Antebellum Period - Fast Facts

Describe Secession during the antebellum period.

• To break away from. South Carolina seceded from the union.

• Another name for the United States

• Ending slavery.

• Helpers along the underground railroad.

What was the leading crop of South Carolina

• Corn

• Oranges

• Cotton

• Tobacco

Who was elected President in 1860?

• Donald Trump

• Abraham Lincoln

• Bill Clinton

• George Washington

What was an abolitionists?

• An owner of slaves

• A sheep farmer

• A cotton farmer

• Helpers of the underground railroad

Who is the inventor of the cotton Gin?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Eli Whitney

• George Washington

• Jefferson Davis

Where did the Civil War begin?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Moultrie

• Fort Mohave

• Fort Smith

The manager of plantation workers.

• An Overseer

• A Merchant

• A Yeoman Farmer

• An Artisan

What year did the Civil War begin an Where?

• 1761, Charleston

• 1860, Charleston

• 1760, Washington

• 1861, Charleston

Secret Routes used by enslaved people to get to freedom in the North

• Cotton Gin

• Fort Sumter

• Underground Railroad

• Artisan

Who thought every state had the right to make its own decision about slavery?

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Eli Whitney