Antebellum Period of United States

The Antebellum Era was the period_______ the Civil War.

• After

• During

• Before

• All of the above

Slaves resisted white plantation owners was through ________.

• focusing on religion

• feign sickness

• running away

• surreptitious breaking tools

• all of the above

Why did the South have little interest in developing industry at this time?

• building mills and factories was too expensive

• industry would make it easier for the north to accept slavery

• the south was making so much money from cotton they did not need industry

• industry would attract too many foreign immigrants to the south

The cash crop of _____ began to take over during the antebellum period in the south.

• indigo

• corn

• cotton

• tobacco

To be considered a planter in the south you must _______.

• own 17.5 acres of land

• be a member of the General Assembly in SC

• own 200 or more slaves

• own 20 or more slaves

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Eli Whitney

• Bill Gates

• Thomas Edison

Following the Compromise of 1808, there was more representation from the ____ in the General Assembly.

• upcountry

• lowcountry

• north

• south

What relationship can you make between Whitney's invention and the use of slavery in the Antebellum United States?

• Slavery became less needed because machines now picked cotton.

• Slavery became more needed since more cotton could be harvested.

• Slavery became more needed because there were more jobs available

• Slavery became less needed because the 13th Amendment outlawed it.

More slaves + More cotton = ?

Which of these BEST replaces the question mark?

• more land

• more money

• more status

• more freedom

In the antebellum South lawyers, doctors and store owners were most likely ______.

• upper class

• middle class

• former indentured servants

• originally from northern states