! Cotton could grow in the backcountry/upcountry. Plantations were not just in the lowcountry (as before with rice & indigo). This allowed SC to be unified economically and gave people of the Backcountry more representation in the General Assembly.

Front

True or False: The North indirectly benefitted from slave labor.

Back

True

Answer explanation

True! Northern factories, banks, merchants, etc...benefited from the expansion of slavery in the south.

Front

Which of the following statements is true about the Missouri Compromise?

Back

Banned slavery above the 36 - 30 North line of latitude in the United States.

Answer explanation

Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise divided the country at the 36 30 line. States (with the exception of MIssouri) above the line were free states. The states below the line were slave states.

Front

Did the South support tariffs?

Back

False

Answer explanation

The South adamantly opposed Tariffs. They felt the tariffs only benefited the Northern states and saw them as unconstitutional.

Front

True or False: The war of 1812 made the US more dependent on foreign trade.

Back

False

Answer explanation

The War of 1812 gave rise to a sense of Nationalism. The US was more economically independent and, therefore, less reliant on foreign trade.

Front

It was the God-given right of the US to control all of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Back

Manifest Destiny

Answer explanation

Manifest Destiny = certain people believed it was their God-given right to expand westward to control all of the land in the US from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast.

Front

The Compromise of 1850 did not include...

Back

Eliminating the Fugitive Slave Law

Answer explanation

The Compromise of 1850 did not overturn the Fugitive Slave Law. By law, escaped or runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners in the South, even if they made it to a free state in the North.

Front

True or False Unionists supported SC's secession.

Back

False

Answer explanation

SC became divided between Nullifiers and Unionists. Unionists wanted to maintain unity in the US. Nullifiers supported secession.