Antebellum Period

What does Antebellum mean?

• Before the war
• After the war
• Between the wars
• The first war

The Elite class was made up of mostly…

• Farmers
• Plantation owners
• Merchants
• Traders

 Were the children of the middle class educated?

• No
• Yes

The lower class were uneducated and did not own any land.

• True
• False

Freed African Americans

• Lived easy lives
• Lived in fear or being put back into slavery
• Lived crazy lives
• Were powerful

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Fredrick Douglas
• Eliza Lucas Pinckney
• Eli Whitney
• Harriet Tubman

What did the Cotton Gin do?

• Increased the need for slaves
• Decreased the need for slaves

Kids educated by tutors or in private schools

• Elite Class

• Middle Class

• Lower Class

Had the most political power

• Elite class

• Middle Class

• Lower Class

Were tradesmen, merchants, shopkeepers, doctors and lawyers.

• Elite Class

• Middle Class

• Lower Class