Antebellum in SC

Antebellum is Latin-It means“Before the war.” When does that period begin in SC?

• 1700s

• 1750s

• 1790s

• 1850s

When was the large cash crop of cotton invented?

• 1783

• 1793

• 1803

• 1883

45% of the white population in SC belonged to slaveholding families. How did SC rank in slaveholding states?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Some African Americans were slave owners.

• true

• false

Slaves seen as a double profit because they were wealth and producers of wealth.

• true

• false

Importing slaves was illegal starting in 1803. How long were slaves imported to the US illegally?

• Till 1820

• Till 1860

• Till 1890

• Till 1900

Why was Virginia selling its slaves?

• Cotton crops were failing

• Tobacco profit was down

• Oil was struck

• The Bay was dredged

Why were South Carolinians moving west to Alabama and Mississippi in 1810/1812?

• They followed the rich soil

• They followed the cotton gin

• They followed the river

• They followed family

What is land butchery?

• Land was scorched from the sun

• Nutrients were leached from over planting

• The time of year when farmers took their animals to the butcher

• When soy beans were introduced

When and where did the famous slave rebellion of Denmark Vesey happen?

• 1802 in Haiti

• 1832 in Austin, TX

• 1842 in Boston, MA

• 1822 in Charleston, SC