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WorksheetsUnit 4 SC PASS Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 57mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was the basis of society in South Carolina during the Antebellum Era?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Trade
c)
Manufacturing
d)
Textile Mills
2.
Where could the majority of South Carolinians be found living?
a)
Urban areas
b)
Charleston
c)
Plantations
d)
Subsistence farms
3.
The majority of South Carolinians did not own slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What were the economic, political, and social systems based off of in Antebellum South Carolina?
a)
Trade
b)
Wealth
c)
Slavery
d)
Land ownership
5.
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney had what effect on the Antebellum Era?
a)
More cotton was grown in the north than the south
b)
The number of slaves in the south decreased
c)
The slave trade was suspended
d)
The production of cotton and number of slaves increased in the south
6.
What occurred between the upcountry and lowcountry of South Carolina due to the invention of the cotton gin?
a)
Slavery decreased across South Carolina
b)
The backcountry gained more equal representation in the legislature
c)
The lowcountry no longer had a use for slaves
d)
Both areas disagreed over the use of slaves
7.
How did voting rights change during the Antebellum Era in South Carolina?
a)
Only landowners could vote
b)
Any free white male 21 and over could vote
c)
All free persons gained the right to vote
d)
Voting restrictions became stricter
8.
How did some northerners encourage the use of slavery in the South?
a)
Some legislatures voted to allow slavery to continue but only in southern states
b)
Textile mills purchased large amounts of cotton from the south
c)
Northerners who wanted to use slaves moved south
d)
The three-fifths compromise
9.
What was the result of cotton wearing out the soil in the southern states?
a)
Southerners started growing other crops
b)
A depression occurred with the southern economy
c)
Fighting broke out across the south over land
d)
Plantation owners wanted to move westward
10.
How would westward expansion become an issue between the north and the south?
a)
Northerners did not want slavery in the new territories
b)
Boarders of new states were disputed
c)
Could not agree on which crops to grow in these areas
d)
Those in the north did not want to expand out west
11.
Which of the following would you most likely find supervising the slaves working in the fields?
a)
Overseer
b)
Plantation owner
c)
Elder Slaves
d)
Sheriff
12.
How many days did slaves usually work during the week?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
13.
What times did slaves usually work during the day?
a)
Sunrise to Sunset
b)
They took shifts in the morning or the afternoon
c)
Depended on the time of the year
d)
8 AM to 5 PM
14.
What was a major reason for some slave owners to not brutally punish their slaves?
a)
They felt it went against the constitution
b)
Slaves were a large financial investment
c)
It depended on how many slaves they owned
d)
There really was no reason
15.
What was the MAIN reason for slaves having a difficult time escaping from slavery?
a)
They did not have maps
b)
No one from the North would help them
c)
Slave catchers constantly patrolled the roads
d)
A wall was built between the north and the south
16.
Where were slaves taught that they should be content with their place in life?
a)
Teachers at slave schools
b)
Overseers in the fields told them
c)
Plantation owners in the big house
d)
Preachers at white churches
17.
Slave families were sometimes split up because of a change in their owner's finances or family.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Slaves lived in small poorly constructed houses but were given plenty of food to keep them strong and healthy.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Which part of the previous question was true?
a)
Slaves lived in small poorly constructed houses
b)
Slaves were given plenty of food to keep them strong and healthy
20.
Of the forms of slave protests, which occurred the least often?
a)
Rebellions/Revolts
b)
Work Slow-downs
c)
Secretly destroying property
d)
Faking an illness
21.
Who would have had the highest social status in South Carolina during the Antebellum Era?
a)
Overseer
b)
Plantation Owner
c)
Subsistence Farmer
d)
Merchant
22.
What was people becoming more loyal to the north and the south rather than the whole United States called?
a)
Abolitionism
b)
Constitutionalism
c)
Federalism
d)
Sectionalism
23.
Secession refers to...
a)
breaking away from the Union
b)
voting to ve slave or free
c)
amending the Constitution
d)
compromising about slavery
24.
A rumor of ______ moved the secession convention from Columbia to Charleston although the real reason was more fire-eaters were in Charleston.
a)
the northern army moving towards Columbia
b)
a smallpox outbreak
c)
a possible hurricane
d)
northern spies
25.
After South Carolina seceded ____ other states left the Union in the following months.
a)
3
b)
6
c)
9
d)
1
26.
Also known as fire-eaters...
a)
Secessionists
b)
Unionists
c)
Cooperationists
d)
Republicans
27.
The Events of 1850....
a)
resolved many issues that led to the Civil War.
b)
convinced the southerners to join the abolitionist movement.
c)
led many southerners to side with the fire-eaters.
d)
resulted in many southerners facing charges of war crimes.
28.
SC should leave the Union immediately...
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Secessionists
c)
Cooperationists
d)
Unionists
29.
Believes the Constitution will work and the national government should have more power than individual states...
a)
Cooperationist
b)
Secessionist
c)
Nullifier
d)
Unionist
30.
Will only secede if other states agree to as well...
a)
Cooperationist
b)
Secessionist
c)
Nullifier
d)
Unionist
31.
Faced persecution in the south due to their beliefs on secession...
a)
loyalists
b)
unionists
c)
cooperationists
d)
secessionists
32.
The Ordinance of Secession is very similar to...
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
The U.S. Constitution
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
The Declaration of Independence
33.
Withdrawing South Carolina from the United States was the importance of...
a)
The Missouri Compromise
b)
The Nullification Crisis
c)
The Ordinance of Secession
d)
The Declaration of Independence
34.
A unionist would have been most likely to support...
a)
rights for workers
b)
the abolition of slavery
c)
forming the Confederate
d)
loyalty to the U.S. government
35.
The North had more railroad tracks, firearms, and manufactured goods meaning they had better...
a)
industrial development
b)
politics
c)
leadership
d)
agriculture
36.
First shots of the Civil War were fired at...
a)
Washington DC
b)
Gettysburg, PA
c)
Fort Sumter, SC
d)
Richmond, VA
37.
The Emancipation Proclamation free slaves in the rebelling states meaning...
a)
Every slave in the U.S. was freed
b)
50% of slaves in the US were freed
c)
6 million slaves were freed
d)
0 slaves were freed
38.
Who would Sherman and many other Union soldiers want to treat more harshly than the others?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Virginia
c)
Alabama
d)
Mississippi
39.
Total war was a part of...
a)
the Anaconda Plan
b)
The Kansas Nebraska Act
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
March to the Sea Campaign
40.
Fighting a defensive war to wear down the opposing army was the main strategy of the...
a)
Confederacy
b)
Union
41.
How did the south get supplies by the Union blockade?
a)
submarines
b)
abolitionists
c)
blockade runners
d)
underground railroad
42.
Fort Sumter is important because...
a)
it was the location of the end of the Civil War.
b)
it destroyed by the Union when taking Port Royal
c)
the target of General Sherman's March to the Sea.
d)
its where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
43.
A plan by General Scott that included a naval blockade, gaining control of the Mississippi River, and
a)
Total War
b)
the Anaconda Plan
c)
Divid and Conquer
d)
The Cottonmouth Plan
44.
The ______________ had the BIGGEST effect on the daily lives of South Carolinians during the Civil War?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Union blockade of the Atlantic coast
c)
Union siege of the Confederate
d)
Confederate loss of control of the Mississippi River
45.
Sherman's March to the Sea campaign was to...
a)
convince France and Britain to get out of the war
b)
capture the important railroad depot at Charleston
c)
permanently destroy Georgia's ability to produce cotton
d)
destroy the South's strategic and economic will to fight
46.
____________ left many cities destroyed, the landscape torched, and the livestock killed?
a)
the Anaconda Plan
b)
Lincoln's 10% Plan
c)
attack on Fort Sumter
d)
Sherman's March to the Sea
47.
The new form of technology that was used to try and end the blockades?
a)
the railroad
b)
telegraph
c)
submarine
d)
steamboats
48.
Why did the debate over states' rights become increasingly important before the Civil War?
a)
industrial development
b)
westward expansion
c)
immigration
d)
women's suffrage
49.
What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?
a)
the expansion of slavery
b)
the building of railroads
c)
the provision of women's suffrage
d)
support for the homesteading
50.
What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Make Missouri a slave state
b)
Maintain a balance of free and slave states
c)
Give the south more power in Congress
d)
Prevent slavery from expanding
51.
What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Make Missouri a slave state
b)
Maintain a balance of free and slave states
c)
Give the south more power in Congress
d)
Prevent slavery from expanding
52.
What is the purpose of a protective tariff?
a)
to lower the price of all raw materials leaving the U.S.
b)
to raise the price of goods manufactured in the northern colonies
c)
to raise the price of foreign-made goods
d)
to lower the price of all foreign made goods
53.
The idea that a state could nullify a law led to what other idea about state’s rights?
a)
Secession
b)
Abolition
c)
Sectionalism
d)
Protective Tariffs
54.
By 1832 what position did Vice President John C. Calhoun take on the tariff?
a)
He supported the tariff because he hoped South Carolina would develop industry
b)
He wrote that the tariff could be declared null in South Carolina
c)
He argued that South Carolina should leave the Union
d)
He supported President Andrew Jackson
55.
What was the primary issue during the Nullification Crisis?
a)
Can states decalre federal laws unconstitutional
b)
Does the president have power to ignore the Supreme Court
c)
Should businesses reject provisions of a government contract
d)
Could U.S. Army officers disobey direct orders
56.
What was one of the major differences between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun?
a)
Calhoun supported states' rights; Jackson upheld the power of the central government
b)
Calhoun opposed slavery; Jackson supported it as a form of cheap labor
c)
Calhoun supported the industrial growth; Jackson wanted the country to remain rural
d)
Calhoun opposed universal male suffrage; Jackson supported allowing all males to vote
57.
How was the nullification controversy resolved?
a)
Tariffs were outlawed
b)
The tariff was lowered
c)
South Carolina seceded from the union
d)
President Jackson sent troops to collect the tariff
58.
What event brought about the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Texas wanted to become a slave state
b)
Oregon was being claimed by four countries
c)
California wanted to enter the Union as a free state
d)
The abolitionists wanted an agreement to end slavery
59.
How did popular sovereignty propose to resolve the issue of slavery in the western territories?
a)
Follow the Missouri Compromise
b)
Allow the Federal Government to decide
c)
Outlaw slavery in all territories west of the Mississippi
d)
Have an election decided by the people from each area
60.
What event caused Kansas to be known as “Bleeding Kansas?”
a)
John Brown's attempts to take over United States arsenals
b)
Tension between Nebraskans and Kansans over the border
c)
Fighting between free soilers and pro-slavery supporters
d)
Murders of runaway slaves on the western prairie
61.
What did northern politicians want that led them to repeal the 36 30’ line when they passed the Kansas Nebraska Act?
a)
Kansas and Nebraska to be added as free states
b)
A transcontinental railroad
c)
A stricter fugitive slave law
d)
California to be added as a free state
62.
Abolitionists were upset with the outcome of the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court viewed slaves as what?
a)
Illegal
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
Free
63.
Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
a)
A slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court
b)
A slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom
c)
A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner
d)
A slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free
64.
Which 2 issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?
a)
States' rights and slavery
b)
Manifest destiny and Indian Removal
c)
The Missouri Compromise and California Gold Rush
d)
The election of James K Polk and the Northwest Ordinance
65.
How did Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery?
a)
It required all territories to abolish slavery before becoming states
b)
It made the Mississippi River the dividing line between slave states and free states
c)
It prohibited slavery in most of the former Louisiana Territory except for Missouri
d)
It stated that all future states would be required to be slave states except for Missouri
66.
Sectionalism was a major part of the events that led to the Civil War. What does sectionalism refer to?
a)
women and men worked in different areas
b)
people wanted to live further apart from each other
c)
people becoming more loyal to a region than the entire country
d)
the United States hoped to expand into new areas of the world
67.
In 1808 the United States Congress voted to ban the international slave trade. How did this law impact slavery in South Carolina?
a)
Slavery gradually declined as slaves died and were not replaced
b)
Slaves received better treatment to extend their life span
c)
High birth rates kept the slave population growing
d)
The cotton gin made slave labor less necessary
68.
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery and the plantation system in the antebellum South?
a)
Provided slaves more free time
b)
Decreased the number of slaves and plantations in SC
c)
Increased the number of slaves and plantation in SC
d)
Led to the establishment of textile mills
69.
Which of these BEST describes the efforts of William Lloyd Garrison and his newspaper The Liberator?
a)
organized an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1826
b)
advocated the settling of Liberia by freed slaves
c)
advocated for educational reform in rural areas of the U.S.
d)
urged immediate emancipation of slaves in the U.S.
70.
In South Carolina, what caused the Lowcountry to grant equal political rights to the men of the Upcountry?
a)
Upcountry farmers threatened to secede from SC
b)
Raising cotton in the Upcountry made people more likely to support slavery
c)
More wealthy planters were moving to the Upcountry
d)
The Upcountry began to pay more in taxes
71.
What were the economic, social, and political systems in South Carolina based on during the 1700s and 1800s?
a)
Industry
b)
Tourism
c)
Slavery
d)
Trade
72.
By 1810, how had the spread of slavery impacted the political rights of South Carolina?
a)
Only slave-owners could vote
b)
All men over 21 were given the right to vote
c)
Representation dpended on how many slaves a citizen held
d)
A voter could bast a ballot in every place that he owned land
73.
Southern slave owners argued for the support of slavery because...
a)
The north once had slavery so it must be okay
b)
They provided slaves with a better life than they would have had in Africa
c)
Every other country across the world had slavery
d)
The north profited from slavery as well so they had not right to abolish it
74.
Why did southern plantation owners want to move their plantations and slavery farther west?
a)
Slavery became outlawed where their plantations were currently owned
b)
The climate in the west was better for growing cotton
c)
Natural disasters destroyed many plantations across the south
d)
Constantly planting cotton wore out the soil leading to the need for new land
75.
The south depended on the farming of cash crops, such as tobacco and indigo, to make money. Which nickname was used to describe the South during the years before the Civil War that comes from the most profitable cash crop?
a)
Dixie
b)
Sun Belt
c)
King Cotton
d)
Yankee Doodle
76.
In the colonial era, why were the northern states less dependent on slavery?
a)
the triangular trade only affected southern colonies
b)
strict religious beliefs forbade slavery
c)
the cold climate made cash crops unprofitable
d)
lack of industrial development discouraged slavery
77.
What effect did the Denmark Vesey plot have on African-Americans in South Carolina?
a)
Many whites were killed
b)
Hundreds of slaves escaped to freedom
c)
South Carolina outlawed slavery
d)
Slave codes were strengthened
78.
How did the growth of the abolitionist movement affect South Carolina?
a)
More South Carolinians joined the movement in an effort to outlaw slavery
b)
African-Americans in South Carolina did not support the abolitionist movement
c)
South Carolinians were outraged at efforts to end slavery, increasing sectionalism
d)
Abolitionists traveled to South Carolina to speak out against slavery
79.
What was the northern economy focusing on while the south was concentrating on cotton?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry
c)
Fishing
d)
Mining
80.
Angelina and Sarah Grimke were sisters from South Carolina and were MOST notable as being 19th century...
a)
abolitionists
b)
businesswomen
c)
politicians
d)
suffragettes
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