Unit 5 Countdown to Secession Test Prep

What does Antebellum mean?

• after war

• Against the bacteria

• before the war

• Before belles

What were the effects of the cotton gin?

• increased the demand for more land and slave labor

• less cotton grown

• less manufacturing

Sectionalism means:

• the need for parts

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

• the study of being a secretary

When Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state in order to create balance it was known as the?

• Missouri Capitol

• Constitution

• Missouri Compromise

• Capitalism

Which time period includes the Antebellum Period?

• 1492-1600

• 1776-1790

• 1600-1776

• 1783-1861

A person who wants to get rid of slavery

• divisive

• politician

• abolitionists

• literalists

Denmark Vesey

• was a slave owner

• was a free man from Charleston who planned a slave revolt

• author of Uncle Tom's cabin

• Northern abolitionist

What did the US Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?

• he should be free

• he must be returned to Virginia

• as a slave, he was not a citizen and therefore could not sue anyone

• he should be paid for the work he did while in free states

Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

• he was treated cruelly

• he lived with his owner in a free state

• he purchased his freedom with lottery winnings

• he was kidnapped as part of the Fugitive Slave Act

Book written by Harriett Beecher Stowe in protest of Fugitive Slave Act

• Uncle Remus

• Unto these Hills

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Jungle