Common Assessment #3 25/26

The growth in cotton production during the early 1800's was largely responsible for an increase in which of the following?

• The number of South Carolina factory workers.

• The number of South Carolina slaves.

• The number of South Carolina indigo plantations.

• The number of U.S. senators from South Carolina.

What helped Upcountry farmers make cotton production profitable? 

• The Cotton Gin

• A new type of seed 

• Changing in weather patterns

• advancement in fertilizer

How did the term "King Cotton" become synonymous with the South? (Choose TWO)

• The American South produced over half the world's cotton 

• The South appointed a king to oversee all cotton production

• The King of England bought all of the South's cotton

• Exporting cotton to Northern factories and England made Southern planters very wealthy

Increase in the production of ___________ in the Upcountry caused them to support slavery and eventually led to the Lowcoutry finally giving them equal representation in the General Assessbly.

• Rice

• Indigo

• Cotton

• Tobacco

The growth in cotton production during the early 1800's was largely responsible for an increase in which of the following?

• The number of South Carolina factory workers.

• The number of South Carolina slaves.

• The number of South Carolina indigo plantations.

• The number of U.S. senators from South Carolina.

Who might have said this quote:

"What if the mob should now burst in upon us, break up our meeting, and commit violence upon our persons? Would that be anything compared with what the slaves endure? ... All this disturbance is but evidence that our efforts are working or else the friends of slavery would not care for what we say or do." 

• The Grimke Sisters 

• Slave owners 

• George and Martha Washington

• The King and Queen of England 

An Abolitionist supports slavery. 

• True

• False

How did the Emancipation proclamation impact the war as a whole? 

• it announced the intent to free the slaves and gave new meaning to the war. 

• It proclaimed that all soilders would get a raise and a new house after the war.

• It changed the name of the nation and allowed the southern states to rejoin.

• It changed the location of the capital and made the war all about slavery. 

Why did William T. Sherman want to attack Columbia, South Carolina?

• He had lost a previous battle there.

• He wanted the state that started the war to surrender.

• It was located directly in his line from his march from Georgia to North Carolina.

• He viewed it as a symbol of arrogance and the planter elite that pushed country into war.

The 54th Massachusetts, an all African American regiment, is remembered for which of the following campaigns?

• Victory at Fort Sumter.

• Participation at the Battle of Gettysburg.

• Efforts in leading the charge on Fort Wagner.

• Destruction of the Union ship, USS Carolina.