Unit 5 Content Quiz

What does "Antebellum" mean?

• The time period before the American Revolution

•   The time period following the Civil War    

• The time period before the Civil War

•     The time period following the American Revolution

Prior to the Civil War, which group had the most political power in the South?

• plantation owners

• yeoman farmers

• city merchants

• freedmen

What agricultural invention is most associated with the Antebellum South?

• the wheat reaper 

•    the cotton gin

• the steel plow

• the rice mill

Who is credited with inventing the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney  

•   John C. Calhoun

    

• Henry Clay  

• Denmark Vesey

What was the primary export crop of the South during the Antebellum Period?

• rice

•   corn

•     cotton

•      indigo

Sectionalism is best defined as:

• the divisions of the Confederacy

• the division of countries into sections

• the loyalty to the entire group as opposed to a specific area

• the exaggerated loyalty to one’s area over the country as a whole

Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because

• the Constitution outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states

• the US Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North

• the 7^th Amendment ended slavery

• The warm climate and good soil in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

In the Missouri Compromise, Missouri joined the Union as a slave state.  Which state joined the Union at the same time as a free state?

• Maine

• California

• Kansas

• Nebraska

What was the result of the Missouri Compromise?

• a ban on slavery in new territories

• the number of slave and free states staying equal

• popular sovereignty in Missouri

• a ban on slavery in Missouri

Which term describes someone who is against slavery?

• artisan

• yeoman

• martyr

• abolitionist