Group 4 - The Antebellum South

In Latin, the word "Antebellum" means

• after war

• before war

• during war

• peace

The invention of the ... dramatically increased the use of the river as a quick and easy way of transporting goods.

• Ocean liner

• Gondola

• Sailboat

• Steamboat

The total population of enslaved people in the South eventually reached ...

• 2 million

• 3 million

• 4 million

• 5 million

In the Antebellum period, Cotton was 'King' in the plantation economy of the South, making up more than ... of total U.S exports

• 50%

• 40%

• 80%

• 30%

Slavery in the United States was the ...

• legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Asians and African Americans.

• legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans.

• illegal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans.

• illegal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Asians and African Americans.

Under the chattel slave system, children inherited slave status via ...

• their appearance

• their hometown

• their mother

• their knowledge

What tools were used to punish slaves?

• Whips/ cranes

• Baked poker

• Chains/ iron rings

• All of them

What are major categories of music in slaves' life during The Antebellum South?

• religious, work, and recreational songs

• religious and recreational songs

• religious and work songs

• work and recreational songs

Why did the Southern states enact “Black Codes” after the Civil War and during Reconstruction?

• to return newly-freed blacks to slavery

• to prevent black people from owning weapons

• Both A and B

• to give higher priority for black people

Which one was NOT racial discrimination?

• Many signs were marked as “Whites Only” or “Colored”

• Black people were kept out of white stores in Los Angeles.

• Blacks citizens could work in intellectual or high-paid jobs.

• Black and white students had separate textbooks.