Antebellum Unit Test

What was the first industry impacted by interchangeable parts? 

• Telegraph 

• Cotton (Eli Whitney's Cotton Gen)

• Computer

What was life like for free African Americans in the South in the early to mid-1800s? 

• Few rights and freedoms given

• Many rights and freedoms given

• No rights and freedoms given

Why would California's admission as a free state after the Mexican-American War have brought on controversy? 

• There were not enough surfboards for everyone

• It would not upset the balance between free and slave states

• It would upset the balance between free states and slave states

What was the system called that was made up of citizens helping escaped slaves on their was north?

• Underground Railroad

• Soul Train

• Confederate Escape

Who were two famous abolitionists (people who were working to end slavery in the US), they also ran newspapers that helped spread the word about slavery being unlawful and wrong?

• George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

• Drake and Donald Trump

• William L. Garrison and Frederick Douglass

What unsettled region of the country caused many issues based on whether or not to allow slavery? 

• South

• West

• East

Which act/compromise prohibited slavery north of latitude 36 30' north? 

• Missouri Compromise 

• Texas Act

• Dakota Compromise

What is sectionalism according to the Antebellum Period in America?

• Differences between Eastern and Westerns division over clothing.

• Differences between Northerns and Southerns over the issue of slavery. 

• Differences between Northern and Westerns over boots. 

Which act/compromise called for the admission of California as a free state, among other things?

• California Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Act of LA

Which act/compromise made it a crime to help runaway slaves?

• Compromise of 1850

• Runaway Slave Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act