The Beanbody Histories: The Civil War, Part 1: Seeds of Conf

The American Civil War began in 1861.

• true

• false

Antebellum means "against war."

• true

• false

One of the most important features of the North before the Civil War was slavery.

• true

• false

Slaves who didn't obey their masters were severely punished.

• true

• false

Yankee abolitionists _____________________.

• lived in the South.

• lived in the North and supported slavery in the South.

• wanted to abolish slavery.

• none of the above.

William Lloyd Garrison _______________________________.

• was a slave master.

• published "The Liberator."

• was an abolitionist.

• b. and c.

In the North, Antebellum America was ___________________.

• sending people to Europe

• growing at a furious pace

• losing factories to the south because of labor strife

• none of the above

The Compromise of 1850 said that ________________________.

• California would become a slave state.

• Missouri would become a free state.

• Federal officers could return runaway slaves to the South.

• Slaves could stay in the North if they lived there for one year.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harpers Ferry, VA

• Military officer

• President

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Liberator newspaper

William Lloyd Garrison

• Harpers Ferry, VA

• Military officer

• President

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Liberator newspaper