Antebellum Test

Which class of people did merchants and shopkeepers belong to?

• Elite
• Enslaved African Americans
• Middle Class
• Lower Class

South Carolinians were scared President Lincoln would_________________________.

• Extend slavery into the western territories
• Write new national laws
• Abolish slavery
• Demand education for slaves

Free African Americans may have done all of the following except ___________________________.

• Work in a masters house
• live in Charleston
• worked as carpenters and shoemakers
• buy the freedom of their wives and children

What said that each state had the right to decide whether or not to obey national laws?

• Nation’s Rights
• State Laws
• State's Rights
• Abolitionist Movement

Lower class children were ____________________.

• educated by private tutors.
• taught to read and write so they could get jobs.
• uneducated because they needed to work to help their families.
• Educated in public schools

Why was the Underground Railroad not successful in South Carolina?

• the enslaved African Americans did not want to leave
• it was against the law
• the slave owners would not allow slaves to leave
• the state was too far from the border with the north
  

Why did freed slaves stay in South Carolina after their gained their freedom?

• they wanted to help make the laws for the region
• they wanted to learn new trades and get jobs
• they liked living and working on large plantations
• they had family members who were still enslaved in the region
  

What famous abolitionists were forced to leave South Carolina because they were very outspoken against slavery?

• Lincoln Sisters
• Tubman Sisters
• Smith Sisters
• Grimke Sisters

The elite class had greater political power because

• they had the most wealth.
• they lived closer to the coast.
• they had more talent than the other classes.
• they had more children.

The abolitionist movement was_______________.

• an effort to force the north to support slavery.
• an effort to grow more cotton in the south.
• an effort to force slaves to work longer hours.
  
• an effort to end slavery in the Union.