Antebellum Mississippi

In 1840, Mississippi became the nation's leading cotton producer.

• True

• False

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed the federal government to purchase land owned by Native Americans and to relocate them west of the Mississippi River.

• True

• False

Which Indian tribe was the first group to be expelled from their homeland after the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit in 1830.

• Chickasaw

• Choctaw

• Issaquena

• Quizquiz

The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek in 1832 forced the Chickasaw tribe out of Mississippi.

• True

• False

Constitution of 1832 eliminated property requirements for voters and what?

• Declared all property as state-owned.

• Declared Natchez the state capital.

• Declared Mississippi State University as the state's first university.

• Declared most state officials had to be elected.

Which of the following was not a way for a slave in Mississippi to achieve their freedom?

• Be born to a free black woman.

• Have an endorsed manumit from officials.

• Be legally freed in another state and move to Mississippi.

• Declare themselves free.

Free blacks still faced many of the same laws as they did in slavery.

• True

• False

Which of the following was not a consequence for a freed slave when they broke the law.

• Whipping.

• Stoning.

• Enslavement

• Fines

Some freed slaves, like barber William Johnson, later owned slaves.

• True

• False

Which state was the third largest slave holding state.

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Mississippi