Leading up to the Civil War SC

1. After Eli Whitney’s famous invention was created what cash crop boomed and increased revenue in South Carolina’s economy?

• rice

• cotton

• indigo

Who was chosen to become president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• William Jasper

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Fort Sumter

• Concord

• Lexington

Who was the first state to secede from the Union?

• Alabama

• Charleston

• South Carolina

What was different between the North and the South during the antebellum time period?

• The North had a president and the South did not.

• The South had a booming economy and the North did not.

• The South wanted slavery, and the North did not.

Who were the sisters from Charleston that were famous abolitionists?

• Anne and Sarah Frank

• Angelina and Sarah Grimke'

• Rebecca and Jane Abbott

Why were many South Carolinians concerned about the abolitionist movement?

• Abolitionists were taking all of their profits from cotton production.

• Abolitionists wanted to end slavery.

• Abolitionists treated slaves unfairly.

Who controlled South Carolina's economy in the antebellum period?

• doctors and lawyers

• farmers and plantation owners

• shopkeepers and merchants

Why were leaders in South Carolina against the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• They were fearful that Lincoln would end slavery in the North.

• They feared that Lincoln would want to form a separate country in the North.

• They feared that Lincoln would end slavery throughout the United States.

• Why

South Carolina voted to ______________________ from the Union in 1860.

• abolitionist

• secede

• surrender