Antebellum Mississippi

The word "Antebellum" means

• before an election

• after a natural disaster

• before a war

• after a war

The popular political idea during the Antebellum period was Abolitionist.

• True

• False

Corn was the cash crop in Mississippi between 1833-1837.

• True

• False

What state was the largest producer of cotton between the years of 1820-1840?

• Arkansas

• Alabama

• California

• Mississippi

The growth in cotton production resulted in which of following?

• increase in the use of slave labor

• risky credit market

• increase in factory workers

• new state constitution.

The Northern part of the United States believed that slave labor was wrong.

• True

• False

The removal of the Choctaw and the Navajo led to an increase available fertile farmland in Mississippi.

• True

• False

In 1836, which president declared that all land purchases must be made with cash instead of credit.

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John F. Kennedy

In what year was the new constitution drafted?

• 1946

• 1854

• 2003

• 1832

After the new constitution was drafted, who was given the right to vote?

• Men that did not own land

• Women that did not own land

• Children that did not own land

• Pets that did not own land