Antebellum Test - 4.2

According to many Antebellum southerners, the issue of "states' rights" revolved around the right to

• bear arms.
• own slaves.
• worship freely.
• import foreign goods.

What was the main argument that Southerners made in defense of slavery?

• The right to own slaves was guaranteed under the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
• If the founding fathers has slaves, it should be OK for people who lived in the 1850's to have slaves.
• It was up to the states to deal with the use of slavery because it was provided for in the Constitution.
• The future of American economic development depended upon the continued existence of the Southern system of slavery.

Which of these BEST describes the efforts of William Lloyd Garrison?

• organized an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1826.
• advocated the settling of Liberia by freed slaves.
• advocated for educational reform in rural areas of the US.
• urged immediate emancipation of slaves in the United States.

Abolitionists often opposed annexation of western territories because they

• feared the addition of antislavery states.
• thought the land was too far away.
• feared the extension of slavery.
• wanted to protect the Indians.

Most white men in the antebellum South could BEST be described as

• plantation owners.
• seafaring traders.
• merchants or shopkeepers.
• nonslaveholding family farmers.

Which of these is an example of sectionalism?

• all states following the same laws
• all states have separate economies
• protecting America's resources from foreign attack
• celebrating patriotism with one's family and friends

Sojourner Truth was MOST known for her work in which of these areas?

• abolition
• education
• literature
• painting

Which term refers to the growing cultural and economic differences between the North and South in the years leading up to the Civil War?

• Imperialism
• Nationalism
• Sectionalism
• Manifest Destiny

"Denmark Vessey" is MOST associated with which of these?

• a Supreme Court case
• an attempted slave revolt
• the trans-Atlantic slave trade
• publishing an abolitionist newspaper

Which class owned 20 or more slaves and their children were educated at private schools? 

• Free African Americans
• Lower Class
• Elite Class
• Middle Class