Antebellum

The Republican Party was represented by who in the 1860 Presidential election?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• George Washington

Why did Louisiana consider secession from the Union?

• Union had committed treason

• Political Impact

• Protection

• Economic Impact

Why did the South support slavery?

• Whites were a superior race

• Economy depended on slave labor

• Southern Factories depended on slave labor

• Religious reasons

"large plantations, long and hard work, expensive equipment, and such a quantity of men that anyone undertaking cultivation by day-laborers would be ruined within a year." What does this quote mean?

• Sugar was not a viable planting option due to its high opportunity costs.

• Slaves were a necessity if you were going to raise sugar as your cash crop.

• Day-laborers were a cost effective option for plantation owners in Louisiana.

• The cultivation of sugar would best be left to family farms.

Louisiana' s reason for seceding from the Union was

• to protect the Mississippi River

• to create a new government

• to start the Civil War

• To protect states' rights

The Confederate States of America did not have a government in the beginning. What is the best definition that applies to this scenario?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

• Secession

Why did slaves gather at Congo Square on Sundays?

• To plan a slave revolt

• To gather to socialize, sing, and dance

• To go to a funeral

• To attend a slave auction

How did slaves preserve their cultural practices?

• writing them down

• reading history books to their children

• through songs and stories

• sending their children to school

Abolitionist is a person that wanted to __________.

• Abolish government

• Abolish the Union

• Abolish slavery

• Abolish the Republican Party

This political party wanted to preserve slavery

• Republicans

• Southern Democrats

• Constitutional Union

• Northern Democrats