Unit 2 Opposition to Secession

Which is true regarding the economy in MS during the Antebellum Period?

• Technology was number 1. We needed it for everything.

• Cotton was king and it depended on slavery

• Tropical foods led to a large amount of income through trade

• Shipbuilding for trade was the main source of income.

Why would someone want to move to MS during this time?

• Cheap land lured individuals to become farmers.

• Easy access to trade on the MS River

• There was a chance for new opportunities.

• All of these would make someone want to move to MS

Which of these groups or persons would support the Civil War?

• Natchez Planters

• William D. Fitzgerald

• A typical plantation owner

• Newton Knight

The following are reasons MS Seceded EXCEPT:

• Defense from the oppression of the Union.

• Cotton production was dependent on slavery

• Protection of States' Rights

• The industrial revolution led MS into a technological land

Why would MS limit the slave owners ability to free slaves prior to secession?

• Fear of slave revolts

• Protection of the cotton industry

• Limit the amount of freedmen in the state

• All of these

What lesson did we learn from the Slave Barber story?

• The better your relationship with the owner, the better your treatment normally was.

• The more trustworthy a slave, the harder it would be to get freedom

• Regardless of status, an African American had less rights than a white person.

What lesson did we learn from the Holt Collier story? (Bear Hunter)

• The better your relationship with the owner, the better your treatment normally was.

• The more trustworthy the slave, the harder it would be to gain freedom

• Regardless of status, African Americans had less rights than white people.

What lesson did we learn from the Slave Prince story?

• The better your relationship with the owner, the better your treatment normally was.

• The more trustworthy a slave, the harder it would be to gain freedom?

• Regardless of status, African Americans were not equal than white people.

Which of the following BEST explains the economy of Mississippi in the Antebellum times?

• The economy was dependent on the trade with the Caribbean and countries in South America for their food products.

• The economy was technologically advanced and was dependent on the iron production of Pennsylvania.

• The economy was dependent on many different crops because of the diverse methods of production the farmers of Mississippi used.

• None of these are correct.

Which of the following people were LEAST LIKELY to have moved into the state in the early years?

• A successful first son of a planter in Virginia.

• A second son who would have inherited money, but no land in South Carolina

• A broke family needing a second chance from North Carolina

• A slave that was forced to move from his former owners land once the land in Virginia stopped producing crops like it used to